Agriculture provides food, fuel and fiber for the world. This spring, the Fleischaker-Greene Scholars class at Western Kentucky University’s School of Journalism & Broadcasting will investigate agriculture, from farm to fork.
We want to know what is sustainable – or not – about our current agriculture system. Will we be able to produce enough food to feed a growing world, without killing the planet? Are large, efficient operations the way to go, or should we get our food from small, organic, local farms?
To find some answers, we’ll start looking in our back yard at WKU and in Warren County. We’ll go as far as India. We’ll even look at the term “sustainable” and find out why so many farmers are suspicious of it.
Thanks for following along on our journey. Please share your thoughts and comments with us.
Women work in the fields at an all organic farm in India. Photo by Sara Shipley Hiles
Sara Shipley Hiles
Sara Shipley Hiles is a freelance journalist and former faculty member at the WKU School of Journalism & Broadcasting. She now teaches journalism at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.