Farmsteaders

Apr 9, 2018

0h 53m

★ 0.0

Hope sustains the farmer

Overview

Clear-eyed and intimate, Farmsteaders follows Nick Nolan and his young family on a journey to resurrect his late grandfather’s dairy farm as agriculture moves toward large-scale farming. A study of place and persistence, Farmsteaders points an honest and tender lens at everyday life in rural America, offering an unexpected voice for a forsaken people: those who grow the food that sustains us.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Milesfrommaybe Productions

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Cast

himself

Nick Nolan

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Holstein

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Tractor Ted Feathered Friends

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7.2

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An exploration of a new paradigm of health, science, and medicine, based on the interconnections between us and nature.

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Living Wine

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Merging sweeping wine country footage with insightful interviews, filmmaker Lori Miller showcases the dynamic natural wine movement that is transforming a growing number of Northern California vineyards.

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Milk Men

Oct 5, 2016

As the global economics of dairy farming has winnowed out most small and medium-sized dairies, the surviving farmers confront pressures to intensify production, even as they find that getting bigger presents new problems.

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Legacy

Sep 19, 2024

Is there a mental health crisis in agriculture in Colorado? Farming and ranching has become increasingly difficult over the years. An industry that is typically viewed as romantic, hardworking, and "salt-of-the earth" is actually a job full of tremendous stress outside of anyone's control. Combine that with the enormous generational pressure to continue the family farm, and you have a large group of people that are suffering silently. How do we take care of those that are taking care of us?

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No overview available.

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West of England

Jan 1, 1951

The people, the scenery and the industrial traditions of the Stroud valley and the growth of the woollen industry.

8.0

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Jul 31, 2002

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7.3

Food, Inc.

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Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the farms where our food is grown to the chain restaurants and supermarkets where it's sold. Narrated by author and activist Eric Schlosser, the film features interviews with average Americans about their dietary habits, commentary from food experts like Michael Pollan and unsettling footage shot inside large-scale animal processing plants.

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King Corn

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