Urban Agriculture

Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello Dickson and Vincent discuss the effects on industrialization on the development of farming. Links for this episode History of agriculture (New World Encycl) Haber process (Wikipedia) Urea synthesis (Wikipedia) Plants need 18 elements (Cornell) The industrial revolution Crop indemnity maps (USDA) Image credit Dickson's Pick Photographs of Dorothea Lange Send your questions and comments to urbanag@urbanag.ws