Crop to Cuisine: Innovations in Farming & Gardening

Around the world, we face the worst food crisis in a decade. Many factors effect the cost and availability of food. But regardless of the political, social, and economic influences, we need to rethink the way we grow our food. If people around the world are going to feed themselves, we need to stop thinking in the past. This episode of Crop To Cuisine addresses somewhat new methods of farming & gardening. Dickson Despommier, PhD of Columbia University is the founder of the Vertical Farming Project. He joins us to explain vertical farming, and the places around the world it would best help. And to discuss a non-traditional approach to gardening, Mel Bartholomew of Square Foot Gardening joins us to renew his enthusiasm of the home garden. And we are joined by Amanda Faison of 5280 Magazine to hear about Panzanno Restaurant in Denver - A great restaurant making it a point to support local agriculture.

 

And as always, you get find out more at our website, Croptocuisine.org.
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-Dov Hirsch, your Host