07/24/19 - Moos Are Changing to Clucks

Host and American Family Farmer Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com reviews the week's agriculture news, including Census figures. Dairy income has risen in the past year, but mainly due to mega-dairies getting bigger. Many smaller Family Dairy Farmers are switching from cows to raising chickens. Next, we meet Jacob Pechenick of Lettuce Grow. www.lettucegrow.com Jacob is on a mission to redesign the food system by empowering everyone to grow 20% of their own food at home. When he and his wife started their family, they began to think about our food - what goes into it and how it's produced. What they learned about additives, processed foods, toxic agricultural chemicals, and food miles was alarming. Now, they are committed to inspiring people to develop a new, more healthy relationship with the food they eat and to preserve the environment for future generations and to help create a better food system for all of us.