Sustainable Agriculture: Curing America's Eating Disorder

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.

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• sustainable
• agriculture
• local
• food
• organic
• Michigan
• State
• University
• Student
• Organic
• Farm

[bucqui]

Yes, we need industrial ag now - but we must transition to a different way of eating. Peak oil demands changing our food system. First, eat less meat. Thousands of acres of corn & soybeans and the greenhouse, along with the methane from cows, are unsustainable. Second, we need to reinvent the small family mixed farm. Third, we must start farming as much land as we can within cities. It isn't a question of whether we should do things differently - we must.

[59acres]

sjyuma you have no idea what you're talking about.i'm an organic market gardener and i do not use any pesticides.thats why its called organic you idiot.also i charge regular retail for my produce....and it was ecoli tainted irrigation from an industrial farm that caused the spinach problem...get a brain lol

[Tarodin1980]

I try to buy local/organic whenever I can. I live very well without fresh tomatoes and strawberries in the winter. That's what canned ones are for!

[OfolenWS]

1:51 "Warning! Warning! Put down your sandwich!"

o.O I actually was eating a sanwich!

[hablerz]

@frecki2 Thanks for pointing out a minor spelling mistake in my comment a year after i posted it. I offer you a metaphorical merit badge which you can stick in a location of your choice.

[frecki2]

@hablerz Can you even spell? Maybe you do need to spend more money on organic vegetables because your spelling needs work.

[GoOrganicTV]

I have been working on the methyl iodide issue since 10/09 There are 10 videos on this profile. Please also see a profile name GoOrganicTV and also IfilmORG

I am with you on CSA lets share and keep educating...

[GoOrganicTV]

I have been working on the methyl iodide issue since 10/09 There are 10 videos on this profile. and, Please also see a profile name GoOrganicTV and also IfilmORG

I am with you on CSA lets share and keep educating...

[GreenIsOurGarden]

We have put together a site that showcases aspiring writers in sustainable agriculture. We are particulary interested in the theme of how spirituality (whatever that means to you) can inform sustainability.

You can find us at greenisourgardendotcom

[robertswilder]

@59acres No it actually is not part of it, organic farming guidelines never state that there are no pesticides used in it. Also no I would never consider being a organic farmer because I consider it immoral to knowingly produce at a lower rate then is possible when there are starving people in the world.