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Botanical gardens uniquely positioned to meet need for food and agricultural education

Available for interview

• Ari Novy, Executive Director, U.S. Botanic Garden
• Allison Miler, Associate Professor at Saint Louis University and Research Associate at the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Peter Wyse Jackson, President, Missouri Botanical Garden
• Peter H. Raven, President Emeritus, Missouri Botanical Garden
• Elizabeth Kellogg, Scientist, Donald Danford Plant Science Center

Contacts

• Devin Dotson, U.S. Botanic Garden – ddotson@aoc.gov, (202) 306-743
• Jeanette Grider, Saint Louis University – jgrider1@slu.edu, (314) 977-2538
• Melanie Bernds, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center – MBernds@danforthcenter.org, (314) 587-1647
• katie.osullivan@mobot.org, (314) 577-0254

Graphic files

• Photos: Agricultural displays at botanical gardens
• Map of botanical gardens and human population density
• Partner logos

Article: "Expanding the role of botanical gardens in the future of food"

• Permalink to article on journal website

• http://nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/nplants.2015.78 (will go live June 1, 2015)

Press release

• PDF file