At home in the country / Stanley Crawford ; interviewed and produced by Barbara Dunlap.

Stanley Crawford is Mayordomo of an acequia (or irrigation ditch) in northern New Mexico. He discusses how neighborhood control of a river's flow posses an alternative to centralized water authorities. From his experience as a garlic farmer, Crawford praises the productive rural life where neighbors carefully tend crops, livestock, and human relations. He suggests that village culture may survive the fall of industrial urban centers. Includes readings from his books: "Mayordomo," and "A Garlic Testament."|AT HOME IN THE COUNTRY / Stanley Crawford| interviewed and produced by Barbara Dunlap. - SERIES: New signals - Stanley Crawford is Mayordomo of an acequia (or irrigation ditch) in northern New Mexico. He discusses how neighborhood control of a river's flow poses an alternative to centralized water authorities. From his experience as a garlic farmer, Crawford praises the productive rural life where neighbors carefully tend crops, livestock, and human relations. He suggests that village culture may survive the fall of industrial urban centers. Includes readings from his books: "Mayordomo," and "A Garlic Testament." - BROADCAST: KPFK, 30 Mar. 1993.