Finding the Farmers: Villa de Leyva

Discovering Food and Farming Stories by Trekking the Globe We are very excited to share this first video installment of an ongoing series from Ryan & Lisette Cheresson. They will be traveling to many countries in the coming year to uncover stories about food and agriculture and will share many of them here at About [...] Read more »

Thoughts of a Farmer

Video by: Lindsay Crisler Email: lcrisler@gmail.com From the filmmaker: Heinz Thomet owns and farms Next Step Produce with his wife Gabrielle and their three daughters in Newburg, Maryland. One of the only organic farmers in the region, Heinz’s operation is USDA certified organic selling locally and in Washington, D.C. at the DuPont Circle Farmers Market. [...] Read more »

Brace of the Valentines

A Family Perpetuates Their Farming Legacy For Generations Hard work, family, love. These are the primary elements that make up a successful family farm that is passed from generation to generation. Willie H. Valentine started his 109 acre Virginia farm in 1938. He raised tobacco, cotton, corn and fresh vegetables. 73 years later his Great [...] Read more »

From the Country to the South Bronx: A Small Farmer’s Weekly Odyssey

Video by: CUNY J-School Video Storytelling From the filmmakers: Ben Schwartz, 32, always loved to farm from an early age. He spent his childhood in Nyack, New York, but his grandparents actually hail from the South Bronx. They left in the ‘60s, during a period of white flight, and Ben always wanted to go back [...] Read more »