by Cynthia Graber
I have to share - it's taken me almost a year to finally listen to this amazing radio project produced by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and Wesley Horner Productions. The reporters follow five farming families, around the country, throughout a year of farming. You'll get to know an Africa-American hog farmer in North Carolina, Hopi farmers in New Mexico, organic farmers in California, conventional farmers in Iowa, and a family right here in our backyard, in western Massachusetts.
It's riveting. As a radio reporter, I can tell you that the production values themselves are masterful, from the recording through to the editing, writing, and layering of sound. You'll become intimately involved in the lives of these farming families, and, in the process, think just a little bit more about where your food comes from.
You can listen on the site or download all five hours for your audio player of choice. I had to re-label mine FiveFarms1, 2, through five, because otherwise my iPod wouldn't know what order to play them in. But I find myself wanting to go for long walks just to listen to the series! Trust me. Take a listen. You'll be transported.
Main site: http://cds.aas.duke.edu/fivefarms/
Downloading the audio: http://cds.aas.duke.edu/fivefarms/listen.html
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