GROW!: Post from Bethesda Gardens-

Friday, September 28, 2012

Post from Bethesda Gardens-

September 27, 2012-
2 years after filming GROW! we stopped by Bethesda Boys Home in Savannah to see what was new. In the photo from left to right are Reid, Caroline, Georgia (she's relatively new at 1 years old), Kerry Shay (he's new, partnering with Reid to run the farm) and Arianne McGinnis formerly of Hope Grows (currently farmless but still getting her hands dirty by volunteering at the farm). Bethesda Academy Farm & Gardens on FaceBook

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martinelliOctober 30, 2012 at 1:15 PM
Nice pic.
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GROW!
A 60 minute documentary that captures the energy and independence of a fresh crop of young farmers.

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It's not just 'Old MacDonald' on the farm anymore. All across the U.S. there is a growing movement of educated young people who are leaving the cities to take up an agrarian life. Armed with college degrees, some are unable to find jobs in the current economic slump. Fed up with corporate America and its influence on a broken food system, they aim to solve some of the current system's inequities by growing clean, fair food. Mostly landless, they borrow, rent or manage farmland in order to fulfill their dreams of doing something meaningful with their lives.

GROW! takes a look at this new generation of sustainable farmers through the eyes, hearts and minds of 20 passionate, idealistic and fiercely independent young growers. In the film they speak of both the joys and the challenges involved in tending the land.

Filmed on 12 farms throughout the state of Georgia during an entire growing season, GROW! provides an honest and inspiring look at this next generation of farmers.

Anybody who appreciates the value of good, wholesome food grown close to home, who cares about our food supply and the future of farming will want to see GROW!

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