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Field Guides to Food

Ken Meter: on the American Third World (Full)

Ken Meter, president of the Crossroads Resource Center, discusses with Peter Shea in September 2012 his path to studying food security and the trends he has observed firsthand in his work with American farmers. He goes on to describe the features and uses of a food economy study, the weaknesses in the current agricultural system, parallels between rural and inner-city America, the promise and pitfalls of Farm to School programs and food policy councils, what food store chains are doing for the movement, and why industrial agriculture might be bad for democracy.

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1. Ken Meter: On The American Third World (Trailer) Ken Meter, president of the Crossroads Resource Center, discusses with Peter Shea in September 2012 his path to studying food security and the trends he has observed firsthand in his work with American farmers. He goes on to describe the features and uses of a food economy study, the weaknesses in the current agricultural system, parallels between rural and inner-city America, the promise and pitfalls of Farm to School programs and food policy councils, what food store chains are doing for the movement, and why industrial agriculture might be bad for democracy.
2. Ken Meter: on the American Third World (Edited)
3. Ken Meter: on the American Third World (Full) Ken Meter, president of the Crossroads Resource Center, discusses with Peter Shea in September 2012 his path to studying food security and the trends he has observed firsthand in his work with American farmers. He goes on to describe the features and uses of a food economy study, the weaknesses in the current agricultural system, parallels between rural and inner-city America, the promise and pitfalls of Farm to School programs and food policy councils, what food store chains are doing for the movement, and why industrial agriculture might be bad for democracy.