In an ongoing series called “Monday Mayhem,” radio host with a pragmatic view of tackling the challenges of energy, food, and the local economy at the end of the age of oil goes head-to-head with a radio host who promotes free-market solutions. In this edition, Carl Etnier and Rob Roper discuss what it looks like to apply the principles of local, organic food to the functions of government. The call-in show takes up both Vermont and national issues.
Monday Mayhem: Local, Organic Government
By Carl Etnier, originally published by Equal Time Radio
June 13, 2011
Tags: Building Community, Food, Media & Communications, Politics
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