The Family Farm (2014)
72 min
The Family Farm explores the farm to table process through the lens of Canadian small farmers and identifies the systematic barriers they face in running a profitable farm. In its journey across the country, the film blends extraordinary shots of the Canadian farm landscape with discussions of the challenges and setbacks small farmers endure, as well as the turning points and breakthroughs that have allowed them to achieve success. As these intimate accounts are shared, traditional images of family farmers are redefined as we grow to see these individuals not only as farmers, but as teachers, botanists, and mechanics who open our eyes to the issues that continue to threaten small farmers as well as the importance of buying local and organic foods.
- Release date
- January 1, 2014
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
- Music
- Ari A. Cohen, Jean-Christophe Lizotte, Pemi Paull
Trailer
Cast
- John Bastian as Farm stewards, Morgan Farm
- Janice Blanke as Farm stewards, Morgan Farm
- Max Burt as Burt Farm Country Meats
- Stuart Horst as Floralane Produce
- Raymond Loo as Springwillow Farms
- Lynne Taillefer as The Morgan Farm, Quebec
Crew
- Ari A. Cohen · Director
- Howard Chackowicz · Writer
- Ari A. Cohen · Writer
- Julie Cusmariu · Writer
- Seth Poulin · Writer
- Ari A. Cohen · Producer
- Ari A. Cohen · Composer
- Jean-Christophe Lizotte · Composer
- Pemi Paull · Composer
- Sam Shalabi · Composer
- Ari A. Cohen · Cinematographer
- Chris Elliott · Cinematographer
- Stephanie Hillyard · Cinematographer
- John Hopkins · Cinematographer
- Tony Asimakopoulos · Editor