Sharon Astyk talks about her new book, A Nation of Farmers: Defeating the Food Crisis on American Soil. Includes four Vermonters working to build a stronger local food system: a farmer, the Sec. of Agriculture, a state representative, and the director of the organic farming association.
Equal Time Productions. Originally broadcast on WDEV AM&FM, Waterbury and Montpelier, Vermont. Produced by Artie Levine.
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Carl Etnier hosts Equal Time Radio one day a week, focusing on energy, food, and the local economy at the end of the age of oil. More information about the program, and audio from other Equal Time hosts, is available at www.equaltimeradio.com.
Sharon Astyk's blog: www.sharonastyk.com A Nation of Farmers web site: www.anationoffarmers.com
Web sites mentioned by or associated with other guests: Carl Russell, Earthwise Farm and Forestry-- Northeast Animal Power Field Days: www.animalpowerfielddays.org
Roger Allbee, Vermont Secretary of Agriculture: www.vermontagriculture.com
Chris Bray, State Representative (D-New Haven)-- Farm to Plate initiative: http://www.vsjf.org/sustainable_agriculture/farm2plate.shtml