You know, markets are tough on farmers. You've got to pack everything up. You have to guess roughly or exactly how much produce to bring. Sometimes you're driving hundreds of miles to the market, so there's gas involved.
Steve Holt is a food writer. We talk to him about what the phrase "farmers market" means -- and what it doesn't.
What about the word organic? Harvest Public Media presents a variety of opinions.
Much of our industrial food system is mechanized. We'll go inside a beef plant today that relies on workers to do hard work with their hands.
We'll also juice some watermelon with Chef Daniel Orr.
And, we'll get a Home-brewing 101 lesson with some beer geeks known as the Hop Jockeys
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