Hosts: 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

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