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Books The Farmer and the Horse – 1 DVD
A Documentary Film from Jared Flesher. 76 minutes
A story about a landless farmer, a non-conformist, and an escaped office worker…
From award-winning journalist Jared Flesher comes The Farmer and the Horse, a new film that digs into difficult questions about sustainability, self-sufficiency, and why we do the work we do. This documentary about sustainable agriculture goes beyond the usual platitudes of smiling organic farmers talking about the good life. Farming is hard work—especially if you don’t use a tractor.
In The Farmer and the Horse, viewers will meet Tom Paduano, an idealistic 28-year-old from the suburbs of New Jersey. “The centralization of power over everything — over seeds, over oil, over markets—it’s frustrating,” Tom says. “What we’re doing, I think it’s a small step toward breaking away from that. We are fighting against the big business in agriculture.”
They’ll meet Aubrey Yarbrough, an intellectual 27-year-old from Southern California getting her hands dirty for the first time. “I think more people need to take this risk for the health of our environment—and our communities,” she says.
And they’ll meet Matt Schofield, a 23-year-old from Upstate New York who isn’t going to let anything—including the fact he’s broke—keep him from his agrarian dreams. “I have the ability to live pretty cheap,” he says. “I can live in a tent. I don’t care what people think.”
The Farmer and the Horseis a film every young farmer should see. So should everyone who cares about land use, the environment, and good food.
