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7:30pm - 9:00pm EST
First Aired - 03/17/2011 01:00PM
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This week on The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks is joined by Mara Gittleman of Farming Concrete. Tune in to learn more about this "citizens science project" and how Mara and her colleagues have gathered detailed statistics on all the community farms in New York City. This episode was sponsored by The Museum of Food & Drink .
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The Farm Report Introduction: Farming Concrete (17:38)
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Erin Fairbanks, The Farm Report, Mara Gittleman, Farming Concrete, citizen science project, gardening, cartography, how much food are community gardeners growing in NYC?, www.farmingconcrete.org, community development, the internet is not always the best tool, Green Thumb, New York Restoration Project, Just Food, crop inventory, 400 community gardens in New York, ACGA, community garden is any space where more than 1 person is gardening, spaces open to the public, urban farming in Detroit, social justice, illegal farming in vacant lots, Rudy Giuliani tried to auction off gardens, land trusts, land protection, Food Works,Quantifying Food Production (15:12)
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quantifying food production, being classified as a farm, urban agriculture, Mara is part of the Prospect Heights community farm, communal flower cutting bed, herb gardens, garlic, ask your local community garden about what's in season, plant sales, seed swapping, seed saving, crop inventory forms,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 05/20/2012 01:00PM
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This week on Straight, No Chaser Katy Keiffer has an in-depth conversation about vertical farming with Dr. Dickson Despommier, the author of The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century. A professor emeritus at Columbia University, Dr. Despommier spent thirty-eight years as a professor of microbiology and public health. Hear some radical ideas including underground farming without daylight and plasma arc gasification. From wind power in Holland to seed banks in Japan, hear about some of the concepts being integrated into new agricultural models across the globe. This show was made possible by Fairway Market.
"Vertical farming is simply tacking high tech green houses on top of each other and integrating the systems."
"The concept of vertical farming is not new. If you look back at history you can find hanging gardens of Babylon and references of urban gardening and agriculture - but the timing was wrong."
--Dr. Dickson Despommier on Straight, No Chaser
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Dickson Despommier & Vertical Farming (16:18)
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Dickson Despommier, urban agriculture, vertical farming, Korea, agricultural research, seed banks, Japan, Kyoto, land use, Plant Lab, light wavelengths, LED lights, underground farms, nuclear grid, plasma arc gasification, energy forms, fossil fuels, Holland, Linkoping,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 05/10/2010 12:30PM
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Bernie hosts Lee Mandell & Chloe Bass of Boswyck Farms who tlak about the potential of hydroponic farming in Bushwick.
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The Naturalist Introduction: Boswyck Farms (14:31)
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Bernie Wides, The Naturalist, Heritage Radio Network, Boswyck Farms, hydroponic farms, installaions in homes and rooftops, educatoinal component, what is hyrdoponisc, growing plants without soil, Aztecs used to do it, floating gardens, early versions of hydroponics, hydroponicist, some plants grow in the air, epiphytes, Everglades National Park, staghorn ferns, old man's beard, using sand gravel and clay pellets to grow plants, vertical farming, Bushwick, the neighborhood has changed a lot, affordable housing, rental units, more businesses opening up, urban farming movement, workshop for adults at Buglabs, school food is a national tragedy,Hydroponic Farming with Lee Mandell and Chloe Bass (15:13)
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Lee Mandell, Chloe Bass, persto, basil, growing food for schools, kids don't love green, we need to address that as a country, home economics, pizza, jello, chocolate pudding, pesto with spinach and arugula, vary the type of cheese, olive oil, you need less water for hydroponic growing, hydroponics in Japan, farm visits are available, once people see it it makes a lot more sense, we have a lot of unused acreage, rooftops have great potential, there is a lot of red tape to overcome, food handlers permits,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
