Urban farm research investigates sustainable agricultural practices (Audio)
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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Pamela Martin, Assistant Professor in Geophysical Sciences, and her students discuss her Feeding the City research project, which investigates small-scale sustainable agriculture. The goal of the project, now in its pilot year, is to collect data on the direct and indirect energy inputs and outputs. Martin and her team will analyze this data to determine the energy efficiency and environmental impact of food production on urban and rural farms that practice sustainable methods.
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