Radio Curious visits with 4th generation family farmer, Eric Herm, and author of "Son of a Farmer, Child of the Earth." Herm is transitioning his family farm in northwest Texas to an organic farm.
Barry Vogel, Attorney and Counselor is the Host and Producer of Radio Curious. Christina Aanestad is the Assistant Producer.
Eric Herm is a 4th generation farmer from Ackerly Texas and author of, âSon of a Farmer, Child of the Earth: A Path to Agricultureâs Higher Consciousness.â Herm is transitioning his family farm into an organic farm. He recently returned from a march that began in Baltimore, Maryland and ended in front of the White House in Washington D.C. to oppose the use of genetically modified organisms, GMOâs. We spoke with Eric Herm from his farm in Ackerly, Texas on October 24th, 2011 and asked him to describe his experience in Washington D.C.
The book that Eric Herm recommends is âThe Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture,â by Wendell Berry.