Strong men also cry. And farmers often don't address depression. From rural farmland to urban centers, we find struggles in the American food system--and explore solutions via farmers and farmers markets. Reporter Maggie Mullen explores #AGTWITTER and then we host a conversation between a cattleman well-versed in how social media can help during lonely times and an advocate from eliminating food deserts.  

Saving The West

Fighting Farmers' Depression and Food Deserts

City folks are elitist. They lack morality. They have no respect for the land they live on. Country people are uneducated. They favor God and guns over everything else. They cannot see beyond their own backyards. Sound familiar? These are just a sample of some of the stereotypes that define contemporary discourse about urban and rural America. But if you drill deeper, you will find there is much more that unites the two communities than divides. Saving the West is a weekly forum by which urban and rural America sit down to listen to one another. Lively debate is encouraged. Problem-solving is a must.

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