Organic food

Italy’s unemployment rate is more than 10 percent, but among the young, it’s vastly worse. Perhaps 35 percent, or worse. So a growing number of young Italians, and a few others who are out-of-work, are turning to the country’s organic farms, where they can learn a skill, and keep a roof over their heads and food in their stomachs.

The Chinese are becoming more and more fond of purchasing organic produce–but not so much for the health benefits but because it can help them hopefully avoid tainted foods.

Journalist chronicles how the hard-luck town of Hardwick, Vt., prospered thanks to a local organic food movement, but ironically, residents can’t afford organic food prices.

Exploring how far eating locally-grown or organic foods gets us in building a globally sustainable food system.

Think those “organic” strawberries from China are better for the environment? Think again.