Tue, 13 March 2018
Dickson travels to indoor farm Gotham Greens in Brooklyn, New York to speak with Co-founder and CEO Viraj Puri. Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Viraj Puri Links for this episodeSend your questions and comments to urbanag@microbe.tv |
Sat, 23 December 2017
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Daniel Podmirseg Daniel joins Dickson and Vincent to talk about the Vertical Farm Institute, which provides advice and planning on the design and construction of indoor farms.
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Fri, 10 November 2017
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson provides an update on progress towards establishing long-term, sustainable, local, safe food systems based on indoor farming. Links for this episode
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Tue, 18 October 2016
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Robert Colangelo Dickson and Vincent speak with Robert Colangelo, founding farmer and CEO of Green Sense Farms, the world's largest commercial indoor vertical farm. Links for this episode
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Fri, 2 September 2016
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson defines the term 'vertical farm': a high-tech greenhouse that is stacked on top of itself, transforming it into a multi-story growing space.
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Thu, 23 June 2016
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Joel Cuello Dickson and Vincent speak with Professor Joel Cuello about his work on engineering of sustainable biological and agricultural innovations, including bioregenerative space life support, crop hydroponics, plant tissue culture, micropropagation, and industrial mass production of algae and plant cell and microbial cultures. Links for this episode
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Sat, 14 May 2016
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Gene Giacomelli Dickson and Vincent speak with Professor Gene Giacomelli about his work on controlled environment plant production systems research, design, development and applications.
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Sat, 2 April 2016
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Clare Miflin Dickson and Vincent speak with architect Clare Miflin about biomimicry - innovation inspired by nature - and environmentally sound building practices.
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Mon, 29 February 2016
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Gregory Kiss Dickson and Vincent speak with architect Gregory Kiss about how to build self-sustaining urban buildings.
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Tue, 1 December 2015
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guests: Ed Horton and Danielle Horton Dickson and Vincent speak with Ed and Danielle Horton from Urban Produce, which uses a high-density vertical indoor growing system which they hope to implement all over the world. Links for this episode
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Mon, 9 November 2015
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.
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Mon, 21 September 2015
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
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Sat, 8 August 2015
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent review recent entrants into the growing discipline of urban agriculture.
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Mon, 8 June 2015
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.
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Sat, 25 April 2015
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
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Tue, 3 March 2015
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.
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Sat, 14 February 2015
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
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Tue, 30 December 2014
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
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Thu, 4 December 2014
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.
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Tue, 21 October 2014
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent read listener email about urban agriculture, hydroponics, aquaponics, underground vertical farms, climate change, and more.
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Sun, 28 September 2014
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guests: Milan Kluko and Daniel Kluko Dickson and Vincent speak with Milan and Daniel Kluko, owners of Green Spirit Farms, a sustainable vertical farm in New Buffalo, Michigan. Links for this episode
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Tue, 19 August 2014
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Guest: James Cannon Dickson and Vincent speak with James Cannon, Chief of Horticulture at Green Farms A&M, about how his company produces food indoors. Links for this episode
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Mon, 28 July 2014
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent continue their discussion of the science of indoor farming. Links for this episode
Dickson's pickBog bodies of the Iron Age (Nova) Send your questions and comments to urbanag@urbanag.ws
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Tue, 1 July 2014
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent provide an overview of the technologies that allow the practice of indoor farming. Links for this episode
Dickson's pickPractical Hydroponics and Greenhouses Listener pickChristophe - Inquiring Minds podcast Send your questions and comments to urbanag@urbanag.ws |
Sat, 14 June 2014
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent discuss how the vertical farm concept was developed and where it stands today. Links for this episode
Vincent's pickBig Ideas (YouTube) Send your questions and comments to urbanag@urbanag.ws |
Sat, 31 May 2014
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent talk about why and how farming practices will change. Links for this episode
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Sat, 17 May 2014
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent continue their brief history of farming with a discussion of farming after the Dust Bowl. Links for this episode
Dickson's PickSilent Spring by Rachel Carson Send your questions and comments to urbanag@urbanag.ws |
Sat, 3 May 2014
Dickson and Vincent discuss the effects on industrialization on the development of farming. Links for this episode
Dickson's PickPhotographs of Dorothea Lange Send your questions and comments to urbanag@urbanag.ws |
Sat, 5 April 2014
Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent launch their new podcast with a discussion of the early origins of farming. Links for this episode
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