Wendell Berry: Losing Our Farming Culture

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Uploaded by on Jan 22, 2010

Writer and agriculturalist Wendell Berry started following sustainable farming practices long before many new what "organic" meant. In several of his essays published in "Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food" he warns that the waning interest of young people in agriculture is rapidly threatening the existence of the family farm in America.

Progressive Book Club's Maureen Scarpelli traveled to Sprout Creek Farm in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., to get their perspective on the future of farming. Sprout Creek offers educational programs for mostly young students -- and although they note there is more of an interest in organic food, it's still quite a task to get young people interested enough to spend their lives farming.

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