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Locally Grown In

10 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings

“Locally grown in” is a podcast on a mission to help entrepreneurs growing food locally. Every episode we will explore local agriculture in a different city by looking at existing data and interviewing leaders in that city’s local food movement. Our goal is to help you identify the economic opportunity in growing fresh local food around the world. 

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Episode 10 - Locally Grown In: Muscat

May 20, 2020 16:18 - 29.7 MB

    On this episode of Locally Grown In, join Henry Gordon-Smith and guests Majid Almasrouri, Jaibir Cheema, and Saleh Alshanfari – as they explore the local food system in Muscat, Oman. In this episode, we interview Jaibir Cheema CEO, Teejan Podponics and Saleh Alshanfari the CEO, Oman food investment holding. Muscat, the capital of Oman, is a port city also surrounded by mountains and deserts. Rainfall is Muscat is insufficient for growing crops. Water problems, along with overfarming, ...

Episode 9 - Locally Grown In: New Delhi

March 24, 2020 15:27 - 47.6 MB

    On this episode of Locally Grown In, join Henry Gordon-Smith and guests – Briana Zagami, Bharat Budhiraja, and Ambar Sinha– as they explore the local food system in New Delhi, India. In this episode, we interview Bharat Budhiraja, who actually built the first vertical farm in India. Bharat is now working with farmers in the Himalayas in India (about 250 miles away from New Delhi) at an altitude of 7000 ft, cultivating Kale and selling fresh leaves as well as powdered Kale. The second ...

Episode 8 - Locally Grown In: Miami

December 06, 2019 18:54 - 47.5 MB

    On this episode of Locally Grown In, join Jeffrey Landau and guests – Briana Zagami, Lisa Merkle, and Art Friedrich – as they explore the local food system in Miami, Florida. Miami, Florida, The Sunshine State, known for its groves of citrus, but how has the agriculture industry changed in the last decade? Tune in to this episode of Locally Grown In, and learn more about how the hospitality industry is helping to share opportunities for locally grown food. With some of the challenges t...

Episode 7 - Locally Grown In: New York City

August 26, 2019 18:36 - 71 MB

On this episode of Locally Grown In, join Henry Gordon-Smith and guests – Briana Zagami, Rob Laing, Anastasia Plakias, and Raymond Figueroa – as they explore the local food system in New York City. Developing urban agriculture in New York City has the opportunity to reduce food transportation costs and the associated environmental impacts, provide economic opportunities, and improve public health. In this episode, we meet with two entrepreneurs who are utilizing unused space to grow food i...

Episode 6 - Locally Grown In: Brussels

July 08, 2019 20:47 - 66.6 MB

On this episode of Locally Grown In, join Henry Gordon-Smith and guests – Jeffrey Landau, Nele Lauwers, Stefaan Kint, Alexandre Van Deun, Olivier Paulus, and Alexandre Lefebvre – as they explore the local food system in Brussels, Belgium. Brussels is an ideal city for creating a regenerative agriculture system, being the political center of the European Union. This position in European politics and the physical position of Brussels to its surrounding farmland, gives Brussels a strong prof...

Episode 5 - Locally Grown In: Toronto

May 13, 2019 14:47 - 56.9 MB

On this episode of Locally Grown In, join Henry Gordon-Smith and guests – Yara Nagi, Lauren Baker, Christopher Wong, and Laura Headley – as they explore the local food system in Toronto, Canada. Toronto is at an advantage over most cities grappling with food system resilience, because the City and Province have committed to addressing climate change resilience and already recognize food systems as a priority in resilience planning. In this episode we talk with Lauren Baker about the pol...

Episode 4 - Locally Grown In: Atlanta

April 05, 2019 20:52 - 41 minutes - 56.9 MB

Interviewee: Maurice Small

Episode 3 - Locally Grown In: Dubai

March 27, 2019 02:24 - 39 minutes - 54.4 MB

Interviewees: Agricool, The Sustainable City, Badia Farms.

Episode 2 - Locally Grown In: Sydney

March 08, 2019 21:44 - 47 minutes - 65 MB

Interviewees: Dr. Luke Craven, Scott Gregory

Episode 1 - Introduction to Locally Grown In: A Podcast by Agritecture

March 03, 2019 07:11 - 9 minutes - 13.1 MB

“Locally grown in” is a podcast on a mission to help entrepreneurs growing food locally. Every episode we will explore local agriculture in a different city by looking at existing data and interviewing leaders in that city’s local food movement. Our goal is to help you identify the economic opportunity in growing fresh local food around the world.

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