Mystic-skeptic Radio Show

In this week's show our guest is Danica McCants who visited Kyrgyzstan and learned about their local food system. Kyrgyzstan draws global interest as Central Asia's first parliamentary democracy and a critical transit base for coalition forces in the war in Afghanistan. Although national reforms have been considered in the wake of the government overthrow and communal violence in 2010, there is rising unemployment and food insecurity, and ethnic tensions persist50% of the country's total agricultural production is supplied by home gardens. This is a direct effect from the fall of the Soviet Union. Obviously this is a stark contrast from America's food production. Even though they have highly localize food system, because of restriction to information, they do not utilize the techniques we and other countries utilize to extend or encourage growing (like green houses).Ms. McCants shared about her professor Robin Curry, a member of Mercy Corp., who has researched how people in Kyrgyzstan ke