The typical US food item travels 1300 miles from farm to dinner plate. Host Don Fitz and Dan Romano of the Confluence discuss the enormous waste of energy in US agriculture by transportation, fertilizers, pesticides, genetic engineering, mono-cropping and food processing. Footage from the forum "Reducing Energy and Building a Peace Economy" features Trish Grim of New Roots Urban Farm explaining how to use less energy by farming inside the city. This Green Time (No. 265) is produced by the Gateway Greens in conjunction with KDHX. Call 314-727-8554 or contact fitzdon@aol.com for information. See http://stlcamp.org/greentime for a listing Green Time shows.

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