{"id":14381,"date":"2012-04-30T11:35:42","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T17:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=14381"},"modified":"2012-04-30T11:35:42","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T17:35:42","slug":"urban-farm-film-growing-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/urban-farm-film-growing-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Urban Farm Comes to Film: Growing Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/growincities\/growing-cities-a-film-about-urban-farming-in-ameri\/widget\/video.html\" width=\"480px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Think <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2011\/07\/urban-agriculture-success-stories\/\">urban agriculture<\/a> is just a passing fad? More a way for hipster urbanites to feel good about themselves than a real answer to food supply issues? You may well be right&#8230; but the growth of urban farming and community gardening tells us it does fill a need. Maybe that&#8217;s largely a sense of accomplishment provided by growing a little of one&#8217;s own food, or addressing, in some small way, a lack of access to fresh produce in urban food deserts. It certainly represents an admirable effort by urbanites to take responsibility for at least a portion of their food supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Susman and Andrew Monbouquette saw that, despite the growth of urban agriculture around the United States, there wasn&#8217;t much going on in their home town of Omaha, Nebraska on this front&#8230; so they decided to strike out on a road trip to see what was happening in other cities. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.growingcitiesmovie.com\">Growing Cities<\/a><\/em>, a feature-length documentary, is the result of that road trip &#8211; check out the preview above.<\/p>\n<p>Dan and Andrew want to get this film finished, and, like other budding movie makers, have gone to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/growincities\/growing-cities-a-film-about-urban-farming-in-ameri\">Kickstarter<\/a> to raise funds for final work on the film. Check out their campaign page, and if you like what they&#8217;re doing, consider kicking in a few bucks. Come back and let us know what you think, of course&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image credit:<\/strong> Screen capture from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/23882965\"><em>Growing Cities<\/em> preview<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Susman and Andrew Monbouquette saw that, despite the growth of urban agriculture around the United States, there wasn&#8217;t much going on in their home town of Omaha, Nebraska on this front&#8230; so they decided to strike out on a road trip to see what was happening in other cities. 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