concsiouscinema
Free Film Series Explores the Future of Farming
T
he Up Up! Farm Festival, a col- lection of 20
independently pro- duced films and shorts illustrating the unique successes and chal- lenges of small farming today, is now showing in the Lower Hudson Valley as a yearlong se- ries of free screenings in Dobbs Ferry, Ossin- ing and Yonkers, NY. The festival launched in November and will run through October 2016. The festival is sponsored by Grow
Local Film Series (see sidebar), a part- nership of community groups with a shared vision of nurturing vibrant local communities while promoting sustain- able living. The partnership includes Down to Earth Farmers Markets, the Masters School, Greenburgh Hebrew Center, Greyston Foundation, Ground- work Hudson Valley, the Greenhorns,
and Roots & Wings. Each partner orga- nization will host several films through- out the year and lead a discussion after. Each film or short in the Up Up!
Farm collection explores questions of farmland access, rural livelihoods and the relationships between people and place. Together, the 20 films paint a broad picture. The collection was de- signed by the Greenhorns in coopera- tion with each filmmaker. Upcoming films include Root Hog
Upcoming films include Root Hog or Die, showing Decem- ber 10 at 7:30 p.m. at South Presbyterian Church in Dobbs Ferry, and The Greenhorns, showing December 19 at 7:15 p.m. at the Greenburgh He- brew Center in Dobbs Ferry.
or Die, showing December 10 at 7:30 p.m. at South Presbyterian Church in Dobbs Ferry, and The Greenhorns, showing December 19 at 7:15 p.m. at the Greenburgh Hebrew Center in Dobbs Ferry. The full schedule and details are available at GrowLocalFilms. org.
Gabriela Munoz and Mark Pen- nington, the organizers of this film series, are on the steering committee of Roots & Wings, whose community garden supplies fresh produce to the Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry. Munoz says her interest in sustainable agriculture led her to the Up Up! Farm Festival—a series that has been shown this year
natural awakenings
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