From field to table

Tainted produce, environmental concerns, and rising energy costs are helping feed a growing interest in local food and small farms. Midmorning speaks with two farmers who are trying to change the way we look at food and agriculture.

Guests

• Will Allen: CEO of the urban farming organization Growing Power.
• Audrey Arner: Operates Moonstone Farm in western Minnesota. She's also on the steering committee for the Land Stewardship Project's Farm Beginnings program.

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• Ethanol a big factor, among several, driving up food prices
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  February 5, 2008
• Author argues for a new relationship with food
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Resources

• Growing Power
• Moonstone Farms
• Farm Beginnings
• Garden Works
• Locavore Nation