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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Understanding the Place of Traditional Agriculture in Africa's Food Security

Here is a link to the interview.William Moseley, a geographer from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, recently returned from a study trip to Botswana. He talks about the changes in African agriculture and the importance of traditional small scale agriculture for food security. The public education issue he identifies would be familiar to people thinking about food issues in rural Minnesota, where small scale agriculture is similarly under-valued.





Saturday, June 16, 2012

Chinese Students Discuss Their Heritage

Three Chinese students speak about the role that Confucius and Taoist teachings play in their lives.