August 4, 2020

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Build Your Garden

When people think about farmers, they tend to think about older people. This is true, for every 6 farmers over the age of 65 there is only 1 under 35. There are groups that are trying to change that though and help young people be the farmers of the future. Enjoy this short film below on a group of young farmers in western Colorado and the group of donors who is helping them along. HOW WE GROW_REDFORD SHORT from Tomas Zuccareno Photography on Vimeo. A vignette of just one of the segments of our HOW WE GROW feature documentary film. …

We Don’t Eat The Way Our Grandparents Did

Did you know that once upon a time tomatoes were really sweet, dates were large and super juicy and that many other vegetables have changed over time? Nope, me either!! Science has been playing with our food for a very long time. In the photo below you’ll see that some of these tomatoes have green, unripened looking tops. People see the green and believe it’s not ripe, it’s not as tasty as it should be right there. Those green “shoulders” actually have a lot to do with flavor even if they aren’t the prettiest thing in the world. Sometime before …