6,000 Pounds of Produce on a Quarter-Acre

18Nov08

HomeGrown, The Film: 6,000 Pounds of Produce on a Quarter-Acre
Announcement published by www.CultureChange.org

Read the complete article:
http://culturechange.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=235&Itemid=1

Robert McFalls’ new film, HomeGrown is the inspiring story of the Dervaes family – father, son and two daughters – that run a small organic farm in the heart of urban Pasadena, California.

Living off the grid, they harvest more than 6,000 pounds of produce on
less than a quarter-acre of land, make their own biodiesel, power their
computers with the help of solar panels, and maintain a Web site that gets
4,000 hits a day. The film offers an intimate portrait of urban pioneers
living a “Little House on the Prairie” existence in the 21st century.

You can see the trailer for the film above, or at www.homegrown-film.com
or on You Tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z54yRKjiSxA.

HomeGrown will just screened New York City’s Lincoln Center as part of
their Green Screens series on November 3rd at the Walter Reade Theater at
Lincoln Center, New York City.

Read the complete article:
http://culturechange.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=235&Itemid=1

Thank you Jan Lundberg and the folks at Culture Change for the notification!

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