Homegrown Solutions
Channel: New America
Date: 2012-04-17

Homegrown Solutions

This panel discussion was recorded at the Future Tense event: Feeding the World While the Earth Cooks, which was held in Washington, DC on April 12th, 2012

Johannes Lehmann - @Cornell_Univ
Associate Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University

Martin Kleinschmit - @cfra
Farmer
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist (retired), Center for Rural Affairs
 
Jeff Moyer - @RodaleInstitute
Farm Director, Rodale Institute
 
Moderator:
Brian Vastag - @brianvastag
Science reporter, Washington Post

When today's toddlers are parents themselves, they will face an agricultural crisis. The world population will reach 9 billion. A growing global middle class will demand more food. And climate change will leave farmers holding seeds that won't sprout. By 2050, will our global appetite outgrow our agricultural capacity? We held an event to find out how everyone—growers, technologists, governments, business leaders, and carbon-conscious consumers—will be part of the solution.

http://www.newamerica.net/events/2012/feeding_the_world