Full Circle Farm and Gleaning in Davis!

Full Circle Farm. Owned and operated by seven farm managers, Full Circle Farm is a small-scale farm just outside of Davis, CA. Marisol Lopez, one of the farm managers, came on to talk about the history of Full Circle, their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, the animals they keep and more. To learn more about Full Circle Farm and their CSA, you can check out their website. Note: due to computer failure, the interview is cut-off near the end. Recorded in May 2009.

Gleaning in Davis. Last year, Maggie Lickter and Liz Fitzgerald received and $10,000 grant to expand and improve gleaning/urban harvesting efforts in Davis. Recently, they've joined forces with the northern California gleaning organization Village Harvest, working together to simultaneously end food waste and food scarcity. On Local Dirt, they explain why gleaning is such a smart (and fun) form of activism, what goes into organizing a Davis glean, and how listeners can help. On their webpage, you can sign up to volunteer, share a tree/crop, lend storage space, or give money.

Listen to the show with the player below, or click "divShare" to get the mp3.

News:
Soda fountain machines harbor fecal bacteria, study finds by Rosemary Black, NY Daily News
Three approved GMOS linked to organ damage, an Op-Ed piece by Rady Ananda, Truthout.org

Music Playlist:

"Sleeper" by Laura Gibson (Beast of Season on Hush)

"Dink's Song" performed by Roger McGuinn, Pete Seeger, and Josh White, Jr. (Treasures From the Folk Den on Appleseed)

"Two Doves" by Dirty Projectors (Bitte Orca on Domino)

"Monday Mornin' Blues" by Mississippi John Hurt (Mississippi John Hurt Memorial Anthology on Genes)