First hour: Debating how to handle the heroin epidemic
Second hour: Defining what a CSA is -- and is not
Heroin has exploded as a problem in the United States, and it doesn't discriminate: rural communities, city neighborhoods. WROC-TV's Adam Chodak recently reported on several aspects of the problem in Rochester, along with the debate over solutions. Drop-off treatment centers? Needle exchange? We'll discuss the various approaches with our guests:
- Adam Chodak, WROC-TV anchor
- Matt Woodring, advocate and former addict
- Miguel Melendez, special projects director for Ibero-American Development Corporation
What is a real CSA? Some local farmers feel that once the local food movement became popular, a lot of businesses have started calling themselves a CSA without really following the original ideas, putting actual CSA farms at risk of losing customers. In other words, your CSA might not really be a CSA, and smaller farms could be hurt by this. We'll talk to several local farmers, including a woman who has created a charter to define what a CSA is -- just in time for CSA Day on Friday. Our guests:
- Ruth Blackwell, Mud Creek Farm
- Elizabeth Henderson, Peacework Organic CSA