What is Big River/ The Greenhorns about?

Santa Monica Farmers’ Market and Slow Food Los Angeles Present: “Big River” (2010, 27 min.) Documentarians and former farmers Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney return to their native Iowa to learn about the environmental impact their previous agricultural practices had on other communities downstream. A sobering and informative documentary short, BIG RIVER offers a clear-eyed look at how traditional farming may be contributing to unseen but significant effects on peoples' communities and lives. THE GREENHORNS, 2010, 50 min. Director Severine von Tscharmer Fleming travels the United States meeting with young farmers who have followed a variety of paths. Some have grown up on farms and stayed, while others have looked for outside opportunities and ultimately returned to their families' farms and still others have chosen the profession without previous connection. Discussion following with guest panelists TBA.

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What is Big River/ The Greenhorns about?: Santa Monica Farmers’ Market and Slow Food Los Angeles Present: “Big River” (2010, 27 min.) Documentarians and former farmers Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney return to their native Iowa to learn about the environmental impact their previous agricultural practices had on other communities downstream. A sobering and informative documentary short, BIG RIVER offers a clear-eyed look at how traditional farming may be contributing to unseen but significant effects on peoples' communities and lives.

THE GREENHORNS, 2010, 50 min. Director Severine von Tscharmer Fleming travels the United States meeting with young farmers who have followed a variety of paths. Some have grown up on farms and stayed, while others have looked for outside opportunities and ultimately returned to their families' farms and still others have chosen the profession without previous connection. Discussion following with guest panelists TBA.