Heirloom Produce

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Listen Thursday, Sep. 14, 2006 at 12:06 p.m. in Economy, Environment, Science, Society

You may recognize them from the gourmet aisle by their strange shapes and high price tags. But heirloom varieties of vegetables, fruit and livestock are a tasty living genetic history of food variations in America. Kojo explores the world of heirloom produce.

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Guests

Dave Myers

Senior Agent, Maryland Cooperative Extension

Brian "Cricket" Rakita

Project Coordinator, Save Our Seed

Peggy Cornett

Garden Historian, Monticello Center for Historic Plants

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