Achi news desk-
Agriculture enthusiasts of all kinds were invited to the Screening Room this weekend to take part in a film series called Depth of the Field: Films about farming.
The series, which is produced and presented by the National Farmers Union, looks at over 50 different farms in Canada, and the challenges they face throughout the year.
Josh Suppan owns a farm.
He is also the president of the local chapter of the National Union of Farmers. He said that farmers all over the world face a variety of problems, but that one common problem affects them all.
“Climate change is certainly a big one. You have to be resilient to fight against the changing weather patterns, whether you have a drought for a year or you have crazy rain or high temperatures, low temperatures,” Suppan said.
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Suppan also points to the fact that people are much less connected to the food they eat, something that the docuseries addresses.
“We’re so far from our food in society now that we haven’t been, like … 50 years ago and before that, you know, everybody was growing their food and that’s not really true ok now,” he added.
It’s a sentiment echoed by local farmer and fellow union member Katherine Rothermel.
His farm on Wolfe Island, Kitchen Table Seed House, is featured in the docuseries.
“The food system is like out there somewhere and we are so disconnected from the farms and the industrial farming system and I hope it personifies it for people,” he said.
That’s why the films are shown in communities from coast to coast.
Sunday screenings in the Screening Room were sold out.
Rothermel said she hopes the series will inspire people to be better stewards of the country.
“I really hope that people can connect with the stories of individual farms and personalize them in a way that allows people to connect in a better way,” he said.
Although they are only shown once in Kingston, the series of short films is available on the National Farmers Union of Canada YouTube channel.
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