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On Demand Film Screenings: From Seed to Seed, and Farming the Sky – Each Registration Plants 50 Trees!

Please join us for an On-Demand screening of two award-winning documentary films:

  • What: “From Seed to Seed”, an award-winning documentary film by Katharina Stieffenhofer, and “Farming the Sky”
  • Where: EVERYWHERE, including an Internet connected computer near you
  • When: Registrants may stream these films at any time starting Friday November 25th through Friday December 2nd at 12midnight (Eastern Time US)
  • Why: Each registration plants 50 treesREGISTER HERE!

From Seed to Seed follows a small-scale organic farming family, as well as a diverse group of Canadian farmers, for a season of challenges and rewards.  Terry and Monique pursue their true passion of ecologically sustainable farming practices, and their story of community and resilience takes center stage in this film.

Scientists are working with these farmers using a blend of ancient traditions and cutting edge science to develop improved methods for growing food ecologically and in a changing climate.  This hopeful and award-winning story from Katharina Stieffenhofer provides one perspective on a global social movement towards healthy and regenerative farming practices.

Farming the Sky is a short film that features architect Nona Yehia, who designed a new kind of greenhouse in her hometown of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The building packs a perfectly controlled growing environment into a vertical space located on a sliver of land, the first of its kind in the northern hemisphere. This urban farm provides the local community with super-fresh produce, no matter the weather.

 

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Meet the Filmmaker of From Seed to Seed

 

 

Katharina Stieffenhofer is a filmmaker and a “passionate and compulsive seed saver”. Her appreciation of farming and love of Nature is rooted in her childhood and youth growing up on a mixed family farm on a Rhine island in Germany and expanded when her parents immigrated to Canada to become grain farmers in Southern Manitoba. She continues to manage several gardens near her home, growing tomatoes, herbs, and peppers. “From Seed to Seed” was a labor of love, and she’s currently researching her next film project when not fermenting tomato seeds.

You’re invited to submit questions for the filmmaker below, and add any comments if you wish.  Please note it takes a couple of seconds for your comment to be received, so thank you in advance for your patience!

23 thoughts on “On Demand Film Screenings: From Seed to Seed, and Farming the Sky – Each Registration Plants 50 Trees!”

  1. Harry Baptiste says:

    Looks like a great event!

  2. Christine Assad says:

    I believe planting lots of trees will help to save our beautiful blue planet. I support what you are doing.

    1. ForestPlanet says:

      Great, thank you for the note! We hope that you will join us and share the registration link: https://seedonline.eventbrite.com

  3. Looking forward to chatting with with viewers about my documentary film FROM SEED TO SEED and about the related issues of Climate Change, Food Security, Ecological Agriculture and strategies for transitioning to more sustainable practices and healthier communities.

    1. ForestPlanet says:

      Thank you for joining us!

  4. Margie says:

    A beautiful film. Thank God for farm families.

    1. Hank Dearden says:

      Thank you for the comment, we’re glad that you liked the film!

  5. Karin Guzy says:

    Very engaging film. I would be interested in a follow-up on this farm family since the film was made in 2017.

  6. Suzanne Kuffler says:

    Excellent information in this film. This documentary should wake people up to micro climates, regenerative farming efforts including the research universities are doing for agriculture in our future. Thanks very much to the farmers and the filmaker and her team and supporters.

    1. Hank Dearden says:

      Thank you for your comment, we’re glad that you enjoyed the film!

  7. Margaret Petersen says:

    What a wonderful film! Thank you so much for making it possible to see it! Very thought provoking.

    1. Hank Dearden says:

      Thank you for joining us!

  8. This was very well done with beautiful images. It makes me want to find out where to get soil analysis before starting a garden in the backyard.

  9. Ann Wohlstetter says:

    All I can say is WOW!! What a beautiful and informative film you all have created. Sharing a life so different from my own is super impactful. In a short 1-1/2, I have gained an appreciation and tiny understanding of the significant work you all do. Thank You!

    1. Hank Dearden says:

      Thank you for the comment, we’re glad that you could join us!

  10. Rosemarie Lion says:

    Beautiful and inspirational! It’s so much more than just farming and making food – it’s about the essence of living a fulfilled life, in harmony, in community – and being willing to take the chance; be willing to struggle and become resilient! Thank-You!

    1. Hank Dearden says:

      We appreciated the support!

  11. Adam Ecuyer says:

    I’d like to know where the trees are being planted?

    1. ForestPlanet says:

      Thank you for the question, it’s appreciated. Our model is to work with established tree partners around the world, supporting existing projects where trees are needed the most. Please check our our Blog page, which has plenty of updates from these various projects: https://forestplanet.org/category/blog/

  12. Melissa says:

    From Seed to Seed is such a lovely film – so inspiring, educational… full of information critical to our futures, as growers, consumers, and people who care about climate, economy, families and food!

    1. ForestPlanet says:

      Thank you for the comment, we’re glad that you enjoyed the film!

  13. Amy says:

    It was a wonderful film! I highly recommend it!

    1. ForestPlanet says:

      Thank you for the note and for joining us!

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