[FIG-ALL] Radio documentary on sustainable agriculture at noon today on WIUM

[Joel Gruver]

Hello folks,

I am looking forward to tuning into a radio documentary titled Five Farms - Stewardship on WIUM at noon today. Some information about the documentary is appended below:



Joel



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http://cds.aas.duke.edu/fivefarms/
"Stewardship" focuses on the daily choices farming families make to
preserve their land, water and air — the fundamentals of farming.
During mid-summer visits to a Massachusetts milking barn, an Iowa
soybean field, an apricot orchard in California, a hog farm in North
Carolina and a desert corn field in Arizona, five families describe and
demonstrate what sustainability means on their farms.





Most Americans know little about where their food comes from and
even less about the lives of farming families who plant, water, feed,
herd, harvest and deliver that food to market. "Five Farms: Stories
>From American Farm Families" confronts that information gap head on. 


This remarkable series of five one-hour documentaries uses
compelling first-person storytelling to personalize the lives and work
of five farm families in New England, the South, the Midwest, the
Southwest and West Coast. By tracking these families for a full
year-long cycle of the seasons, "Five Farms" reveals the resiliency of
the American farmer and documents what they do to help feed the nation,
while being caretakers and conservationists of the lands and resources
they use. "Five Farms" profiles people who work hard and make
considerable sacrifices, but who can also flourish, and for whom the
benefits — including a deep understanding of the land they work — are
rich. 




Joel Gruver


Dept of Agriculture


Western Illinois University


jgruv at hotmail.com


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