Resources

Get inspired by these motivating books and documentaries! There has been a lot of effort over the past few decades put into sharing the necessity for a change in our food and community systems.

Cover of a documentary titled 'The Seeds of Vandana Shiva' showing Vandana Shiva in a red saree with a circular sunflower pattern in the background.

The Seeds of Vandana Shiva

Gandhian environmentalist and food justice activist Dr Vandana Shiva takes on powerful corporations that pollute and degrade the environment.

Book cover titled 'Letters to a Young Farmer' with a quote from Mark Bittman. The cover features a rural farm scene with fields, a farmer, and barns, emphasizing food and agriculture.

Letters to a Young Farmer

Letters to a Young Farmer is for everyone who appreciates good food grown with respect for the earth, people, animals, and community. Three dozen esteemed writers, farmers, chefs, activists, and visionaries address the highs and lows of farming life—as well as larger questions of how our food is produced and consumed—in vivid and personal detail.

Promotional poster for the documentary film "The Biggest Little Farm" showing a farm scene with a barn, cows, chickens, a puppy, and two people walking in a field of flowers with trees in the background. The poster includes quotes and festival accolades at the top.

The Biggest Little Farm

A couple are followed through their successes and failures as they work to develop a sustainable farm on 200 acres outside of Los Angeles. Over the years, the desolate land they purchased begins to thrive and is transformed

Film poster for 'Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective' showing a person's legs and boots walking across dry, cracked soil with small green plants growing in the cracks, with a city skyline on the left and a sunset in the background.

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective

Inhabit is a feature length documentary introducing permaculture: a design method that offers an ecological lens for solving issues related to agriculture, economics, governance, and on

Book cover titled 'Animal, Vegetable, Miracle' by Barbara Kingsolver, with co-authors Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver. The cover features a hand holding red and white patterned beans, surrounded by illustrated green leaves, against a green background. The top has a red banner indicating it is a 'New York Times Bestseller' and an anecdotal quote about the book at the top.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

This book chronicles Kingsolver and her family’s year-long experiment to eat only locally sourced food in rural Appalachia. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, the book explores the environmental, social, and personal benefits of a local food system, detailing their efforts to grow, raise, and buy food from their own community, and includes recipes and insights into sustainable living

A promotional poster for the film 'Seed: The Untold Story' showing a split apple with one side vibrant and healthy, and the other side with a chemical coating. A woman sits on grass near a dry, cracked earth. The poster highlights awards and features, asking "Which future will you grow?"

Seed: The Untold Story

Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds -- worshipped and treasured since the dawn of humankind. This documentary follows passionate seed keepers who are protecting a 12,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94 seed varieties have disappeared. A cadre of 10 agrichemical companies controls over two-thirds of the global seed market, reaping unprecedented profits. Farmers and others battle to defend the future of our food

Movie poster for 'Kiss the Ground' featuring a tree with visible roots and a sunset background, with people and animals silhouettes.

Kiss the Ground

Narrated and featuring Woody Harrelson, Kiss the Ground is an inspiring and groundbreaking film that reveals the first viable solution to our climate crisis.

A man stands in a field with half farmland and half grass, holding a shovel. He wears a red cape and sunglasses. The sky is partly cloudy with blue and orange hues. The text at the top lists actor names, and the title "Common Ground" is at the bottom, with a tagline about saving the planet one acre at a time.

Common Ground

Celebrities explore how many of the problems that ail humans connect to the state of the world's soil. Independent farmers implementing historic indigenous techniques demonstrate how changing agricultural practises could potentially save the world.

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