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September, 2007
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Searching for Farming's Future in Its Past
Editor's note, 10.10.08: We're thrilled to announce that this piece has been tapped by the Third Coast International Audio Festival as the winner of a 2008 "Best Documentary" award. Moreover, it's the first podcast (as opposed to radio story) ever to win in any category in the eight years of the competition. Congratulations to Rachel Leventhal on seeing her fine work honored!The Bobolink Dairy in Vernon, New Jersey, makes artisanal grass-fed cheese and wood-fired bread. That's plenty of work all by itself, but Jonathan and Nina White, Bobolink's owners, have a larger goal in mind: to reinvent pre-industrial agriculture for a post-industrial age. Journalist Rachel Leventhal spent two days at the Bobolink Dairy and produced this audio documentary.
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» View Rachel Leventhal's companion photo essay
» Read Elizabeth Royte's And On Your Left a Grass-Fed Cow, from OnEarth Magazine's Fall 2007 issue -
The Promise (and Perils) of Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology already is being used to reformulate many of the products we use. Yet despite concern among scientists about dangerous consequences, the federal government has taken a laissez faire approach – allowing companies to do, essentially, whatever they choose. Why is there such lax oversight of these exotic, new nanomaterials, and what does that mean for consumers? Reporter Alex Schmidt finds out. Read the related Fall 2007 feature story here.
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