Urban Agriculture

By Vincent Racaniello

Urban Agriculture is a podcast about the Third Green Revolution. Brought to you by Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello.... more

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How many episodes does Urban Agriculture have?

The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.

Urban Agriculture episodes:

November 09, 2015Urban Agriculture 19: Urban aggivangelists
Hosts: 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]
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1h 10min
September 21, 2015Urban Agriculture 18: Sharecropping the OpenAg way
Hosts: 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]
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1h 3min
August 08, 2015Urban Agriculture 17: New urban and vertical farms
Hosts: 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]
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1h 25min
June 08, 2015Urban Agriculture 16: Vertical Harvest
Hosts: 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)
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48min
April 25, 2015Urban Agriculture 15: AeroFarms
Hosts: 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]
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48min
March 03, 2015Urban Agriculture 14: Agritecture
Hosts: 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]
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1h 42min
February 14, 2015Urban Agriculture 13: Farmbox Greens
Hosts: 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]
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59min
December 31, 2014Urban Agriculture 12: FarmedHere
Hosts: 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]
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1h 1min
December 04, 2014Urban Agriculture 11: Growing the light fantastic with Illumitex
Hosts: 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]
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52min
October 22, 2014Urban Agriculture 10: Quinoa and asparagus
Hosts: 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]
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1h 20min

FAQs about Urban Agriculture:

How many episodes does Urban Agriculture have?

The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.