Farms: In Short Supply: Small Farmers and the Struggle to Deliver Healthy Food to Your Plate
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"In Short Supply" is an official selection of the 2012 United Nations Association Film Festival and will screen in the San Francisco Bay Area in October 2012. Learn more: http://bit.ly/OMBD1x +++++ The American food system doesn't make it easy for small farmers to get their healthy food to your home, but meet two farmers who are trying: Ricky Horton and Sherilyn Shepard. They're siblings who grow tomatoes, cucumbers, and other vegetables in southwestern Virginia. Their livelihood is filled with uncertainties ranging from unpredictable weather to changing immigration laws. Here's their story. +++++ You can learn more about the issues in this video by reading Bread for the World Institute's 2012 Hunger Report: http://www.hungerreport.org To contact Appalachian Harvest, the organization featured in this film, visit: http://asdevelop.org/appharvest.html
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nice family ! loved growing up on the farm.
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I don't understand, those people raise organic food and breath freash air, they need to be skinny...why they sooooo faatttt...????)))))
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solution:
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Beauty
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OMG I about died when you said their commission is 33%... YIKES!!!
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Good luck to you.
I am forever searching for farm land I can afford. So glad to see there are small farmers out there. -
Thank you!
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Like the Video. Thanks! Hard watching the guy choke up at the end. Maybe one day large scale permaculture will change things around. Cheers.
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good luck to you. i live tucson and can't afford 5 dollars a tomatoe please fix this problem…all farms should be tax free under our constitution…free water and electric….we need to stop starving our people...
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It only takes one farmer to have a bad pack out. fda is very stick on packing. it's very hard. A good maket means SAVE! If you don't you will find yourself in harder times. 1 in 5 years you can make a good profit.
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Bravo, great film. What it left out was information about the US Farm Bill. If you are interested in helping to support small farmers who grow the fruits and vegetables we need, please look into the Farm Bill. Also, every dollar we spend either supports the big farmers or the farmers who really needs our support - people buy from farmers markets as much as possible - buy local, buy organic. Stop buying processed foods that are made with corn, soy, wheat
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The $5000 they are taking off the top is crazy. Better setup a road side stand.
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Hydroponics are going to take over.
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Why doesn't he clean the dashboard off. Dirty can't he see that.
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Same in here in indonesia, farmers strugling to face the low price while they harvest , makes indonesia farmers more poor ,
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thanks to all the farmers that grow are foods if it wasnt for you guys are world wouldnt be what it is today farmers make the world go around because without them we wouldnt have food so thanks alot
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I feel like this should be called. "Small Farms. It's Depressing!" I run a small farm on 20 acres and I've lost weight working hard and my health has increased eating my own produce. I have the community behind me and my income has shot up. I know I'm not in the minority either! There are two sides to every coin.
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Awesome video. I'm going to be less picky on my less perfect tomatoes from now on.
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you know there is a market a pretty decent one for organic tobacco ... question is local labor not willing to do that job because your not willing to pay them enough to feed there families to do it as well... just saying.. i dont like hikes in the cost in fruit and veggie but id pay an extra bit if it said fairly paid labor
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No need to generalize with migrant labor. My area has Hmong crews of 15 or so that go from farm to farm. When they're with us they are right in the dirt with the 15 local laborers. This past summer we had one day when they refused to work because of the heat. Shortly after they left our boss told us to call it a day as well. The ability to put in hard work is an individual issue. One lazy person can bring down everyone's motivation.