Finding a Model in Japan’s Young Farmer Corps
April 24th, 2009 By Nina Fallenbaum
We Americans can be notoriously self-centered when it comes to, well, everything. In the environmental and food-justice movements, voices from Europe or Africa struggle to be included in the American discussion. But as a young country, we would do well to learn from other countries who never stopped plowing, harvesting, and eating in a sustainable way.
Recently I joined 200 other young people to participate in a pilot agriculture-experience program in Japan. Read More