As director Severine von Tscharner Fleming embarks upon her own career in agriculture, she travels across America looking for evidence of a growing movement of young farmers in their twenties and thirties. She finds that their resolution and bonds are strong and their sense of joy is fully intact. But she also discovers that this new corps of farmers, who bring such character and vitality to their communities, faces daunting professional challenges. The Greenhorns sets forth the need and the strategies for all of us to assure the prosperity and success of this new generation and our own. Directed and produced by Severine von Tscharner Fleming.

The Greenhorns

2011 US 50 min
Festival Year: 2012
Types: Documentary
Topic: Environmental Advocacy and Justice, Local, Sustainable Living