Urban Agriculture
29 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsUrban Agriculture is a podcast about the Third Green Revolution. Brought to you by Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello.
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Urban Agriculture 29: Gotham Greens
March 14, 2018 01:41 - 42 minutes - 25.1 MBDickson travels to indoor farm Gotham Greens in Brooklyn, New York to speak with Co-founder and CEO Viraj Puri. Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Viraj Puri Links for this episode Gotham Greens Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 28: The Vertical Farm Institute
December 23, 2017 15:20 - 59 minutes - 35 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Daniel Podmirseg Daniel joins Dickson and Vincent to talk about the Vertical Farm Institute, which provides advice and planning on the design and construction of indoor farms. Links for this episode Vertical Farm Institute Daniel's thesis, 'Up' Letters read on Urban Agriculture 28 Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 27: The Next Big Things
November 10, 2017 17:23 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson provides an update on progress towards establishing long-term, sustainable, local, safe food systems based on indoor farming. Links for this episode Pumpkin genome sequenced (SciDaily) The Next Big Thing(s) Seeds and Chips A Farm Grows in the City (WSJ) Plenty Square Roots Infarm Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center (Wikipedia) Letters read on Urban Agriculture 27 Send your questions and comments to urbanag@m...
Urban Agriculture 26: Green Sense Farms
October 18, 2016 11:30 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Robert Colangelo Dickson and Vincent speak with Robert Colangelo, founding farmer and CEO of Green Sense Farms, the world's largest commercial indoor vertical farm. Links for this episode Green Sense Farms Green Sense Radio Letters read on Urban Agriculture 26 This episode is sponsored by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and nonfiction series from the world’s best filmm...
Urban Agriculture 25: Standing Tall
September 02, 2016 18:27 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson defines the term 'vertical farm': a high-tech greenhouse that is stacked on top of itself, transforming it into a multi-story growing space. Links for this episode GreenTech Amsterdam The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono Rewilding the World by Caroline Fraser Carbon farming This episode is sponsored by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and nonfiction series from t...
Urban Agriculture 24: Cuello's Law
June 23, 2016 12:30 - 1 hour - 51.2 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Joel Cuello Dickson and Vincent speak with Professor Joel Cuello about his work on engineering of sustainable biological and agricultural innovations, including bioregenerative space life support, crop hydroponics, plant tissue culture, micropropagation, and industrial mass production of algae and plant cell and microbial cultures. Links for this episode Controlled environment agriculture World without walls (pdf) 10 tips for...
Urban Agriculture 23: Controlled enviroment agriculture
May 14, 2016 23:13 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Gene Giacomelli Dickson and Vincent speak with Professor Gene Giacomelli about his work on controlled environment plant production systems research, design, development and applications. Links for this episode Controlled environment agriculture Biometry and biosystems informatics Food, bioproducts, and renewable energy Image credit This episode is sponsored by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offe...
Urban Agriculture 22: Clare-ity of thought
April 02, 2016 15:19 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Clare Miflin Dickson and Vincent speak with architect Clare Miflin about biomimicry - innovation inspired by nature - and environmentally sound building practices. Links for this episode Kiss & Kathcart Architects Biomimicry Institute Biomimicry 3.8 Make biomimicry your career Hermit crab vacancy chain (Vimeo) Image credit Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 21: Kiss and tell
February 29, 2016 18:37 - 1 hour - 67 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Gregory Kiss Dickson and Vincent speak with architect Gregory Kiss about how to build self-sustaining urban buildings. Links for this episode Kiss & Kathcart Architects 2020 Challenge (pdf) The 2050 city (pdf) Science barge National Building Museum Greenhouse Project PS 333 The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 20: Kalefornia dreamin'
December 01, 2015 22:05 - 53 minutes - 38.6 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guests: Ed Horton and Danielle Horton Dickson and Vincent speak with Ed and Danielle Horton from Urban Produce, which uses a high-density vertical indoor growing system which they hope to implement all over the world. Links for this episode Urban Produce LLC Urban Produce on YouTube Urban Produce on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram Urban Produce virtual tour at YouTube Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 19: Urban aggivangelists
November 09, 2015 18:22 - 1 hour - 49.9 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent review recent developments in indoor farming, and catch up with the backlog of listener questions and comments. Links for this episode Roots of organic farming on campus (NY Times) Green Sense Farms in China (NWI) Image credit Letters read on UrbAg 19 Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 18: Sharecropping the OpenAg way
September 21, 2015 13:22 - 1 hour - 45 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Caleb Harper Dickson and Vincent speak with Caleb Harper about the Open Agriculture initiative at the MIT Media Lab. Links for this episode CityFARM MIT Media Lab Growing data will be hosted at openag.mit.edu (not yet live) Caliber Biotherapeutics Caleb Harper on Twitter, Instagram MIT Open Agriculture on Twitter Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 17: New urban and vertical farms
August 08, 2015 13:01 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent review recent entrants into the growing discipline of urban agriculture. Links for this episode Greener Roots Urban Produce US Pavilion Milan Expo 2015 TruLeaf Ray Kurzweil on Vertical Farming 10 Mile Farms Seoul adopts urban agriculture Green Sense Farms Lufa Farms Image credit Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 16: Vertical Harvest
June 08, 2015 17:24 - 47 minutes - 33.3 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guests: Penny McBride and Nona Yehia Dickson and Vincent speak with the founders of Vertical Harvest, an indoor farm in Jackson, Wyoming. Links for this episode Vertical Harvest Vertical Harvest before (jpg) Vertical Harvest video (view at YouTube) Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 15: AeroFarms
April 25, 2015 16:19 - 47 minutes - 33.3 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guests: Ed Harwood and Mark Oshima Dickson and Vincent visit AeroFarms, an indoor farm in Newark, NJ and speak with Chief Science Officer Ed Harwood and Chief Marketing Officer Mark Oshima. Links for this episode AeroFarms AeroFarms in NY Times Photogallery Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 14: Agritecture
March 03, 2015 22:07 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Henry Gordon-Smith Dickson and Vincent meet with Henry Gordon-Smith, founder of Agritecture and board member of the Association for Vertical Farming. Links for this episode Agritecture Association for Vertical Farming Blue Planet Environmental Henry's Bronx model vertical farm AeroFarms The Martian by Andy Weir Mirai Co. Japan Letters read on UrbAg 14 Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 13: Farmbox Greens
February 14, 2015 16:09 - 58 minutes - 40.7 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Dan Albert Dickson and Vincent talk with Dan Albert, founder of Farmbox Greens, a commercial urban farm in Seattle, Washington. Links for this episode Eco-Laboratory Farmbox Greens video (YouTube) Buy Farmbox Greens (Marx Foods) John Todd (Wikipedia) The Lean Startup by Eric Ries Image credit: Marx Foods FarmedHere story at Business Insider Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 12: FarmedHere
December 31, 2014 03:56 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Paul Hardej Dickson and Vincent speak with Paul Hardej, founder of Farmed Here, a commercial vertical farm in Chicago, Illinois. Links for this episode FarmedHere FarmedHere opening (YouTube) FarmedHere story at Business Insider Video of this episode - view at YouTube Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 11: Growing the light fantastic with Illumitex
December 04, 2014 18:18 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guests: Chris Hammelef and Paul Grey Dickson and Vincent speak with Chris and Paul of Illumitex to learn about their revolutionary approach to designing horticultural LED lighting. Links for this episode Illumitex LED (Wikipedia) Photosynthesis (Wikipedia) Illumitex horticultural LED products Image credit: Illumitex Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 10: Quinoa and asparagus
October 22, 2014 00:34 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent read listener email about urban agriculture, hydroponics, aquaponics, underground vertical farms, climate change, and more. Links for this episode Quinoa Asparagus Letters read on UrbAg 10 Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 9: Green Spirit Farms
September 28, 2014 20:52 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guests: Milan Kluko and Daniel Kluko Dickson and Vincent speak with Milan and Daniel Kluko, owners of Green Spirit Farms, a sustainable vertical farm in New Buffalo, Michigan. Links for this episode Green Spirit Farms Green Spirit Farms News Green Spirit Farms videos on Vimeo Letters read on UrbAg 8 Video of this episode - view at YouTube Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 8: Green Farms A&M
August 20, 2014 01:10 - 1 hour - 53.9 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: James Cannon Dickson and Vincent speak with James Cannon, Chief of Horticulture at Green Farms A&M, about how his company produces food indoors. Links for this episode Green Farms A&M James Cannon on Green Farms (YouTube) Upright Farms, Inc. Photo credit: Andy LaValley, Sun-Times Media Letters read on UrbAg 8 Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 7: The science behind growing food indoors
July 28, 2014 15:47 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent continue their discussion of the science of indoor farming. Links for this episode Soil Science Society of America Haber process (Wikipedia) Sky Greens Plantagon PlantLab Phillips LED Salad greens Brooklyn Grange Hydro-Stacker Growing plants upside-down Letters read on UrbAg 7 Dickson's pick Bog bodies of the Iron Age (Nova) Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 6: The nuts and bolts of indoor farming
July 01, 2014 14:28 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent provide an overview of the technologies that allow the practice of indoor farming. Links for this episode Hydroponic root crops Nutrient film technology (Wikipedia) Aeroponics (Wikipedia) Aquaculture (NOAA) Pasona O2 Chlorophyll spectrum (Wikipedia) Peak phosphorus and food security (pdf) Omega Grow Systems Image credit: Kono Designs Letters read on UrbAg 6 Dickson's pick Practical Hydroponics and Greenhouses ...
Urban Agriculture 5: From the classroom to the table
June 14, 2014 14:37 - 1 hour - 74.1 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent discuss how the vertical farm concept was developed and where it stands today. Links for this episode Vertical farming (Wikipedia) Dickson on Colbert Report South Korea researches vertical farming Cary Fowler (Wikipedia) Commercial vertical farms Vertical farm in Scranton, PA Omega Garden hydroponics A bright future (HuffPo) Tower Garden aeroponics Letters read on UrbAg 5 Vincent's pick Big Ideas (YouTube) Se...
Urban Agriculture 4: The future of farming
May 31, 2014 17:28 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent talk about why and how farming practices will change. Links for this episode US drought monitor Drought maps, last 5 months Chongming County Thermocline (Wikipedia) Dr. Gene Likens Dickson's Pick The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture 3: The second green revolution - Paradise lost
May 17, 2014 18:22 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent continue their brief history of farming with a discussion of farming after the Dust Bowl. Links for this episode Panel on climate change report (Slate) US and World population clock Luther Burbank (Wikipedia) Where does your food come from? (Mother Jones) US drought monitor Earth Observatory Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN Image credit Dickson's Pick Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Send your question...
Urban Agriculture 2: The second green revolution
May 03, 2014 13:40 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent discuss the effects on industrialization on the development of farming. Links for this episode History of agriculture (New World Encycl) Haber process (Wikipedia) Urea synthesis (Wikipedia) Plants need 18 elements (Cornell) The industrial revolution Crop indemnity maps (USDA) Image credit Dickson's Pick Photographs of Dorothea Lange Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
Urban Agriculture #1: The earliest farmers
April 05, 2014 23:00 - 1 hour - 49.1 MBHosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent launch their new podcast with a discussion of the early origins of farming. Links for this episode Newgrange (Wikipedia) Joseph Campbell (Wikipedia) Landsat Image credit Dickson's Pick Origins of agriculture Send your questions and comments to [email protected]