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Sep 2015
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Urban Agriculture 18: Sharecropping the ...

VINCENT RACANIELLO
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Hosts: Dickson Despommier and Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Caleb Harper

Dickson and Vincent speak with Caleb Harper about the Open Agriculture initiative at the MIT Media Lab.

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