Crop to Cuisine: Farm Aid 2009 & The Father of the Green Revolution

By Dov Hirsch, originally published by Crop to Cuisine

October 8, 2009

Society
NOTE: Images in this archived article have been removed.

Image RemovedCrop To Cuisine discusses the life and accomplishments of Dr. Norman Borlaug. We also take a look at a new documentary exposing the inside of the beer industry. And we take hear from Catherine Friend about what it means to be a compassionate carnivore. All that and more.

Guests for this show include

– Catherine Friend (Author, Compassionate Carnivore: Or, How to Keep Animals Happy, Save Old MacDonald’s Farm, Reduce Your Hoofprint, and Still Eat Meat

– Dennis Avery, (Director, Center for Global Food Issues)

– Carol O’Meara (Entomologist & Horticulturalist, CSU Boulder Extension)

– Anat Baron, (Director & Executive Producer, Beer Wars)

– Jennifer Fahy, (Communications Director, Farm Aid)

Download this episode here.

Dov Hirsch

Tags: Food, Media & Communications

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