Thursday, December 3, 2009

California FarmLink -- speed dating for famers

Aired on KQED Public Radio's The California Report, Thursday December 3, 2009.

http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R912030850/b

And AARP's Prime Time January 19, 2010:

http://www.aarp.org/aarp/broadcast/aarp_radio/prime_time_postscript_pastshows/articles/farm_link.html

And AllBusiness.com, April 14, 2010: http://www.allbusiness.com/14238671-1.html

Farming in California is facing a crisis of aging.  The average farmer in the state is nearing retirement age.  Immigrants and young urban and suburbanites who want to farm aren’t likely to inherit or marry into land.  Reporter Lisa Morehouse found an organization connecting these groups of farmers.