The Hands that Feed Us

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Newsletter #8: How many farms does it take to feed 14,000 people? Just one.

October 3, 2020 The Hands that Feed Us Newsletters Feudalism, Grain, Machinery, Nathan Eshpeter, Succession

Prairie harvest is a race against winter

What does it take to get a prairie farm started?

How feudal are our farmers?

Combine harvesters and baby’s first farm machine

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Newsletter #7: A leap into the unknown

August 2, 2020 The Hands that Feed Us Newsletters Cattle, Food Insecuirty, Grain, Klippers Organics, Row Fourteen

Heading east into the unknown

Klippers’ second job is running Vancouver’s best new restaurant

Food Security is not a subset of Poverty

Eating peaches, tomatoes, and dirt

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Newsletter #6: The Hands that Feed Us at Klippers Organics

June 22, 2020 The Hands that Feed Us Newsletters Footage, Klippers Organics, Temporary Foreign Workers, Timelapses

Eight weeks at Amara Farm

Scaling up: First week at Klippers Organic Acres

Footage preview: Timelapses

What I’ve learned from working on the farm

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Newsletter #5: Hello from Amara Farm

April 27, 2020 The Hands that Feed Us Newsletters Amara Farm, Asparagus, Capitalism, COVID-19

First week on the farm

The COVID-19 effect: How are farmers affected?

Capitalism for farming is broken

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Newsletter #4: The Hands that Feed Us starts filming in 9 days

April 26, 2020 The Hands that Feed Us Newsletters

The Hands that Feed Us starts filming in 9 days

I’ll be vlogging from behind the scenes

Farmer profile: Arzeena Hamir (Amara Farm)

How The Hands that Feed Us has changed in the last year and a half

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Newsletter #3: The Lands that Feed Us – Why Farmers Can’t Afford Land

July 17, 2018 The Hands that Feed Us Newsletters

Announcing The Lands that Feed Us: A 20 minute documentary about farmland prices

Preview: The Lands that Feed Us pitch video

Lying with statistics: The difference between telling the truth and selling it

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Newsletter #2: Your local farmer isn’t on salary

May 23, 2018 The Hands that Feed Us Newsletters

  • Your Local Farmer isn’t on Salary
  • Deep Cut Film Festival: The Hands that Feed Us: Amara Farm is screening in Kitchener
  • Seeking a board member with advocacy campaign experience: The Hands that Feed Us is becoming a non-profit
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    Newsletter #1: Free screening: The Hands that Feed Us: Amara Farm, April 25th

    April 6, 2018 The Hands that Feed Us Newsletters Amara Farm, Arzeena Hamir, Newsletter, Website

    The Hands that Feed Us has a website!

    5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1 … WE’RE LIVE!

    This is The Hands that Feed Us, coming to you live from www.thehandsthatfeedus.ca!
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    • Newsletter #18: The romance of farming and filmmaking
    • What does romance have to do with our economy?
    • Newsletter #17: A rough cut and a path to completion
    • Newsletter #16: The Hands that Feed Us has an assembly cut
    • Newsletter #15: Tangible Progress for The Hands that Feed Us

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