Documentary features three dairy farmers risking land and business to confront the USDA

Christopher LaMarca and Katrina Taylor are filmmakers working on their newest project, the documentary BOONE.  An experiential film about small farms, Lamarca shot 500 hours of footage over two years on at Siskiyou Crest Goat Dairy in Southern Oregon. BOONE documents the journey of three young farmers in Southern Oregon risking land, business and friendship to confront the United States Department of Agriculture. While young farmers tend to be familiar... Read More

Filmmaker Dan Susman on Filming the Urban Agriculture Revolution

I’m from farm country. Well, sort of. I grew up outside of Omaha, Nebraska in a little town called Elkhorn. We had a big yellow house with two towering maples out front, an old barn, and a couple acres of land. Don’t get me wrong, we weren’t farmers—although my parents showed me at a very early age the importance of growing my own food. Every year I planted pumpkins with names like “Big Max,” “Atlantic Giant,” and “King Jack,”... Read More