moving off culture grid

by DrMarty | November 7, 2008 at 06:23 pm
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HomeGrown, The Film: 6,000 Pounds of Produce on a Quarter-Acre Announcement published by www.CultureChange.org Read the complete article: http://culturechange.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=235&Itemid=1 Robert McFalls' new film, HomeGrown is the inspiring story of the Dervaes family – father, son and two daughters – that run a small organic farm in the heart of urban Pasadena, California. Living off the grid, they harvest more than 6,000 pounds of produce on less than a quarter-acre of land, make their own biodiesel, power their computers with the help of solar panels, and maintain a Web site that gets 4,000 hits a day. The film offers an intimate portrait of urban pioneers living a “Little House on the Prairie” existence in the 21st century. You can see the trailer for the film above, or at www.homegrown-film.com or on You Tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z54yRKjiSxA. HomeGrown will just screened New York City's Lincoln Center as part of their Green Screens series on November 3rd at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, New York City. HomeGrown is also showing at the St. Louis International Film Festival on November 16, 2008 at 5:15 pm, at the Tivoli Theatre 3, 6350 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri. Read the complete article: http://culturechange.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=235&Itemid=1

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Amy Judd

Very interesting!

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DrMarty

Amy, thanks for the comment!  Hope you're having a wonderful day.  Marty

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