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Episode 7 | 24m 41s
A new breed of passionate farmers, chefs and scientists are revamping the American food system. Combining people’s passions and technological ingenuity, visit tech-savvy growers flying crop-monitoring drones in California’s central valley. We step into CU Boulder’s lab to map the human microbiome with visionary food journalist, Michael Pollan.
Aired: 09/18/14
Video has closed captioning.From the Founding Farmers to the modern Farm Bill, what has 200 years of progress brought?
Once, wild food was all there was. If you didn’t pick, catch, or kill it, you didn’t eat.
Explore the disconnect between the belly and the brain and our national eating disorder.
Americans throw away 34 million tons of food each year, a quarter of the groceries we buy.
All across the country, the ways and means of America's small farmers are evolving.
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A new breed of passionate farmers, chefs and scientists are revamping our food system.
The top six inches of soil are the most precious, yet least understood ecosystem on earth.
Cheap meat is actually quite costly, taking its toll on America’s health and environment.
