ABSTRACT
As current president of the International Union of Soil Sciences and 2007 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Certificate by the IPCC, Professor Lal is a respected authority on the global mission to secure soil health and food sovereignty, especially as populations in urban centers continue to rise. According to Lal, healthy soil is not only integral to the stability and prosperity of nations around the globe, but is a key to world peace. Now more than ever, issues of social justice and environmental degradation associated with globalized industrial agriculture demand innovative answers from the sciences and arts. It is impossible to talk about feeding the world without imagining productive cities contributing to people's daily diet of grains, fruits, vegetables, and animal products.
