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And we've done Sudanfor forage for cattle, because we just know we have to get anincome...

And we've done Sudan
for forage for cattle, because we just know we have to get an
income source other than corn and soybeans

Full Transcript

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And we've done Sudan for forage for cattle,
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because we just know we have to get an income source other than corn and soybeans.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
60
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:51
Uploaded
Apr 02, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Foothill Productions,Real Lava,Sustainable Films,Range Media Partners,The deNovo Initiative,Tiger Tales Media,Bewilder Films,Ideal Partners

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Movie Summary

Trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl examines the precarious state of America's food system. A Sundance Film Festival premiere.
Farming economics for the last eight years has been stressful. - Food and Country 00:06
Farming economics for the last eight years has been stressfu...
We're at cost of production or less. - Food and Country 00:06
We're at cost of production or less.
It's a half a million dollars, almost, - Food and Country 00:06
It's a half a million dollars, almost,
We've got bills up to here. I mean, we are highly leveraged. - Food and Country 00:06
We've got bills up to here. I mean, we are highly lever...
So we're transitioning acres into organic. - Food and Country 00:06
So we're transitioning acres into organic.
Yes, but the hard part is that 36 months of transition. - Food and Country 00:06
Yes, but the hard part is that 36 months of transition.
We go every year to the bank to renew our ag loan. - Food and Country 00:07
We go every year to the bank to renew our ag loan.
And it's only from beginning of the year to the end. - Food and Country 00:05
And it's only from beginning of the year to the end.
And it's like, there's no, there's no flow in between years, - Food and Country 00:08
And it's like, there's no, there's no flow in...
- Just kids. - [laughing] - Food and Country 00:10
- Just kids. - [laughing]
So, the majority of farmers in the United States go to the bank every winter, - Food and Country 00:16
So, the majority of farmers in the United States go to the b...
They farm all year and hope they can make enough at the end of the year - Food and Country 00:11
They farm all year and hope they can make enough at the end ...
And in our history, that's exactly what happened to us. - Food and Country 00:06
And in our history, that's exactly what happened to us.
It was Economics 101 in the '80s. - Food and Country 00:05
It was Economics 101 in the '80s.
I mean, everything, it was an auction, - Food and Country 00:11
I mean, everything, it was an auction,
Unfortunately right now feels eerily, eerily like that. - Food and Country 00:07
Unfortunately right now feels eerily, eerily like that.
I mean, go to any financial advisor and say, "All right, - Food and Country 00:16
I mean, go to any financial advisor and say, "All right...
I mean, the more I report this documentary, - Food and Country 00:16
I mean, the more I report this documentary,
The degree of risk that these folks take on is staggering. - Food and Country 00:07
The degree of risk that these folks take on is staggering.
You know, we're talking about forgiving student loan debt, right, as a way of like, - Food and Country 00:14
You know, we're talking about forgiving student loan de...