This is U.S. Sustainability

Welcome to This is U.S. Sustainability, a new podcast series from the U.S. Sustainability Alliance.

Over the course of the series, we’ll be debunking some of the most common myths and misperceptions about U.S. agriculture and production, by talking to the people who know best.

In each episode, we’ll be speaking to the farmers and fishermen responsible for growing and catching our food to get the inside track on some of the most talked-about issues of the day, from animal welfare to the role of science and innovation in feeding a growing world population.

We’ve got some fantastic guests lined up, such as Tina Hinchley, a dairy farmer from Cambridge, Wisconsin, whose barn offers the ultimate in cow comfort, and Monte Peterson, a fourth-generation soybean farmer from North Dakota who has increased sustainability on his farm by using GMOs.

But before all that, our first episode is dedicated to family farmers, who make up 98% of U.S. farms. These farmers care deeply about their land and passing it on to the next generation. There’s Jay Hardwick, a third-generation farmer, who’s in the process of handing over the reins to his sons – and native Alaskan Bill Thomas who has been a commercial fisherman for 52 years. You could say that fishing is in his blood, just as sustainability is embedded in Alaska’s State Constitution. 

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