Field Work: A Family Farm

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Date/Time:Thursday, 27 Oct 2011 at 7:00 pm
Location:Sun Room, Memorial Union
Cost:Free
Contact:
Phone:515-294-9934
Channel:Lecture Series
Categories:Lectures Live Green
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Meet filmmaker John Helde as he follows Judy and Charlie Swanson and their three grown children pursuing their dream of farming as one extended family. It follows the Swanson family through several seasons and looks at the social and economic challenges of family farming: rising land prices, changing technologies and the barriers to entry for the younger generation. A discussion will follow the 96-minute film.

John Helde's FIELD WORK is a new, 21st century portrait of the iconic family farm and America's changing agricultural landscape. The film is a work in progress supported by Humanities Iowa and featuring music by the Iowa-based duo Truckstop Souvenir.

A discussion with filmmaker John Helde and participants in the project, including Judy and Charlie Swanson and Julie and Scott Wilber of Wilber's Northside Market in Boone, will immediately follow the 96-min film.