“Restoring soil health,” CFAES soil scientist Rattan Lal says, “is essential to restoring human health.”
As 2020 World Food Prize laureate, he knows that solving our biggest challenges starts beneath our feet.
“Restoring soil health,” CFAES soil scientist Rattan Lal says, “is essential to restoring human health.”
As 2020 World Food Prize laureate, he knows that solving our biggest challenges starts beneath our feet.
WOSU, Nov. 30; featuring Brent Sohngen, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
CBS Sunday Morning, Nov. 29; featuring Stan Gehrt, School of Environment and Natural Resources
Columbus Dispatch, Nov. 26
We invite you to join us this Friday, Dec. 4, for a celebration of World Soil Day. Our free public virtual program will feature:
Kashmir Images (India), Nov. 1; featuring Rattan Lal, School of Environment and Natural Resources
WNWO-TV, Toledo, Oct. 28; featuring Chris Winslow, Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory)
Farm and Dairy, Oct. 22; featuring Aaron Wilson, OSU Extension
CFAES last week honored its own Rattan Lal, 2020 World Food Prize Laureate, with a video retrospective of his life and career, which you can watch above. Lal is Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science in the School of Environment and Natural Resources.
The video includes the announcement that Lal’s name is being added to the center that he founded—what will now be called the Rattan Lal Carbon Management and Sequestration Center.
You can watch the World Food Prize award ceremony itself, which the World Food Prize Foundation hosted on Oct. 15, here.
Rattan Lal, Distinguished University Professor of soil science in CFAES’ School of Environment and Natural Resources, will receive the 2020 World Food Prize in a ceremony set for 10–11 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 15.
Later the same day, he will be honored during a CFAES-hosted virtual event called “The Legacy of Dr. Rattan Lal” from 2–2:45 p.m. EDT.
Watch the morning ceremony here. Register to attend the afternoon event here.
Lal speaks on turning science into action in the 2018 video above.
Come join virtual “Conversations on the Politics and Science of Climate Change in the Buckeye State.” It’s the next monthly program by CFAES’ Environmental Professionals Network, set for Tuesday, Oct. 13, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participating is free of charge.
Check out the lineup of speakers and register. (Photo: Getty Images.)
Food Institute Blog, Sept. 18; Rattan Lal, School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR), cited
Columbus Dispatch, Sept. 16; featuring Aaron Wilson, OSU Extension
Science News for Students, Sept. 3; featuring Stan Gehrt, SENR
Washington Post, Aug. 31; featuring Brian Roe, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
NPR, Aug. 18; featuring Rattan Lal, School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR)
Ohio State News, Aug. 13; featuring Mažeika Sullivan, SENR
Science, June 25. Featuring Robyn Wilson, School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR).
PBS “Nature” blog, June 23. Featuring Nicole Jackson, SENR.
NPR, June 22. Featuring Rattan Lal, SENR.