Saturday, August 21, 2010

More Food

Sustainable agriculture is tied closely to a culture and history of sustainability. Small Farms, Big Future is an archive of both. It covers the rich mix of activism, educators, researchers, farmer's market managers and others who've helped pull the oral history of organics into the present day.

In their words:
Climate change is upon us. The world’s water supply is shrinking. And increasingly, local, organic food is becoming more than just a fad or a luxury for wealthy foodies. On this edition, we go to California, America’s leading producer of fruits, vegetables, and dairy, to see some examples of how the nation’s agricultural industry is slowly but surely moving away from factory farms.

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