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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 episode Gotham GreensSend your questions and comments to [email protected]
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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.
Links for this episode Vertical Farm Institute Daniel's thesis, 'Up' Letters read on Urban Agriculture 28Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
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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 Pumpkin genome sequenced (SciDaily) The Next Big Thing(s) Seeds and Chips A Farm Grows in the City (WSJ) Plenty Square Roots Infarm Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center (Wikipedia) Letters read on Urban Agriculture 27Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
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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 Green Sense Farms Green Sense Radio Letters read on Urban Agriculture 26This episode is sponsored by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and nonfiction series from the world’s best filmmakers. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completely free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE.
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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.
Links for this episode GreenTech Amsterdam The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono Rewilding the World by Caroline Fraser Carbon farmingThis episode is sponsored by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and nonfiction series from the world’s best filmmakers. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completely free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE.
This episode is also brought to you by Drobo, a family of safe, expandable, yet simple to use storage arrays. Drobos are designed to protect your important data forever. Visit www.drobo.com to learn more. Listeners can save $100 on a Drobo system at drobostore.com by using the discount code Microbe100.
Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
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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.
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Controlled environment agriculture World without walls (pdf) 10 tips for engineering students Realizing algal biofuels full potential Image creditThis episode is sponsored by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and nonfiction series from the world’s best filmmakers. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completely free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE.
Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
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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.
Links for this episode Controlled environment agriculture Biometry and biosystems informatics Food, bioproducts, and renewable energy Image creditThis episode is sponsored by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and nonfiction series from the world’s best filmmakers. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completely free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE.
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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.
Links for this episodeKiss & Kathcart ArchitectsBiomimicry InstituteBiomimicry 3.8Make biomimicry your careerHermit crab vacancy chain (Vimeo)Image creditSend your questions and comments to [email protected]
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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.
Links for this episodeKiss & Kathcart Architects2020 Challenge (pdf)The 2050 city (pdf)Science bargeNational Building MuseumGreenhouse Project PS 333The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean GionoSend your questions and comments to [email protected]
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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.
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Urban Produce LLCUrban Produce on YouTubeUrban Produce on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, InstagramUrban Produce virtual tour at YouTubeSend your questions and comments to [email protected]
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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 episodeRoots of organic farming on campus (NY Times)Green Sense Farms in China (NWI)Image creditLetters read on UrbAg 19Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
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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 episodeCityFARMMIT Media LabGrowing data will be hosted at openag.mit.edu (not yet live)Caliber BiotherapeuticsCaleb Harper on Twitter, InstagramMIT Open Agriculture on TwitterSend your questions and comments to [email protected]
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Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello
Dickson and Vincent review recent entrants into the growing discipline of urban agriculture.
Links for this episodeGreener RootsUrban ProduceUS Pavilion Milan Expo 2015TruLeafRay Kurzweil on Vertical Farming10 Mile FarmsSeoul adopts urban agricultureGreen Sense FarmsLufa FarmsImage creditSend your questions and comments to [email protected]
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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 episodeVertical HarvestVertical Harvest before (jpg)Vertical Harvest video (view at YouTube)Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
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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 episodeAeroFarmsAeroFarms in NY TimesPhotogallerySend your questions and comments to [email protected]
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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 episodeAgritectureAssociation for Vertical FarmingBlue Planet EnvironmentalHenry's Bronx model vertical farmAeroFarmsThe Martian by Andy WeirMirai Co. JapanLetters read on UrbAg 14Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
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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 episodeEco-LaboratoryFarmbox Greens video (YouTube)Buy Farmbox Greens (Marx Foods)John Todd (Wikipedia)The Lean Startup by Eric RiesImage credit: Marx FoodsFarmedHere story at Business InsiderSend your questions and comments to [email protected]
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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 episodeFarmedHereFarmedHere opening (YouTube)FarmedHere story at Business InsiderVideo of this episode - view at YouTubeSend your questions and comments to [email protected]
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Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent RacanielloGuests: 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 episodeIllumitexLED (Wikipedia)Photosynthesis (Wikipedia)Illumitex horticultural LED productsImage credit: IllumitexSend your questions and comments to [email protected]
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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 episodeQuinoaAsparagusLetters read on UrbAg 10Send your questions and comments to [email protected]
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