Merced - New high-speed rail and a university are rapidly expanding a rural town "The Culture Now Project (part 1) - Midsize America"

Merced, where 25 percent of the nation’s produce is grown on 1 percent of the nation’s farmland. With the establishment in 2005 of the newest University of California campus and a proposed high-speed rail station, a town once recognized only for agricultural production is now quickly tranforming into a 21st century city.