We hope you will join us this week at Berkeley's Brower Center for a Reel to Real mini-series, 'Our Land in Transition,' presented in conjunction with the Agrarian Trust. In two evenings with two fascinating documentaries, we will explore the future of American farmland and farmers. Audiences will encounter a first generation farming couple who left the urban areas of their youth to found a biodynamic dairy (Brookford Almanac) and a lifelong rancher turned "eco-cowboy" (Hanna Ranch). Read more about the films and purchase your tickets below.
Tuesday, 17th March @ 7pm (click here to purchase your tickets for Brookford Almanac)
Brookford Almanac tells the story of Luke and Catarina Mahoney, a first generation farming couple living their dream of raising a family on an organic dairy tucked along a country road in Rollinsford, NH. Farming
is not what Luke and Catarina’s parents expected them to do. They are
part of a new generation of farmers that grew up in cities and suburbs
and are drawn to the land—to farming—by something other than their
family’s expectations. When was the last time you heard a child say,
“When I grow up, I want to be a farmer”?
Brookford Almanac (40 min) will
be preceded by short films from the New Brunswick Filmmakers’
Co-Operative and the “Our Land” series. Followed by a Q&A with the
Agrarian Trust’s Severine von Tscharner Fleming, Kathryn Lyddan of
Brentwood Ag Trust and special guests.
Wednesday, 18th March @ 7pm (click here to purchase your tickets for Hanna Ranch)
Hanna Ranch is
a feature length documentary about visionary cattleman Kirk Hanna and
his personal struggle to protect a once prominent way of life in
Colorado. Born into a life on the family ranch, he became a leader in
the environmental ranching movement that set out to protect the West
from the relentless encroachment of development and misuse. Featured in the book Fast Food Nation and
dubbed the “eco-cowboy,” Hanna was an early adopter of Holistic
Resource Management practices, sat on numerous environmental boards, and
was president of the Colorado Cattleman’s Association. At one time,
many saw him as a future governor of Colorado--and then his dream of
harmony and sustainability was interrupted by the reality of family
conflict and mounting threats to the land.
Hanna
Ranch (73 min) will be followed by a roundtable discussion on
contemporary issues in ranchland stewardship and access with Greenhorns
Director and Agrarian Trust Founder Severine von Tscharner Fleming,
Morris Grassfed Beef’s Joe Morris, Paicines Ranch’s Kelly Mulville, and
Local Futures Founder Helena Norberg-Hodge.
