Episode 4

This month on FTR: Emily Lyons updates us on the tumultuous state of the Farm Bill; Jack Hornickel provides two segments- the first is a look at the new generation of farmers- who they are, what they grow, and how they got onto their land. The second is a talk with Mark Lapping, professor at the University of Southern Maine and leader of the Maine Food Strategy Initiative, an effort to rethink Maine's food system; finally, Erik Andrus, founder of the Vermont Sail Freight Project, explains how with the launch of his newly-built barge, he hopes to re-establish a carbon-neutral, maritime economy that connects the farms and forests of Vermont with the urban markets of the lower Hudson valley.