The Ohio Farm Bureau Podcast gets to the heart of what is happening throughout Ohio agriculture. Hear about important issues impacting Ohio Farm Bureau members and their communities as Ty Higgins visits with a wide variety of experts who cover farming, farm policy and food production across the value chain.
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Ohio State's Dr. Rattan Lal, 2020 World Food Prize Laureate
Over five decades and five continents, Dr. Rattan Lal, a Distinguished University Professor in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), has reduced hunger by pioneering agricultural methods across the globe that not only restore degraded soil but also reduce global warming. His research recently paid off in a big way as he won the 2020 World Food Prize and $500,000. On this Our Ohio Weekly, host Ty Higgins visits with Dr. Lal from some of his research plots on Ohio State’s Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Lab. 00:00 - 2020 World Food Prize Laureate Dr. Rattan Lal 23:50 - "The Harmless Farmer" Andy Detwiler, who lost both arms in a tragic farm accident, tells his story "To the Beat of Agriculture" 32:20 - Ohio Farm Bureau policy counsel Leah Curtis gives insights on the liabilities of being a landowner 42:20 - American Farm Bureau's Maggie Good talks about the Think F.A.S.T. farm safety program for youth