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Many young
Americans with no farming experience are entering agriculture. They are learning
about agriculture in college. Emily Sloss is showing visitors around Duke
University's new campus farm in North Carolina.
EMILY SLOSS: "We don't
use synthetic fertilizers or pesticides."
Emily Sloss studied public
policy at Duke. Now, she supervises the university's new campus farm.
EMILY SLOSS: "Now I'm a farmer. Yeah. Believe it or not."
In its
first year, the farm has provided more than two tons of fresh vegetables for
student meals. Nate Peterson directs the dining halls at Duke.
NATE
PETERSON: "It's phenomenal. The produce that is coming out of the Duke Farm and
coming into our cafes...is excellent quality."
Maureen Moody has studied
what makes young people want to become farmers. Now, she herself is a farmer, at
the Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture near Washington, DC.
MAUREEN MOODY: "A lot of people that are becoming farmers now are not
the people you would traditionally think of as farmers. Me and a lot of people I
know, we didn't grow up on farms."
"I've been eating this food all my
life without having any idea where it comes from."
Movies like "Food
Inc." and books critical of American food production have led some young people
to consider a career in agriculture. But Maureen Moody says many who become
farmers have difficulty succeeding.
MAUREEN MOODY: "It's really hard to
stick with it after a few years. Some do, and I think, you know, they figure out
a way to make it work. But it's really hard to make any money and to make a
living."
I'm June Simms.
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