We’re up in Burlington, Vermont!
The Common Ground Fair was a rainy, muddy ordeal and I’ll post that video next. It’s been a challenge finding enough time to edit the 12+ hours of footage we’ve accumulated and continue to add to as we go. Everyday we find new things and meet with great people, I can’t even believe how lucky we are.
This video is about the Community Intervale in Burlington. We met with Lindsay Ketchel, who is the Director of Agricultural Programs, she gave us a whirlwind tour! It only just touches on all the things they do, it’s tough turning an hour of footage into 3 minutes!
Technorati Tags: Community Intervale, Sustainable, Green, Road Trip
What a great idea. Did you know that only 1 percent of the people in our country farm!? And that 1 percent has to feed the rest of the country. This is a great way to help get more farmers in the game.
Evan (http://e-vlog.blogspot.com)
dude! I was looking into Intervale for FWT this year! I didn’t know how much they’d be doing in, you know, january and february, but if you have any opinions, please let me know!
nice editing gals!
wow that place is such a cool idea.
it makes so much sense.
sharing resources, who ever thought….
mmmmcarrots.
more more more
wow, the passion really shines through from the lady who gave you the tour. very cool!
This is interesting information and valuable.
However, I would be interested in a definition or exposition of what the term “sustainble” means. And a critical look into it. Questions like if all foods was grown locally, wouldn’t that limit the availability of different foods? Is efficiency lost with only locally grown food? Is sustainability a mixture of local and non-local food? Etc.
Great questions Enric,
As far as defining sustainability, we’re trying to edit this in a way that demonstrates what people are actually DOING to define this idea. Some people come right out and say what they think is is and others are less upfront with their models of ’sustainability’. This will come with time as we put more of our conversations with people up. We’re about to meet with an organization in Toronto which will hopefully be a follow up to your questions about local food.
Keep it coming,
ashley
My girlfriend is gonna’ love this post - I really like their idea for getting young & interested people the land, tools, etc they need
I can imagine turning an hour of footage into 3 minutes is tough - are you thinking about going back and re-releasing extended edits once you are back?
What an interesting program and model for cooperation. Great editing!
i really like seeing these concrete examples of people really making it happen. it\’ll be amazing to see you make videos all across the country. a real resource.
Some of you have probably seen these. I would like to recommend the following videos from the TedTalks on sustainability:
Majora Carter on sustainable urban renewal
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http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=majora_carter
or
http://tinyurl.com/eojmm
Amy Smith on sustainability in third world nations
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http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=a_smith
or
http://tinyurl.com/g52uq
Cameron Sinclair on sustainable architecture
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http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=c_sinclair
or
http://tinyurl.com/kfaw2
Thank you to Michael Meiser for pointing me to the TedTalks.
That’s a great clip. Thanks so much. I loved the whole idea of sharing the capital cost among many ‘farmlings’. It’s really practical cooperative economics. Great work!
I come at this from the standpoint of knowing almost nothing about the sustainability movement. If someone asked I couldn’t give a proper answer. This series will help me and other folks put context to that question and help us to build answers.
My maternal grandmother was a farmer so I dig this concept 100%.
You ladies are doing a great job. Hang in there.
The extra footage could, at the end of the trip, be used to add on more segments to something like this video. Making something like this a mini-series branching out wihtin the larger project.
great video. I really like their project so thanks for highlighting it. some of the SRI farms are setup in a similar manner in Aus. I didn’t realise only 1% in US farm if what a previous commenter says is true. sounds like you need lots more of these systems or there could be trouble in future! does the govt provide assistance (financial/tax breaks) for farmers as incentives?