Movie Day!

Movie Day!

Hello there! This week in class we actually got to watch two movies, GROW! and To Make A Farm. Both of the movies had very similar concepts and showed me what it was like to run a farm as well as how farming can be very difficult at times. In my opinion I was more found of GROW! than I was with To Make A Farm.

In GROW! we were able to see a lot of younger people with college degrees leaving the city life to farm. The thing I found really cool about this was that there was a large variety in what they majored in. Some of the people did have eco-cautious majors but then there were some who were business/science majors.. even during the film I was sitting there thinking "Huh, maybe one of my friends will do that.".... I highly doubt it, but hey who knows! These people decided to leave their desk jobs and head out on an open field and enjoy the beauty of nature which I admire that, however I personally don't think I would be able to do it. Another thing that I found very interesting were the women who were farmers and how many of them there were. It is sad but true that we live in a society where women are not seen as being capable of running a farm but the women in this documentary proved society wrong. 

For the second film, To Make A Farm showed 5 young adults who ran a farm in Canada and what it was like. This film was interesting because it showed us that you don't need a huge field to be a farmer. The five men that did this ended up getting a decent amount of produce (more than I expect this... sorry for doubting you). Another thing I found pretty cool (sorry interesting was becoming repetitive) was getting to see the difference in produce and the quantities between the two types of farms. One thing that I appreciated from both farms in the documentary were that all of the farmers put an equal amount of effort into their farms. 

I personally have never really experienced any sort of farming before or watched any movies on farming until I came to Elmira College... to those kids that say you don't learn anything in school here you go (yes, i've said this before) well done Maluso! It was very interesting to see hows these people set aside what they studied for four years and became farmers... They don't get enough credit. 

-Tiffany