Urban Farming, Sustainable Agriculture, and More with Joshua Earl Arnold
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
We hear the term "sustainable" a LOT these days. But what does it really mean when it's applied to agriculture?
Joshua Earl Arnold, professor of sustainable agriculture at Warren Wilson College, explains.
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- Socioeconomic to biophysical challenges faced by urban farmers
- Sustainable agriculture's reliance on ecosystem services, including insect and plant activity and soil-building, and how the ecosystem is disrupted in urban farming
- What the lack of agricultural subsidies for irrigation means for urban farmers
- How nutrient cycling on urban farms works
- The issue of security of tenure for urban farmers and how parklands, schools, and faith-based communities are helping
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| 0:29.0 | Come the geniuses. |
| 0:30.0 | This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | The Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:38.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast of Joshua Earl Arnold. |
| 0:43.0 | He's a professor of sustainable agriculture, part of Warren Wilson College. |
| 0:47.0 | We're going to talk about sustainable agriculture. |
| 0:49.0 | What does that mean? |
| 0:50.0 | And his research. |
| 0:51.0 | So Josh, thank you for coming. |
| 0:53.0 | Yeah, thank you. |
| 0:54.0 | Glad to be here. |
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