Good Food
The Farm Show
We revisit our conversation on the state of America’s farmlands and the people that control our nation’s agriculture.
By Evan Kleiman • • 56m ListenWe revisit our conversation on the state of America’s farmlands and the people that control our nation’s agriculture. As policy, the climate, and the country’s needs change, we examine some of the greatest challenges facing the farming community: new legislation, modern farm life, escalating suicide rates amongst farmers, and more.
In this episode
7 storiesFarm bill 101
The federal Farm Bill is up for renewal. Journalist Leah Douglas offers a primer on the Farm Bill’s history and contents and how it shapes the farming system we have.
Read the story6 min'This Blessed Earth'
Journalist Ted Genoways , himself the great-grandson of a Nebraskan seed corn producer, spent a year with a farming family to tell the story of modern farm life and its challenges.
Read the story7 minFDR's great wall of trees
During the Dust Bowl, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt allocated $15 million for the planting of trees to ameliorate the damage.
Read the story7 minExamining farmer suicides
The rate of suicide among America’s farmers is more than double that of its veterans. Why don’t we hear more about it? Debbie Weingarten reported on the crisis for The Guardian .
Read the story8 minA radical new farm bill
Journalist Leah Douglas returns to explain a radical proposal to revamp the Farm Bill , led by Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer.
Read the story10 minSmall farming
Food and science journalist Tamar Haspel contends that small, organic farming isn’t enough to fix a broken system. Instead, she says the organic system’s inefficiencies need to be addressed from within.
Read the story12 minMarket Report: Fennel
Laura Avery talks with Trevor Faris, executive chef of Brennan's in Marina Del Rey, about how he uses this underrated vegetable in the kitchen. Also a visit with Chris Edwards of Rutiz Family Farms .
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