Organic Food

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From the Farmer's Market to the supermarket, organic food is going big time. But - what is organic food and what isn't? New regulations are in the works as Agribusiness gets into the act. Will that mean better produce for everyone - or the end of small farmers who first embraced organic farming?
Bob Scowcroft: Executive Director, Organic Farming Research Foundation, Santa CruzTom O'Brien : Confidential Assistant to the Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service United States Department of Agriculture Confidential Assistant to the Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service United States Department of Agriculture Michael Ableman : Director of the Center for Urban Agriculture; Farm Manager, Fairview Gardens; author of "From the Good Earth" and "On Good Land: Autobiography of an Urban Farm" Malcolm Ricci: Organic Manager, Grimway Farms, Bakersfield (largest carrot producer in world; 40,000 acres of carrots per year) CEO, New Organics Company: CEO, New Organics Company Rex Laird: Executive Director, Ventura County Farm Bureau Peter Hidalgo: Spokesperson for Metrolink

topic: METROLINK FENCES

Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producer:

Frances Anderton