The Greenhorns (2010)

Armed with a camcorder farmerfilmmakeractivist Severine von Tscharner Fleming spent two years crisscrossing America meeting and mobilizing a network of revolutionary young farmers resettling the land The Greenhorns is an ode to their grit and entrepreneurial spirit an exploration of sustainable agriculture and an enticement to reclaim our national soil The ninety minute feature is the culmination of well over 200 hours of original footage from all regions of the United States as well as original animation by young urban farmer and artist Brooke Budner and rare agricultural archival footage from the Prelinger Archives Ultimately The Greenhorns shows us how farmers can move out of the margins recent history has consigned them to and back to the heart of the American food landscape