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Soil scientist wins the agricultural equivalent of Nobel Peace Prize
Soil scientist Dr. Rattan Lal was awarded the prestigious World Food Prize. It’s considered to be equivalent to a Nobel Peace Prize in agriculture. Over his career, Dr.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readSoil scientist Dr. Rattan Lal was awarded the prestigious World Food Prize. It’s considered to be equivalent to a Nobel Peace Prize in agriculture. Over his career, Dr. Lal developed and mainstreamed a soil-centric approach to increasing food production, which simultaneously conserves natural resources and mitigates climate change. His techniques have helped millions of small farmers and improved the food and nutritional security of more than 2 billion people.
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- 25:20From Borneo to Sweden, searching for the world’s last untamed foods
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- 47:43Shutout from the farmer’s market, siblings explore their pivot options
The full episode
2 of 6Seeds, soil science, flavors of wood, untamed food- 0:00Traveling inside fruit: a children’s reading about seeds
- 3:01Soil scientist wins the agricultural equivalent of Nobel Peace PrizeYou’re reading this
- 13:30Trees, wood, flavor: the obsession of a woodland biologist
- 25:20From Borneo to Sweden, searching for the world’s last untamed foods
- 35:45Mastered sourdough? Nerd out over macroscopic mold
- 47:43Shutout from the farmer’s market, siblings explore their pivot options