Plant Biology & Farming Basics Made Simple & Accessible – Learn and Earn More
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Education only for the wealthy?
In the 1860s, that's what most people believed. A crucial turning point for public education was establishing the public land grant educational system, which has brought the best, newest research to the people – regardless of status.
Today, you'll benefit from this simply by pressing play.
Tune in to explore:
- Why New Jersey is an ideal place to grow fruits and vegetables
- The role of an "extension specialist" and the ideas that fostered the growth of this profession
- Why organically grown crops provide extra challenges for farmers
- Big issues impacting small farmers
- Basil – why is it such a high-value crop?
Mark Gregory Robson is a distinguished professor, extension specialist of plant biology, and faculty director at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Press play to hear all his insight and learn more at Dr. Mark Gregory Robson Department of Plant Biology at Rutgers SEBS.
Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C
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| 0:00.0 | Forget frequently asked questions. |
| 0:02.0 | Common sense, common knowledge, or Google. |
| 0:05.0 | How about advice from a real genius? |
| 0:07.0 | 95% of people in any profession are good enough to be qualified in license. |
| 0:11.0 | 5%? |
| 0:12.0 | Go above and beyond. |
| 0:13.0 | They become very good at what they do. |
| 0:15.0 | But only 0.1% are real geniuses. |
| 0:18.0 | Richard Jacobs has made his life's mission to find them for you. |
| 0:22.0 | He hunts down and interviews geniuses in every field. |
| 0:25.0 | Sleep science, cancer, stem cells, ketogenic diets, and more. |
| 0:29.0 | Come the geniuses. |
| 0:30.0 | This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | The Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:36.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | I have Mark Gregory-Ropsen. |
| 0:43.0 | He's a distinguished professor and an Extension Specialist of Planet Biology. |
| 0:48.0 | Faculty Director at Rutgers University. |
| 0:51.0 | So we're going to talk about his work with crops and people. |
| 0:54.0 | And what it means to be an Extension Specialist. |
| 0:57.0 | So Mark, thank you for coming. |
| 0:59.0 | Thank you for having me. |
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