In this episode of NET’s “On the Table,” NPR’s Dan Charles introduces us to a group of farmers with their noses in the dirt and explains why food companies could soon start labelling their products as soil friendly. And host Grant Gerlock digs into a program that pays farmers to be conservation-minded. It’s popular, but could be cut in the 2018 farm bill.
Show Notes
To watch the The Plow that Broke the Plains:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQCwhjWNcH8
For an even more in-depth history of soil conservation in the U.S. check out:
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/about/history/?cid=nrcs143_021392
Music by Blue Dot Sessions:
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/