Food Security Summit 2008 : Cultivating an Agenda for Change
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Vanderbilt University
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Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP3 file: "Politics, Economics and Social Issues" Podcasts "Food Security Summit 2008 : Cultivating an Agenda for Change." Anthony Flaccavento describes the Appalachian Sustainable Development project in Virginia and Tennessee, which transitions tobacco farmers to growing organic produce and other sustainable farm products. He describes the infrastructure challenges in ramping up to commercial production and discusses the spinoff benefits in bringing other small farm-related businesses to the area.
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Food Security Summit, Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee, Appalachian Sustainable Development