The Lexicon of Sustainability

Episodes

  • 57 (The Average Age of the American Farmer): asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    57 (The Average Age of the American Farmer)

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    57 is the average age of US farmers. See what’s next in education and green collar jobs.
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    Food Waste

    S1 Ep6 |
    Learn how people are rescuing "ugly" food by composting, redistributing and eating wisely.
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    Local vs. Organic

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    What’s more important, that your food is organic or you know who and where it comes from?
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    True Cost Accounting: The Real Cost of Cheap Food

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    True cost accounting helps consumers understand the real cost of the food they buy.
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    The Story of an Egg

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    Learn the real story behind such terms as cage free, free range, and pasture raised.
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    Local

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    As consumers take increased responsibility for what they eat, many become locavores.
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    Forage

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    Our earliest descendants were hunter/gatherers who foraged for their food.

About The Lexicon of Sustainability

<a href="http://www.pbs.org/food/shows/the-lexicon-of-sustainability/&quot; target="_blank">The Lexicon of Sustainability</a> is based on a simple premise: people can’t be expected to live more sustainable lives if they don’t even know the most basic terms and principles that define sustainability.