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Sustainable Agriculture: Curing America's Eating Disorders (Video)

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10 min

www.strategies4survival.com

The alternative to the longstanding American food policy of "cheap and lots" is to eat locally, eat seasonally and eat organic. Filmmaker Bonnie Bucqueroux and her dog Schmoopsie look at the sustainable agriculture movement, including a visit to Michigan State University

's Student Organic Farm, where Dr. John Biernbaum discusses the options people have to grow their own food or to buy from local growers.

Links to resources:

FREE HANDOUT: Vegetable Storage in Root Cellars (University of Alaska-Fairbanks) - This PDF from the Cooperative Extension Service provides a schematic for building your own root cellar. Dr. John Biernbaum, the Michigan State University professor featured in the video above, says that his root cellar provides his family home-grown potatoes until the 4th of July.

BOOK: Reclaiming the Commons: Community Farms and Forests in a New England Town - Brian Donahue

WEBSITE: Vertical Farming (Organic) - An innovative strategy to build energy-efficient organic farms in urban areas.

Dr. John Biernbaum

Professor

A440C Plant and Soil Sciences

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI 48824-1325

Phone: (517) 355-5191, ext 419

Fax: (517) 353-0890

Email: biernbau@msu.edu

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