Local Frontiers In Sustainable Farming

By Kara Miller
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Today, we look at the newest frontiers in the sustainable food movement.

A photograph shows part of the farming process at Island Creek Oysters in Duxbury, Mass. (via Island Creek Oysters)

Is a new model of food production changing the way we eat? The way we think about food? How do you run a green, 21st-century farm? How can you compete with inexpensive imports? And how do you get consumers to embrace sustainable farming and fishing, even when it can cost more at the grocery store?

We find out from two Boston-area farms, an oyster grower and a nationally-acclaimed author.

Guests:

• Barry Estabrook, author, "Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed our Most Alluring Fruit;" winner,James Beard award for magazine feature writing

• Shore Gregory, director of business development, Island Creek Oysters (Duxbury, Mass.)

• Jennifer Hashley, director, New Entry Sustainable Farming Project (Lowell, Mass.)

• John Lee, general manager, Allendale Farm (Brookline, Mass.)