Scenario 2020: The Future of Food in Mendocino County

January 30, 2009

A presentation by Jason Bradford originally given to Leadership Mendocino, Nov. 14, 2008. In a brilliant piece of visualization, Dr. Bradford presents as if from the year 2020 on the history of Mendocino county after an energy crisis, describing the rapid changes that followed.

Also check out the presentation in photo-essay format.

This video was funded by North Coast Opportunities, Inc. Mendo Food Futures Project through a grant from the California Endowment.

Jason Bradford

Dr. Jason Bradford is an organic farmer, and manager of Confluence Farms near Corvallis, Oregon. He has been affiliated with the Post Carbon Institute since 2004, initially as a Fellow. He is currently Board President and a co-host of the Crazy Town podcast. In 2019, he authored The Future is Rural: Food System Adaptations to the Great Simplification. Prior to his switch to agriculture, he was a research biologist studying evolution, ecology, and global change.


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