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Urban Agriculture 9: Green Spirit Farms

  • October 2, 2014
  • Tagged as: aquaculture, Green Spirit Farms, indoor farming, sustainable farming, urban agriculture, urban farming, vertical farm, vertical farming
Green Spirit Farms

Dickson and Vincent speak with Milan and Daniel Kluko, owners of Green Spirit Farms, a sustainable vertical farm in New Buffalo, Michigan.

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Urban Agriculture 8: Green Farms A&M

  • August 20, 2014
  • Tagged as: aquaculture, Green Farms A&M, horticulture, hydroponics, indoor farming, James Cannon, urban agriculture, vertical farm
James with Lettuce

Dickson and Vincent speak with James Cannon, Chief of Horticulture at Green Farms A&M, about how his company produces food indoors.

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Urban Agriculture 7: The science behind growing food indoors

  • July 28, 2014
  • Tagged as: aquaculture, indoor farming, LED, photosynthesis, plant light, salad greens, urban agriculture, vertical farm

Dickson and Vincent continue their discussion of the science of indoor farming.

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Urban Agriculture 6: The nuts and bolts of indoor farming

  • July 1, 2014
  • Tagged as: aeroponics, aquaculture, aquaponics, chlorophyll, hydroponics, indoor farm, nutrient film technology, phosphorus, root crops, urban agriculture, vertical farm
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Dickson and Vincent provide an overview of the technologies that allow the practice of indoor farming.

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Urban Agriculture 5: From the classroom to the table

  • June 14, 2014
  • Tagged as: aeroponics, city farming, hydroponics, urban agriculture, vertical farm
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Dickson and Vincent discuss how the vertical farm concept was developed and where it stands today.

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Urban Agriculture 4: The future of farming

  • May 31, 2014
  • Tagged as: Chongming County, drought, ecology, farming, Gene Likens, thermocline, urban agriculture, vertical farm
Chongming County

Dickson and Vincent talk about why and how farming practices will change.

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Urban Agriculture 3: The second green revolution – Paradise lost

  • May 17, 2014
  • Tagged as: California, drought, dust bowl, farming, population, sustainable, urban agriculture
California drought and crops

Dickson and Vincent continue their brief history of farming with a discussion of farming after the Dust Bowl.

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Urban Agriculture 2: The second green revolution

  • May 3, 2014
  • Tagged as: Dorothea Lange, dust bowl, farming, industrialization, mechanized farming, petroleum engine, steam engine, urban agriculture, US depression
rich-farm

Dickson and Vincent discuss the effects of industrialization on the development of farming.

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Urban Agriculture 1: The earliest farmers

  • April 5, 2014
  • Tagged as: early humans, farming, hunter gatherer, Landsat, NASA, New Grange, urban agriculture
origins-map-green

Dickson and Vincent launch their new podcast with a discussion of the early origins of farming.

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