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Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how will your garden grow? Prof David Manning, from Newcastle University, will discuss the intensification of agriculture over the past 50 years explaining how it has revolutionised food production across the world. He will argue that the extensive use of artificial fertilisers is leading to a worldwide shortage of potassium and phosphorous, which are key to plant growth and ask how can we continue to feed ourselves in the future?

Date: Monday, 21 November 2011        

Time: 7pm

Venue: Urban Café, Dance City, Temple Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4BR

Source: http://www.cafeculturenortheast.org.uk