Grow Movie- A Great Documentary Which Outlines Young Urbanites Turning To Farming

I watched the Grow Movie the other night. 

It's a documentary that tells the story of how young urban people are being attracted to farming.

The movie follows a few young farmers in the US state of Georgia. We learn how they found themselves farming & why they love it.

Most of the people were highly educated with degrees in finance, engineering & soil science etc, but they have chosen the small scale rural lifestyle.

The documentary focuses on, what we in New Zealand we would call "market gardeners". 




GROW! Movie Trailer (2:09) from Anthony-Masterson on Vimeo.

Two things stood out for me:

Most of these people started with no knowledge of growing vegetables or farming. Most had no money or land. But they started working with a farmer and in some cases simply agreed to work in exchange for accommodation and knowledge. One thing led to another and they now run their own farming businesses.

I found it interesting how one person explained that he got into farming because of his ideological beliefs. He said he now had to balance his ideology with the need to run a viable business.

I found that interesting considering, there are many people in New Zealand giving farmers plenty of advice (including me). It's one thing to talk about how you should farm & another thing to actually do it and stay viable.