Episode 8 | 24m 40s
All across the country, the ways and means of America's small farmers are evolving. Young Hispanic farm laborers in California’s Salinas Valley are moving up the economic ladder, training to become tomorrow’s organic farm owners. In Houston, Congolese refugees are creating communities around vacant urban lots.
Aired: 09/18/14
Video has closed captioning.Cheap meat is actually quite costly, taking its toll on America’s health and environment.
The top six inches of soil are the most precious, yet least understood ecosystem on earth.
A new breed of passionate farmers, chefs and scientists are revamping our food system.
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All across the country, the ways and means of America's small farmers are evolving.
Americans throw away 34 million tons of food each year, a quarter of the groceries we buy.
Explore the disconnect between the belly and the brain and our national eating disorder.
Once, wild food was all there was. If you didn’t pick, catch, or kill it, you didn’t eat.
From the Founding Farmers to the modern Farm Bill, what has 200 years of progress brought?
