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Friday > Archives > 2002 > August > August 9, 2002:
Hour One: Sustainability
and Agriculture
Catch too many fish for too long, and the population might crash.
Farm a patch of ground too aggressively, and the fertility of the
soil can be endangered. In this hour of Science Friday, we take a
look at agriculture and sustatinability - how can people worldwide
ensure that there's plenty of food now, as well as in years to come?
Will it take changes in production methods? Diet? Attitudes?
Plus, we'll get an update on a now-separated pair of conjoined twins.
Call in with your comments and questions at 1-800-989-8255, and
share your opinions online in our Listeners'
Lounge (registration
required).
Guests:
Henry Kawamoto
Director of craniofacial surgery for UCLA's
Craniofacial Clinic
Clinical professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery
UCLA's Mattel Children's
Hospital
Westwood, California
David Tilman
Regents' Professor and Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Director, Cedar Creek Natural
History Area
Dept. of Ecology, Evolution,
and Behavior
University of Minnesota
St Paul, Minnesota
Jill Auburn
National Program Leader/Director, Sustainable
Agriculture Research, and Education (SARE) Program
USDA
Washington, DC
Per Pinstrup-Andersen
Recipient, 2001 World Food
Prize
Director General, International Food
Policy Research Institute
Washington, DC
Joel Cohen
Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor
Head, Laboratory
of Populations
Rockefeller University
New York, New York
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
- Sustainable
Agriculture Network
Community Supported
Agriculture resources and database
What
is Sustainable Agriculture?
The
World Wide Web Virtual Library:Sustainable Agriculture
ATTRA
- Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
International
Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
FAO
: SD Dimensions
Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
UCLA
Healthcare - Conjoined Twins
This segment produced by Charles
Bergquist
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