The Farm Bill, governing farm and food policy, is up for renewal this September. The program discusses the significance of the Farm Bill to farmers and consumers alike, as well as the increasingly heated debate in Congress and among interest groups in California over what priorities should be enacted.
Guests:
Michael Pollan, Knight Professor of science and environmental journalism at UC Berkeley and author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma"
A.G. Kawamura, secretary with the California Department of Food and Agriculture
Richard Rominger, farmer and former deputy secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture in the Clinton administration and former secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture
Judith Redmond, president of the Community Alliance of Family Farmers and a full-time farmer at Full Belly Farm
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