Lecture digs into vertical farming

Date of Event: March 19, 2012

Posted: March 8, 2012

GRANVILLE, Ohio—Dickson Despommier, author of “Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century,” will present a lecture at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 19, in the Welsh Hills Room of Denison University’s Burton D. Morgan Center (150 Ridge Road). The vertical farm is a new approach to indoor farming that aims to meet the food demands of the future through the use of high-rise buildings mimicking ecological processes. The lecture, sponsored by the Ronneberg Endowment and the McPhail Center for Environmental Studies, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Brenda Franks at 740-587-5757 or visit www.denison.edu.

Despommier is a microbiologist, ecologist and professor of public health at Columbia University. He will discuss the socioeconomic and ecological dimensions of contemporary food systems and suggests a new organizational paradigm for food production, vertical farming in urban areas.

Calendar Listing:

CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville—Lecture discusses vertical farming at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 19, in the Welsh Hills Room of the Burton D. Morgan Center (150 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Brenda Franks at 740-587-5757 or visit www.denison.edu.

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

For press inquiries:

Name: Ginny Sharkey
Position Title: Media Relations
Primary Email: sharkeyv@denison.edu
Business Phone: (740) 587-6266

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