Gretta's Film on Flooded Organic Farms

Here's the short film of the flooded Midwest farmers by Madison filmmakers Gretta Wing Miller and Aarick Beher, who talked to some of those mentioned in the  post I wrote on the floods.

Gretta informs she explored the organic farms previously in a full-length documentary called "Back to the Land...Again," released in 2006. I haven't seen the doc but it's touring with the intriguingly named Rural Route Film Festival.

And now, without further delay, the short:

 

Comments

[Marc Gunther]

Excellent story, Sam. Interesting how Whole Foods reversed itself--and you are right that this demonstrates the value of a business models based on long term sustainable win-win relationships as opposed to short-term transactions.

[Samuel Fromartz]

Thanks Marc, yes I see this as positive move and may have a long-term impact.