Mr. Will Harris from White Oak Pastures has developed a massive, economically successful, farm using the Serengeti rotational grazing system. here is a video about his operation.
http://vimeo.com/30151350
Keep in mind the massive acreage He uses to do this. Also the fact that he uses no almost zero imputs into his farming system.
what do you guys think? Is this operation something that can be duplicated? is it large enough to even put a dent into the American farming system?
This blog accompanies Catarina Passidomo's Fall 2013 course in the Geography of Food (GEOG 3660) at the University of Georgia.
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Recent Food in the News
- Was Your Chicken Nugget Made in China? It Will Soon be Hard to Know (NPR, 9/5/13)
- Chickens raised and processed in the U.S. are being sent to China to be transformed into manufactured chicken products to be sold back to the U.S. market. (!)
- Rodale C.E.O.: U.S. Agricultural Companies 'No Better' than Syria (Discover Magazine, 9/6/13)
- An open letter from Maria Rodale ("the C.E.O of the world’s leading health-and-wellness publisher and the granddaughter of the founder of the organic movement in America") to President Obama, cautioning against the dangers of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
- GMO Foes Blast Scientific American Editorial Decrying Labeling Laws (NY Daily News, 9/6/13)
- In a recent editorial, the editors of Scientific American Magazine claimed that laws requiring labeling of genetically-modified foods are "unscientific." This piece covers the debate that ensued.
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