Tag Archives: farming

One house, one town, one lecture

By Laura Hertzfeld | Published: November 13, 2009

A new film about the real estate crash, the story of a farm town in Montana, and a lecture about the cultures of the Great Depression all give very different but very clear pictures of the economy and how we got here — then and now.
The new feature-length documentary from filmmaker Leslie Cockburn was recently [...]

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Then and now

By Laura Hertzfeld | Published: October 27, 2009

What is the relevance of the Great Depression to the situation we find ourselves in today? While we’re in a pretty bad recession, the U.S. isn’t close to the levels of poverty and displacement seen after the stock market crash of 1929, but there are lessons and similarities between the two events.
“I think the [...]

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From Detroit to Rochester to Jackson

By Laura Hertzfeld | Published: October 2, 2009

What’s “Ruin Porn”? Who’s making a federal case out of apples? And with dismal job numbers released today, what’s it like for a renegade job hunter? The economic portrait being painted around the country is bleaker than it has been in a while, but stories from around the country make things look a little brighter. [...]

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Reaping and sowing

By Laura Hertzfeld | Published: July 24, 2009

The economy has put farmers in a tight spot, but there is good news out there, too.
NPR today reported on dairy farmers in California, the top dairy-producing state in the country. And while they may have funny commercials featuring talking cows, farmers like Joey Mendoza aren’t laughing.
“Mendoza says he’s squeezed between competition from [...]

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