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

[Heather L McIlvaine-Newsad]

I will be giving a commentary on the 29th and 30th regarding the series as well. cheers, heather 

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From: "Joel Gruver" <jgruv at hotmail.com> 
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Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:01:35 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central 
Subject: [FIG-ALL] Radio documentary on sustainable agriculture at noon today on WIUM 

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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