Index
- Looking Glass Creamery
- Hominy Valley Farms - Land and Cattle
- Harvest Table Farm
- Highlander Farms
- Webisode 1: The Gamble
- Webisode 2: Getting to Market
- Webisode 3: Great Expectations
- Webisode 4: Raising a Herd
- Webisode 5: Good Farm Help
- Webisode 6: Local Ecosystem
- Webisode 7: The Chicken Economy
- Webisode 8: The Alpha and the Omega
- Webisode 9: The $5 Local Meal
- Webisode 10: A Change in Season
- Webisode 11: Marketing Genius
- Webisode 12: Animal Husbandry
- Webisode 13: The Organic Conundrum
- Webisode 14: Second Jobs
- Webisode 15: The Good, The Bad, and the Piglets
- The Farmers' Film Trailer
Process
Selection
The film project begins in Western North Carolina, with a group of farmers that two Purple States producers based in Black Mountain have come to know.
Participants
Meghan Cole is in her first year of farming in Western North Carolina, having recently arrived from California; Jeanette Wilson is an organic farmer on the land where she lived as a child, and her daily tasks resemble what her grandparents did on the same property; Jennifer Perkins is co-founder and owner of the Looking Glass Creamery in Fairview, and has deep connections to micro-dairies in Western North Carolina; Susan and Nick Nichols raise lamb and chickens for market at Highlander Farm in Fairview.
Financing
Production costs for the initial phase are being covered through contributions by local businesses and individuals to the Organic Growers School, which is partnering with Purple States. Presenting sponsorship by Carolina Farm Credit.
Editorial Control
The producers selected the farmers and will determine the content of the edited videos.
Credits
- Produced by Cinnamon Kennedy with Meredith McKissick
- Directed by John Kennedy
- Video editing by John Kennedy
- Videography by the farmers
Looking Glass Creamery
Hominy Valley Farms - Land and Cattle
Harvest Table Farm
Highlander Farms
Webisode 1: The Gamble
Webisode 2: Getting to Market
Webisode 3: Great Expectations
Webisode 4: Raising a Herd
Webisode 5: Good Farm Help
Webisode 6: Local Ecosystem
Webisode 7: The Chicken Economy
Webisode 8: The Alpha and the Omega
Webisode 9: The $5 Local Meal
Webisode 10: A Change in Season
Webisode 11: Marketing Genius
Webisode 12: Animal Husbandry
Webisode 13: The Organic Conundrum
Webisode 14: Second Jobs
Webisode 15: The Good, The Bad, and the Piglets
The Farmers' Film Trailer
Meet the farmers and glimpse their world. People like to talk about local food. The realities of life on small farms may surprise you.