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On a very important episode of The Main Course, professor Dickson Despommier discusses population growth and food production and explains how vertical farming might save us all. Also on the show, Jennifer Nelkin and chef Matt Hamilton.
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The Main Course Introduction (9:40)
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The Main Course, Patrick Martins, Katy Keiffer, Dickson Farmstand Meats, structural images for urban farming, tall towers, hydroponically fueled, Brooklyn Grange, Roberta's, Heritage Radio Network, Martha Stewart, New York Times,Matt Hamilton of Belcourt (25:00)
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Toyota, foreign corporations, car industry, mustard, herbs, spices, Matt Hamilton, chickens, eggs, cows, Utica, Long Island, Rhode Island red hen, french bistro, East Village, small menu, wine, Paul Grimes, the culture of food, food politics, Bobo, Queens, Dairyland, red at the bone, Prune, Roberta's, Yelp,Compromise in the Restaurant Industry (26:50)
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the Heritage Radio Network website now has a commenting function, chick peas, compromise in the restaurant industry, practicality, organic products, commodity, farmers market, milk, us against them approach, Virginia, Mumbai, Southeast Asia, Marine Corps, Judy Rogers, Alice Waters, fast sex and slow sex, Fairway Market, Mexican olive oil, food quality, Chinese restaurants, New York Noodle Town, Peking Duck House, braised short ribs, San Francisco, Quince, Michael Tusk, portion size, handmade pasta, Trump building, Balthazar, Automat,Dickson Despommier on Population Growth and Food Production (26:32)
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Dickson's Farmstand Meats, Super Bowl, highway commission, Indianapolis, major highways, controlled environment agriculture, Jen Nelkin, http://gothamgreens.com/, vertical farming, hydroponics, Scott Stringer, global warming, Africa, water supply, hyena, we headed south, bone eaters, marrow, farming, domesticated animals, neanderthals, Jared Diamond, Quest For Fire, Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human, Richard Wrangham, Middle East, oasis, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, irrigation projects, Michael Pollan, humans have rearranged the landscape in our favor, Copenhagen, climate summit, ethanol, corn, subsidized, oil, harnessing fuel, energy, internal combustion engine, alcohol, Henry Ford, tractor, dynamite, end of slavery, the perfect storm for farming, NPK, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, urea, when did the first agricultural revolution end?, it began 12000 years ago, it ended in 1940, The Grapes of Wrath, Neil Young, The World Without Us, Alan Weisman, vertical farming is a radical solution to these problems, Garrett Hardin, The Tragedy of the Commons, over population, open door immigration policy, labor force,Jen Nelkin Explains How Vertical Farming Can Save Us (17:45)
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lettuce, bibb salad, Roberta's, how can vertical farming help, Jenn Nelkin, Jennifer Nelkin, psychological advantages, vertical farming is expensive, Gotham Greens, retrofitting buildings, a lot of technical skill is required, power requirements, closed system, half an acre produces 50000 pounds of crops a year, the return will be very high on the investment, venture capitalists, seasonality, locavores, hydroponic tomatoes, sweeping statements can't tell you anything, some hydroponic produce tastes terrible, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, NYSERDA, solar, www.gothamgreens.com,Having Our Cake & Eating It Too (21:50)
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how can we have our cake and eat it too?, quality food at a good price point grown sustainably, factory food production system, hydroponic farming, crop viability, prototypical vertical farming project, Monsanto, government subsidies, synthetic fertilizer, recycling nutrients, germination, automated growth systems, harvesting, Seinfeld, research and development, San Francisco, Detroit, Minneapolis, Newark, New Jersey Institute of Technology, politicians, green collar jobs, employment opportunities, consumer groups, Ghana, Niger, floods, droughts, locusts, Iceland, geothermal energy, food security issues, livestock, the average farmer in the US makes $10000 dollars a year, small farms, President Barack Obama, taxpayers, farm bill was $300 billion dollars,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
