Let's Get Real
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First Aired - 11/19/2012 04:30PM
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On this week's episode of We Dig Plants, Alice Marcus Krieg is hosting by herself. Alice is talking with Richard Horan, the author of Harvest: An Adventure into the Heart of America's Family Farms. Tune into this episode to hear why the politics of illegal immigration inspired Richard to become a farm worker. How did Richard's background in gardening prepare him to become a farmer? What parallels does Richard see in the disciplines of writing and farming? Tune in to hear some of Richard's farm experiences! Hear about cranberry harvesting, and how he connected with farmers and seasonal workers a like. This program has been brought to you by Whole Foods.
"If it weren't for youth, there would be no farms. You need speed and energy to get that product off the vine quickly and expeditiously. That was a big surprise for me." [7:10]
"It's everything that we attribute to art and culture- and it's all out there on the farm!" [13:30]
-- Richard Horan on We Dig Plants
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Becoming a Farm Worker (17:17)
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Harvest, substitute teacher, organic, Richard Horan, illegal immigrants, farm workers, fruits, vegetables, Harper Collins, farming, serendipity, peaches, oranges, walnuts, asparagus, muckraking, family farm, gardening, business, rewarding work, Harvest: An Adventure into the Heart of America's Family Farms, humanity, Jared Diamond, agriculture, medical science, population increase, hunter gatherer, hope, art, young people, sustainability,Down in the Cranberry Bogs (17:44)
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cranberry harvest, bogs, berries, dry harvest, wet harvest, lawn mower, Thanksgiving, engineer, mechanics, business, Renaissance man, potato, seed potato company, self-deprecating, literature, horticulture, writing, trees, William Faulkner, authors, creative writing, fiction, non-fiction, Nikolai Gogol,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
