To Which We Belong is a documentary that'll be screening at the Transitions Film Festival - Virtual which runs from 18 Feb to 13 Mar 2022. For your chance to WINa free pass to the Transitions Film Festival, visit the WIN PAGE and enter code WEN and, in the 'Answer' section, write the name of the film you want to see! Winners notified 28 Feb 2022.
This is a documentary that highlights farmers and ranchers leaving behind conventional practices that are no longer profitable or sustainable. They are now leading the way to improve the health of the soil and sea to save their livelihoods and our planet.
These farmers and ranchers belong to a growing movement that's working with nature and are finally accepting that the solution is right under our feet. Acknowledging that soil is this living thing - when optimised under the ground, it will optimise life above the ground. Upon dealing with nature and its complexities, they are realising that everything is interconnected and they have to think about the whole. After all, change is needed desperately as the world is seeing massive environmental degradation. The only way is to harmonise with nature so it's a win-win for farmers, society and the world.
In some ways it's also horrendous to learn that it's taken human beings this long to realise working with nature is the only way, and not against it. Still, change is possible when we begin to understand the interconnectedness of living things - to improve the health of our soil and sea is the only way to save our planet and livelihoods. This is the film for everyone, especially for ranchers and farmers who really need to join the movement of renewing the earth through simple, yet profound practices. It's intriguing as a viewer to learn and be reintroduced to nature and how to work with it.
Follow a few of the farmers and their families on their journey as they themselves are astonished by what can be achieved through simple changes that still brings them profit and a livelihood. Be filled with a sense of joy as you see expansive patches of our universe that should inspire you to preserve what we have and make it thrive.
Faulty agricultural practices and industrial agriculture may have huge yields but are also a huge source of pollution and carbon. Plus the quality of the food suffers and food is less nutritious. You'd have to eat 5 apples today to get the nutrition of one apple grown in the 1800s. It was heartwarming to see a whole generation of farmers and their families making full use of their farm for various produce that interconnected and gave them all an income. Fishermen have also made changes from wild harvest to regenerative. This is a documentary that gives us hope, that calls to all of us to do our part in supporting and fighting for natural practices that works for all of us. Find out more about Regenerative Agriculture and Carbon Sequestration.
