The Need to Grow - Film series Südlich(t)er

With an estimated 60 years of farmable soil left on Earth, The Need To Grow offers an intimate look into the hearts of activists and innovators in the food movement - an 8 year old girl challenges the ethics of a beloved organization - a renegade farmer struggles to keep his land as he revolutionizes resource efficient agriculture - and an accomplished visionary inventor faces catastrophe in the midst of developing a game-changing technology. Narrated by Rosario Dawson, The Need to Grow delivers alarming evidence on the importance of healthy soil - revealing not only the potential of localized food production working with nature, but our opportunity as individuals to help regenerate our planet’s dying soils and participate in the restoration of the Earth.
Followed by a film talk with director Valentin Thurn and local activists
Documentary / 2018 / recommended for ages 14 and up / English with German subtitles / length 01:36 / directed by Rob Herring and Ryan Wirick