Farms: Homegrown Revolution (Award winning short-film 2009)- The Urban Homestead, Dervaes
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Check us out at: http://www.urbanhomestead.org The Dervaes Family on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dervaes The Urban Homestead on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/urbanhomestead For more on the film: http://www.homegrownrevolution.com To purchase a copy for public screening: http://www.peddlerswagon.com/p-282-homegrown-revolution.aspx ~*~*~*~*~ This film features: Jules Dervaes, Justin Dervaes, Anais Dervaes and Jordanne Dervaes Homegrown Revolution is a short introduction to the homegrown project that has been called a new revolution in urban sustainability. In the midst of a dense city setting in downtown Pasadena, radical change is taking root. For over twenty years, the Dervaes family have transformed their home into an urban homestead and model for sustainable agriculture and city living. Through the creation of the "Urban Homestead" the Dervaes family shows that change is possible -- one step at a time. They harvest 3 tons of organic food annually from their 1/10 acre garden while incorporating many back-to-basics practices, solar energy and biodiesel in order to reduce their footprint on the earth's resources. Through the creation of the "Urban Homestead" the Dervaes family shows that change is possible, Homegrown Revolution is a short film that was never created for a film festival circuit but has a true homegrown, homemade story behind its creation. The original version of Homegrown Revolution was made in three days for a lecture Jules Dervaes gave at the University of California Los Angeles in October 2007 on the topic of Slow Food (SEE ORIGINAL VERSION: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89HRDnYRLzY ). It received a wildly enthusiastic response from the students and, subsequently, attracted an avid following on YouTube, with over 500,000 views to date. This new version of Homegrown Revolution was created in 2009 and went on to screen at many film festivals throughout the world. It is a collaborative project done by Jules, Anais, Justin and Jordanne with each member taking part in the filming, editing and structure of the film. No one had any previous film editing / filming experience but they hope the passion and enthusiasm of their lifestyle and project show through any technical flaws. Made in-house on computers powered by solar/green sources. All transportation was done in a biodiesel-fuled car and All camera/mic batteries were rechargeable and charged with solar energy. Waste was kept to a minimum -- paper composted or recycled and all publicizing materials printed on post consumer paper. Some of the honors Homegrown Revolution (2009) won are: WINNER Best Environment & Ecology Film North America, Swansea International Film Festival, UNITED KINGDOM Prize of the Mayor of the Capitol City of Slovakia Ekotop Film Festival of Sustainable Development, SLOVAKIA Best Short Documentary Southern Appalachian International Film Festival, TENNESSEE El Capitan Film Award Yosemite International Film Festival, CALIFORNIA Best Sustainability Film Green Screen Environmental Film Festival, CALIFORNIA Robert T. Nanninga Award for Excellence, Cottonwood Creek Film Festival, CALIFORNIA ----------------------------- HONORABLE MENTION - Westpac Award Best Short Film Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival, NEW ZEALAND NOMINATED - Best Film, Climate Change & Sustainable Technology CMS Vatavaran Environmental & Wildlife Film Fest, INDIA FINALIST - European Spiritual Film Fest, FRANCE Clips were also feature on OPRAH's 2009 Earth Day show.
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HELP - can you tell me why in the spring all my May salvia plants looked wonderful and at the middle of the summer about 1/3 were dead and the rest had gotten smaller? I'm trying so hard and I can't figure it out.
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I have seen this garden before in some other documentary. I am in awe of the vigor and productivity that soars miles above what a regular farm could ever do. I too live in an urban desert but i have finally found my Eden 5 years ago, abandoned, overgrown, derelict buildings, poor, poor soil. Even grass had a hard time there, 10 miles away and while it has not reached it's peak of productivity yet, a lot of my food comes from it and in the last year i have quadrupled my yield. It took me 3 years of clearing and amending to get anything going there. I definitely feel you. I share it with my new friend who showed up at my fence with a dream of food security and shook hands. We now work together to make it a better place. I'm so grateful for him and the simple joy of friendship he brought to my life. The freshness of the food made such a difference healthwise. You can taste it. No matter what anyone says. I guess they have never had fresh food before. Not just organic. Fresh! That chef is a lucky man! Gosh, that looks delicious!
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How do you deal with birds? I'm in TX, and they decimate everything!
Do you have a blueprint of your garden that I can purchase for a small price? -
so the animals aren't killed for food?
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Wonderful! Really enjoyed meeting this family. Love the gardens. Love your animals. My favorite would be the goats💖
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"Yes We Can" in action. Thank you so much to show what that means.
If more folks would do this, America would be great again! Let's not forget that. -
10:37 goats in sync..:)
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Good job, guys! I have to say, the both girls are very pretty, especially Jordanne :) Good luck to all of you, guys!
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I Love your videos!!! I am Dreaming about doing the same in my small piece of land here in Brazil!! Thanks for All the tips and knowledge you have given! All the Best for all of you! Hugs from Brasil!
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13:42 She's so beautiful)))
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This family's story changed our lives! We've completely overhauled our house into an Urban Farm. I hope this video inspires others to do the same thing! Growing your own food REALLY is the doorway to freedom.
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Love you guys -and badass Suburban.
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again , great job, thanks
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I want to do this too.
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first major love to the family who are doing this, you are amazing.
aquaponics helps with water usage. plus ground prep, any ground type will do;
plus it will produce organic produce using about 90 % less water, and the yields can be higher without going bonkers on produce volume and money.
If 10 or 50 or 100 people got together with a single aim.
buy for several acres each, help each build earthbag homes set up as REV's with 12 v stuff. safe wiring, cheaper components. do a mix of ground organic and aquaponic for each/all of you, then develop more acres for others. then collectively buy more land and people come in. the house build is at cost of only a few $1000, plus all are working free for each other. a big free off grid community develops and begins to spread globally. we all share, we all have so much, we give freely, the "world feeds, and ALL PEOPLES are free. economic migration STOPS BECAUSE WE ARE ALL FED AND HAPPY :-) -
What a pleasure to see something that I've always heard could work , and to see how you guys have made it work ,and grow so amazingly. Thank you so much for the hope and drive and brilliance that you have . I want to see if my brother can have you guys visit here in Georgia .
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Pizza! :0
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Thank you so much for this wonderful video!! I want to share it with everybody. This is what I want for myself and my family. An urban homestead!
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11:06 the goats hella munching 😂
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Seems somewhat scripted, but it's still an inspirational video. Good job with all you've accomplished in such a small space.