Agronomist and farmer Natalie Schlitz will connect with innovators across the globe who understand and champion the fodder industry, as she uses a Nuffield Scholarship to seek out effective responses to a water-limited future. ANDREW MOLE reports. THE likes of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein have a lot to answer for, as far as Natalie Schlitz is concerned.

Because when the science junkie, who was born and bred in the city, started looking at university studies in her chosen field, she was prepared to have a go at almost anything.