Leah Rodgers, Dep Exec Director of Friends of Family Farmers (FofFF) describes how and why the organization formed in order to be a community voice supporting small socially responsible family farmers in opposition to a corporate farm in Oregon. FofFF is a non-corporate alternative for family farmers to the Farm Bureau, which is entrenched in the status quo of big corporate farming. Discussion covers challenges faced by small family farmers including access to capital. FofFF has promoted Aggie-bonds in Oregon as a way to provide capital and how the Oregon legislature has passed legislation to allow aggie-bonds starting in 2014. Leah also addresses how urban dwellers can support socially responsible family farming.
First broadcast December 22, 2013