An award-winning film
The Quad Cities Food Hub will host a screening of the documentary GROW! On Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 5:00 pm. Admission is free but donations are welcome and further the Quad Cities Food Hub's mission. Popcorn and beverages will be available for purchase in the Quad Cities Food Hub Market Store. The film will be followed by a discussion panel with local farmers.
There's a growing movement of educated young people who are leaving the cities to take up an agrarian life. Armed with college degrees, some are unable to find jobs in the current economic slump. Fed up with corporate America and its influence on a broken food system, they aim to solve some of the current system's inequities by growing clean, fair food. Mostly landless, they borrow, rent or manage farmland in order to fulfill their dreams of doing something meaningful with their lives.
Filmed on 12 farms throughout the state of Georgia during an entire growing season, GROW! provides an honest and inspiring look at this next generation of farmers. Anybody who appreciates the value of good wholesome food grown close to home, who cares about our food supply and the future of farming will want to see GROW!
GROW! takes a look at this new generation of sustainable farming through the eyes, hearts and minds of 20 idealistic, passionate and fiercely independent young growers. In the film they speak of both the joys and the challenges involved in tending the land.
2011 WINNER BEST AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY
- Rome International Film Festival
2011 WINNER FOCUS AWARD
- Montana CINE International Film Festival
2011 WINNER BEST OF CATEGORY
- Montana CINE International Film Festival
2011 WINNER AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
- Docufest Atlanta
2011 WINNER BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
- Asheville Cinema Film Festival
2012 WINNER BEST DOCUMENTARY, Runner Up
- Macon Film Festival
2012 WINNER BEST FEATURE FILM
- Colorado Environmental Film Festival
2013 WINNER EARTH AWARD
- Cinema Verde Environmental Film Festival
Official Selection 2011
- Slow Motion Food Film Fest - Nova Scotia
Official Selection 2011
- Savannah Film Festival
Official Selection 2012
- Wild and Scenic Film Festival
Official Selection/Jury Nomination 2012
- Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival, New Zealand
