Sustainable Agriculture and How it Effects the Food on Your Plate, Your Diet, and Your Health - Interview with Fred Kirschenmann
Listen in as agricultural guru, Fred Kirschenmann talks about the future of agriculture, the dangers of industrial farming, how foods are produced and how sustainable agriculture fits into your healthy eating plan. This is the first in a series of interviews from the movie "The Future of Foods directed by Deborah Koons Garcia. Fred is a distiguished fellow of the Leopold Center at Iowa State University and has studied sustainable agriculture for over 25 years. This interview was extremely educational and exciting to do, so listen in... I'm sure you'll learn something new. I certainly did!
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About Fred Kirschenmann: Appointed November 2005 as Distinguished Fellow after having served since July 2000 as Director following a nationwide search. He also manages his family's 3,500-acre certified organic farm in south central North Dakota. Helped found Farm Verified Organic, Inc., a private certification agency, and the Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society. Served numerous national/ international appointments, including USDA's National Organic Standards Board, the North Central Region's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) administrative council, Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture board of directors. Earned degrees from Yankton College in South Dakota, Hartford Theological Seminary in Connecticut, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Chicago. Author of numerous articles and book chapters dealing with ethics and agriculture. He also is a member of the National Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production operated by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and funded by Pew Charitable Trusts. Kirschenmann is convening chair of a multi-state task force, Agriculture of the Middle, that focuses on research and markets for midsize American farms.
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