Listen Up Northwest: Small-scale farming
RTM Note: Congratulations to Listen Up! Northwest producer Yuko Kodama, who has just become a new mom! We're giving mom a break, so this week's broadcast is an encore presentation of a program originally produced last year. Listen Up! Northwest presents stories of small scale farming in our region -- the benefits and the challenges. Segments include:
* What should one think about when going into small scale farming? Some thoughts from one of our region's farmers. (Jonathan Steinman, Kootenay Coop Radio)
* A discussion about the challenges faced by local farms who want to convert from conventional to organic farming (Tom Allen, KBCS-Seattle)
* Small scale farms are asking for policy changes to cope with the increased flooding in Washington (Martha Baskin, Green Acre Radio)
* Customers at a Nelson, BC cooperative wrote letters of support to their local farmer. Find out how this started (Jonathan Steinman, Kootenay Coop Radio)
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Listen Up! NW is produced by Yuko Kodama at KBCS for Reclaim the Media, and distributed by the Northwest Community Radio Network.
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