Feature-length documentary in production about urban agriculture in both the First and Third Worlds

‘Food Not Lawns’ documentary fundraising teaser

By Karney Hatch

This is the fundraising teaser for the upcoming documentary “Food Not Lawns”. The documentary examines the efforts of a variety of individuals and organizations in Los Angeles to replace lawns with food-producing gardens. It also looks at larger-scale urban agriculture projects such as a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm operating in North Hollywood.

The second focus of the film will be to examine the success of urban agriculture in Havana, Cuba, with an eye towards transferring the ideas and methods that have worked in this “Third World” city to urban centers in the United States and elsewhere in the “First World”.

The goal of the film will be to encourage people to take more action in their own communities based on the great work that is already being done, with the hope that the film can serve as a catalyst to take urban farming to the next level in its evolution.

See more here.