Another insanely busy day on the IFR stand at Big Bang Fir. Our network stand was very popular with young people crowding the tables to get one of our food passport bags and get onto @MEandER pizza network sculpture. We were relieved when Joanne, Dr Phil & Charlotte arrived to reinforce us. They went into flat out packing of the bags as our supply was dwindling. Even this heroic effort wasn't enough to keep up with the maximum flow (Networks reference :-)) and we had to close the stand for 15 minutes whilst we went all hands to the pumps to re-supply before next surge.
Jozsef (Baranyi) and I had a frantic but wonderful time talking about the maths of network science and it's applicability to the real-life problem of food safety & Food sceurity.
Two concerns remain 1) will our passport supply last out to Sunday and 2) will my voice last out?
I feel this has been our best stand so far and that we've successfully engaged with a huge number of youngsters about IFR science. We could not have done this without our volunteer helpers and generous funding by IFR and the Global Food Security consortium.
More photos to follow (including a mightily passport festooned sculpture)....
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