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The Greenhorns trailer looks great. I wanted to share with you the trailer for a somewhat similar documentary we are currently making that focuses on a family run dairy farm in southern Ohio. We are currently disseminating the trailer as a means to build interest while we seek and secure investments to help fund the project.
The film will document the first year of cheese production on the farm and will show the struggles and triumphs of being an independent cheese producer in the current agribusiness clima

": 1 Dude. 1 Acre. Many Little Anecdotes."

Value Added: Direct Marketing for Farmers and Ranchers, Yarn Into Apparel-The Carver Imperial Stock Ranch. Jeanne Carver, of Imperial Stock Ranch, had to literally start at ground zero to get their wool to processor to product to market. She didn't have the money to hire a marketer, or some other specialist, she had to do it herself - or face giving up their sheep, which had been on that ranch for over 100 years. Woven into the how-to is the story of what had happened and how she went about creating a new p

we like this film. And particularly the vista/spoonbread fetishism.

more at http://www.room609.com/films/promisedland/trailer.html

Almost all towns have a few extra acres of land around their transportation department, police department, water department headquarters. They currently just mow that land. Why not follow the model of the USDA's offices and plant gardens, or even better--provide grant money, a competitive design process, and some city support to young farmers who use the land to grow produce for local markets, hospitals and institutions?

It's not just a suggestion... its happening!

see the video

the latest from wicked delicate films.
TRUCK FARM is a Wicked Delicate film + food project about growing a little food in a big city. "Episode 1" is an excerpt from the film; visit wickedelicate.com to learn more!