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Organic Farmers Split Over Fracking

Pennsylvania farmers who grow food and raise livestock on top of the Marcellus Shale are divided over natural gas drilling. Some welcome the extra cash and have no complaints. Others fear how fracking will impact their land and water. Documentary filmmaker Kirsi Jansa looks at the debate among organic farmers in her final edition of Gas Rush Stories. Take a look.

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