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Food Forward: Urban Agriculture Across America is a half-hour, character-driven survey of urban farming across the country. In the pilot, we meet the food rebels who are growing food right where we live--in cities.

From the Founding Farmers to the modern Farm Bill, what has 200 years of progress brought?
Once, wild food was all there was. If you didn’t pick, catch, or kill it, you didn’t eat.
Explore the disconnect between the belly and the brain and our national eating disorder.
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From the Founding Farmers to the modern Farm Bill, what has 200 years of progress brought?
Explore the disconnect between the belly and the brain and our national eating disorder.
Once, wild food was all there was. If you didn’t pick, catch, or kill it, you didn’t eat.
How can agriculture use less water and still grow enough food for everyone?
Americans throw away 34 million tons of food each year, a quarter of the groceries we buy.
All across the country, the ways and means of America's small farmers are evolving.
A new breed of passionate farmers, chefs and scientists are revamping our food system.
American dairy is undergoing a renaissance.
Affordable school lunches don't necessarily mean healthy school lunches.
The top six inches of soil are the most precious, yet least understood ecosystem on earth.
Seeds represent hope, a new beginning. Explore the battle over GMOs.
By mid-century, 90 percent of the world’s commercial fish may be tapped out.
Cheap meat is actually quite costly, taking its toll on America’s health and environment.
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Robert Reed and Recology are steering San Francisco toward a Zero Waste future.
Vandra can do more than compost, she can pickle your food scraps and feed microbes too.
Tim Thornhill is making wine into water at his revolutionary vineyard, Parducci Winery.
Monica is introducing an uncommon ancient protein to the American diet: edible insects.
FoodCorps stirs up change in the cafeteria by introducing local food to students.
Recipe for Success lays down nutrition facts in the classroom so kids can cook at home.
Betti feeds 50,000 children in the Detroit Public Schools while supporting local farms.
Mark McAfee's passion for dairy has made him the largest producer of raw milk in America.
Mateo is making cheese the old school way with new school flavor.
Justine inspires growth in the desert of Tucson, Arizona at the PIma County Seed Library.
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