Summary What happens when non-farmers grow corn in the middle of a college campus? In the summer of 2008, students, faculty and staff at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, put writer Michael Pollan's book THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA into practice by growing a small corn crop on their campus quadrangle. DIG THE EARTH chronicles that project, and uses voices from the Lehigh Valley community to explain the project's wider implications for ecological sustainability, for local communities, and for the future of food production. View more details
Genres : History Documentary News
Release date : Apr 30, 2009
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Summary What happens when non-farmers grow corn in the middle of a college campus? In the summer of 2008, students, faculty and staff at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, put writer Michael Pollan's book THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA into practice by growing a small corn crop on their campus quadrangle. DIG THE EARTH chronicles that project, and uses voices from the Lehigh Valley community to explain the project's wider implications for ecological sustainability, for local communities, and for the future of food production. View more details
Genres : History Documentary News
Release date : Apr 30, 2009
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
