WINNER OF AWARD OF MERIT From The IndieFEST Film Awards
Dana Richardson and Sarah Zentz, of Dana & Sarah Films, has won a prestigious Award of Merit from The IndieFEST Film Awards. The award was given for Dana & Sarah's exciting documentary, Goshen Film, which shares a powerful story of the Tarahumara running tribe.
Winner of The Golden Palm Award
The Mexico International Film Festival and Awards has become an important awards event within the film industry and a centerpiece for promoting and growing the thriving arts and culture community of Mexico. Founded on the premise that the language of film is universal and a dynamic force in bridging cultural understanding, the event celebrates and recognizes the very best of international independent cinema from around the world.
GOSHEN: Places of Refuge for the Running People is Winner of the Golden Palm Award for the Documentary Features Competition. GOSHEN was selected from among several hundred film and screenplays submitted from over 30 countries around the world.
GOSHEN: Places of Refuge for the Running People is Winner of the Golden Palm Award for the Documentary Features Competition. GOSHEN was selected from among several hundred film and screenplays submitted from over 30 countries around the world.
Dana & Sarah Films Win Accolade Award of Merit
Dana Richardson and Sarah Zentz, of Dana & Sarah Films, has won a prestigious Award of Merit from The Accolade Global Film Competition. The award was given for Dana & Sarah's exciting documentary, Goshen Film, which shares a powerful story of the Tarahumara running tribe.
The Accolade recognizes film, television, videography and new media professionals who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and creativity, and those who produce standout entertainment or contribute to profound social change. Entries are judged by highly qualified professionals in the film and television industry. Information about the Accolade and a list of recent winners can be found at www.accoladecompetition.org.
The Accolade recognizes film, television, videography and new media professionals who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and creativity, and those who produce standout entertainment or contribute to profound social change. Entries are judged by highly qualified professionals in the film and television industry. Information about the Accolade and a list of recent winners can be found at www.accoladecompetition.org.
Tarahumara Running Tribe Featured In A New Documentary
An in-depth film documenting the lives of the Tarahumara Indian tribe that inspired a barefoot running movement in the U.S.
On April 4, “Goshen: Places of Refuge for the Tarahumara Tribe” will premiere digitally on Vimeo On Demand. The documentary directed and produced by Dana and Sarah Films looks at the diet and active lifestyle of the indigenous Tarahumara tribe who have lived away from modern society in the Mexican Copper Canyons for centuries.
“We first learned about the Tarahumara by reading Christopher McDougall’s book, ‘Born to Run,’ which educated us about minimal footwear and natural running form. Inspired to learn more about the Tarahumara way of life, we discovered that the Tarahumara have low incidence of the top 3 chronic diseases—cancer, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease—linked to their plant based diet,” says directors Dana Richardson and Sarah Zentz who both enjoy running in minimalist sandals themselves.
RELATED: The Legacy of ‘Born to Run’
Having lived among the remote Tarahumara community for one month, filming this running tribe’s day to day life, Richardson and Zentz also discovered that localized drug violence and famine due to recent droughts are seriously endangering the Tarahumara’s ability to maintain a self-sustainable community and their reliance on native seeds for planting.
“Recently, some of their traditional races have been lost because they don’t have the calories to run for hundreds of miles” says Will Harlan, a cast member of “Goshen” and winner of the Caballo Ultra Marathon. In response to the Tarahumara drought and famine crisis, Harlan co-founded Barefoot Seeds, a nonprofit Tarahumara native seed bank in Urique, Mexico.
Along with Harlan, “Born to Run” author Chistopher McDougall also makes an appearance in the small independent film. Its success so far has won the film the Award of Merit from the Accolade Global Film Competition in March.
“Goshen reveals how the Tarahumara tribe’s plant-based diet, minimal footwear and natural running form can not only transform runners’ health and fitness, but may also be the key to preserving Tarahumara culture. Our hope is that Goshen will inspire people to take part in preserving the endangered native seeds and running traditions of the Tarahumara,” Richardson says.
To learn more about this film endeavor, check out the trailer.
Read more at http://running.competitor.com/2015/04/news/tarahumara-running-tribe-featured-in-a-new-documentary_125766#iYMj31DbKhxiud70.99
On April 4, “Goshen: Places of Refuge for the Tarahumara Tribe” will premiere digitally on Vimeo On Demand. The documentary directed and produced by Dana and Sarah Films looks at the diet and active lifestyle of the indigenous Tarahumara tribe who have lived away from modern society in the Mexican Copper Canyons for centuries.
“We first learned about the Tarahumara by reading Christopher McDougall’s book, ‘Born to Run,’ which educated us about minimal footwear and natural running form. Inspired to learn more about the Tarahumara way of life, we discovered that the Tarahumara have low incidence of the top 3 chronic diseases—cancer, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease—linked to their plant based diet,” says directors Dana Richardson and Sarah Zentz who both enjoy running in minimalist sandals themselves.
RELATED: The Legacy of ‘Born to Run’
Having lived among the remote Tarahumara community for one month, filming this running tribe’s day to day life, Richardson and Zentz also discovered that localized drug violence and famine due to recent droughts are seriously endangering the Tarahumara’s ability to maintain a self-sustainable community and their reliance on native seeds for planting.
“Recently, some of their traditional races have been lost because they don’t have the calories to run for hundreds of miles” says Will Harlan, a cast member of “Goshen” and winner of the Caballo Ultra Marathon. In response to the Tarahumara drought and famine crisis, Harlan co-founded Barefoot Seeds, a nonprofit Tarahumara native seed bank in Urique, Mexico.
Along with Harlan, “Born to Run” author Chistopher McDougall also makes an appearance in the small independent film. Its success so far has won the film the Award of Merit from the Accolade Global Film Competition in March.
“Goshen reveals how the Tarahumara tribe’s plant-based diet, minimal footwear and natural running form can not only transform runners’ health and fitness, but may also be the key to preserving Tarahumara culture. Our hope is that Goshen will inspire people to take part in preserving the endangered native seeds and running traditions of the Tarahumara,” Richardson says.
To learn more about this film endeavor, check out the trailer.
Read more at http://running.competitor.com/2015/04/news/tarahumara-running-tribe-featured-in-a-new-documentary_125766#iYMj31DbKhxiud70.99
GOSHEN Official Selection @ SLO International Film Festival
After 3 years of producing this documentary, we are thrilled to announce GOSHEN has been accepted into the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival! It feels wonderful to receive our first Laurels from our hometown!
GOSHEN World Premiere is at the Palm Theatre in San Luis Obispo, CA on March 11 at 4PM! You can purchase tickets from the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival online or in person the day of the screening!
We hope to see you there!
Click here for screening details.
GOSHEN World Premiere is at the Palm Theatre in San Luis Obispo, CA on March 11 at 4PM! You can purchase tickets from the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival online or in person the day of the screening!
We hope to see you there!
Click here for screening details.
New Film Documents Tarahumara’s Healthy Living
by Mark Cucuzzella
National Running Center
August 6, 2014
Two bold, young documentary filmmakers, Dana Richardson and Sarah Zentz, left their home in Big Sur, California, and traveled to the depths of Copper Canyon in Mexico in search of the “seeds of health.” They lived among the Tarahumara who suffer almost none of the modern illnesses of Westernized Society. The Tarahumara are famous for covering extraordinary distances with minimal sandals made of rope and tire. They have eaten a mostly plant-based diet for generations; this is their tradition and heritage. Dana and Sarah were self-funded and self-supported, carting all their camera gear and supplies for a month.
As a physician promoting a return to more natural movement and natural food, I had the privilege of being brought into their story and film. Dana and Sarah recently came to the small town of Shepherdstown,WV. We spent half a day filming and sharing stories of what we have learned about health. The secret recipe of the Tarahumara is no surprise: eat natural, move often, and live with happiness in your community. They walk the earth with “light feet” and experience a deep joy. Their film GOSHEN is a documentary feature sharing the remarkable story of the indigenous Tarahumara tribe who are renowned for their incredible long distance running endurance and lack of the top three modern diseases – type 2 diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. Isolated in the remote depths of Mexico’s Copper Canyons, their low incidence of chronic disease is linked to their plant-based diet and physically active lifestyle. The film will share how to prevent and reverse chronic diseases through nutrition, physical activity and stress reduction.
READ FULL ARTICLE: http://naturalrunningcenter.com/2014/08/06/film-documents-tarahumara/
National Running Center
August 6, 2014
Two bold, young documentary filmmakers, Dana Richardson and Sarah Zentz, left their home in Big Sur, California, and traveled to the depths of Copper Canyon in Mexico in search of the “seeds of health.” They lived among the Tarahumara who suffer almost none of the modern illnesses of Westernized Society. The Tarahumara are famous for covering extraordinary distances with minimal sandals made of rope and tire. They have eaten a mostly plant-based diet for generations; this is their tradition and heritage. Dana and Sarah were self-funded and self-supported, carting all their camera gear and supplies for a month.
As a physician promoting a return to more natural movement and natural food, I had the privilege of being brought into their story and film. Dana and Sarah recently came to the small town of Shepherdstown,WV. We spent half a day filming and sharing stories of what we have learned about health. The secret recipe of the Tarahumara is no surprise: eat natural, move often, and live with happiness in your community. They walk the earth with “light feet” and experience a deep joy. Their film GOSHEN is a documentary feature sharing the remarkable story of the indigenous Tarahumara tribe who are renowned for their incredible long distance running endurance and lack of the top three modern diseases – type 2 diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. Isolated in the remote depths of Mexico’s Copper Canyons, their low incidence of chronic disease is linked to their plant-based diet and physically active lifestyle. The film will share how to prevent and reverse chronic diseases through nutrition, physical activity and stress reduction.
READ FULL ARTICLE: http://naturalrunningcenter.com/2014/08/06/film-documents-tarahumara/
Back to Eden—How Simple, Natural Methods Can Take the Work Out of Gardening, and Boost Your Harvest
By Dr. Mercola
Mercola.com
June 21, 2014
The featured documentary, Back to Eden, reveals a simple organic gardening method that can not only transform your personal garden, but may even be part of the food solution needed on a global scale as well. Far from being life sustaining, our modern, large-scale, chemical-dependent farming methods strip soil of nutrients, destroy critical soil microbes, contribute to the creation of deserts where nothing will grow, and saturate farmlands with toxic pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers that then migrate into ground water, rivers, lakes, and oceans.
This video really inspired me and after watching it I called my local tree cutting service and was able to get three truckloads of wood-chips dropped on my driveway for free and wheel barreled them on my landscape. The great thing about the wood chips is that they are waste and most companies will give you all you want. I plan on adding more every few months.
One important aspect I learned though is that the wood chip pile will tend to decompose rather rapidly if you don't spread it on your landscape right away. So it is best to spread the chips over a few days and not leave it in a pile. Otherwise you will wind up needing to wear a mask when you use a pitchfork to move the chips into your wheel barrel to avoid inhaling the dust..
I am convinced that Paul makes load of sense and that this is a crucial part of the equation for creating healthy soil to produce healthy plants. Wood chips seem to eliminate the need for any fertilizer or mineral supplements, reduce watering and make weeding a snap.
FULL ARTICLE: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/06/21/back-to-eden-organic-gardening.aspx
Mercola.com
June 21, 2014
The featured documentary, Back to Eden, reveals a simple organic gardening method that can not only transform your personal garden, but may even be part of the food solution needed on a global scale as well. Far from being life sustaining, our modern, large-scale, chemical-dependent farming methods strip soil of nutrients, destroy critical soil microbes, contribute to the creation of deserts where nothing will grow, and saturate farmlands with toxic pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers that then migrate into ground water, rivers, lakes, and oceans.
This video really inspired me and after watching it I called my local tree cutting service and was able to get three truckloads of wood-chips dropped on my driveway for free and wheel barreled them on my landscape. The great thing about the wood chips is that they are waste and most companies will give you all you want. I plan on adding more every few months.
One important aspect I learned though is that the wood chip pile will tend to decompose rather rapidly if you don't spread it on your landscape right away. So it is best to spread the chips over a few days and not leave it in a pile. Otherwise you will wind up needing to wear a mask when you use a pitchfork to move the chips into your wheel barrel to avoid inhaling the dust..
I am convinced that Paul makes load of sense and that this is a crucial part of the equation for creating healthy soil to produce healthy plants. Wood chips seem to eliminate the need for any fertilizer or mineral supplements, reduce watering and make weeding a snap.
FULL ARTICLE: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/06/21/back-to-eden-organic-gardening.aspx
MULCH HITS THE BIG SCREEN: DOCUMENTARY FILM ON MASTER GARDENER PAUL GAUTSCHI'S GOT THE SPIRIT
In the battle over what constitutes healthy food, it’s no longer surprising to see the documentary film as an effective weapon, most often deployed on the side against corporate agriculture and for public health and well-being. Films including Food Inc (watch it here), 2004′s Supersize Me, a month of nothing but McDonald’s, and most recently Fed Up which implicates a government-corporate collaboration to promote and reward refined sugar, are all convincing, visual arguments of the dangers of the commercial food culture.
Broadly about food, these films are specifically about processed foods, organic and locally raised farming, the health consequences of certain refined foods and fast-food diets. Related films include GMO/OMG , a study of the corporate takeover of farming through seed production, GMOs, and related pesticides. Now even documentaries championing organic gardening are getting into the act.
One of the better gardening films is 2011′s Back To Eden from producers/directors Dana Richardson & Sarah Zentz. It’s the first film that I know of that makes mulch a superstar.
FULL ARTICLE: http://www.planetnatural.com/back-to-eden-film/
Broadly about food, these films are specifically about processed foods, organic and locally raised farming, the health consequences of certain refined foods and fast-food diets. Related films include GMO/OMG , a study of the corporate takeover of farming through seed production, GMOs, and related pesticides. Now even documentaries championing organic gardening are getting into the act.
One of the better gardening films is 2011′s Back To Eden from producers/directors Dana Richardson & Sarah Zentz. It’s the first film that I know of that makes mulch a superstar.
FULL ARTICLE: http://www.planetnatural.com/back-to-eden-film/
Grow Your Own Food Summit 2014
Featuring 34 presentations from individuals leading the food growing movement, the Grow Your Own Food Summit featured Paul Gautschi, the main character of the documentary Back to Eden, as one of the main presenters! Paul's presentation, "Grow Your Own Healthy Food Easily by Modeling Mother Nature," was voted one of the top 5 presentations!
Back to Eden Film Review
by Joel Salatin
Polyface Farms
I had the pleasure a year ago of viewing the "Back to Eden" documentary on the work of Paul Gautschi's carbon-centric gardening methods in the northwest. While Gautschi is essentially a vegetarian and I may not agree with every little thing he says, I think he's onto something revolutionary in gardening.
In many ways, it's a permutation of the Ruth Stout "No Work Garden Book," which rocked the organic gardening world 50 years ago. Essentially, this method uses year-round mulch rather than tillage to keep and prepare the garden. It eliminates soil moisture fluctuations and suppresses weeds. But in Gautschi's idea, the mulch is wood chips rather than leaves and grasses like Ruth Stout used. When I was in Australia recently, I spent a morning with a handful of young produce farmers who were using his methods and the plants looked spectacular.
Gautschi's story is compelling, simple, and practical. I was mesmerized by this documentary. I don't watch films much--of any stripe. So to watch it and not turn it off was truly remarkable. I encourage anyone currently gardening or contemplating having one to watch this documentary. You won't forget it.
Polyface Farms
I had the pleasure a year ago of viewing the "Back to Eden" documentary on the work of Paul Gautschi's carbon-centric gardening methods in the northwest. While Gautschi is essentially a vegetarian and I may not agree with every little thing he says, I think he's onto something revolutionary in gardening.
In many ways, it's a permutation of the Ruth Stout "No Work Garden Book," which rocked the organic gardening world 50 years ago. Essentially, this method uses year-round mulch rather than tillage to keep and prepare the garden. It eliminates soil moisture fluctuations and suppresses weeds. But in Gautschi's idea, the mulch is wood chips rather than leaves and grasses like Ruth Stout used. When I was in Australia recently, I spent a morning with a handful of young produce farmers who were using his methods and the plants looked spectacular.
Gautschi's story is compelling, simple, and practical. I was mesmerized by this documentary. I don't watch films much--of any stripe. So to watch it and not turn it off was truly remarkable. I encourage anyone currently gardening or contemplating having one to watch this documentary. You won't forget it.
GOSHEN PRODUCERS LIVE RADIO SHOW ON PREPPER BROADCASTING NETWORK
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Homestead Honey Hour fans will remember that Dana and Sarah were guests on the show in Feb. 2013, to talk about their upcoming trip to the Copper Canyons of Mexico, to video the last indigenous tribe of North America, the Tarahumara. They’re back and ready to report on their experiences! The Tarahumara are noted to be fleet of foot, and are known for running tirelessly across rough terrain. Sarah and Dana are gathering the last of the funds needed to tie up the loose ends, and get the finished product ‘Goshen’, into our hands.
They’re anxious to share what they learned about these amazing people who are free from heart disease, type II diabetes, and cancer. GOSHEN unveils the mystery of how to establish healthy, sustainable communities that can survive, even thrive, despite the global increases in famine and diseases. LISTEN to the show in the player (left)! |
SUSTAINABLE FOOD TRUST ENDORSES GOSHEN FILM
GOSHEN is a captivating documentary, following the remarkable story of the indigenous Tarahumara tribe. Renowned for their incredible long distance running, the Tarahumara have fought tirelessly to protect their indigenous culture, and in doing so have also managed to stave-off the top three diseases of our time – type 2 diabetes, cancer and heart disease.
GOSHEN receives Stomp of Approval from Barefoot Runners Society!
On February 1, Dana & Sarah Films kicked off their 40-day Indiegogo crowd funder to complete production of GOSHEN, a documentary revealing the untold story of the Tarahumara ultra-runner tribe and their super food diet.
READ MORE: http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/threads/goshen-seed-sustenance-survival.15578/
READ MORE: http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/threads/goshen-seed-sustenance-survival.15578/
New video will show how Tarahumara indigenous tribe survives and thrives
by Indigenous Institute of the Americas
READ MORE: http://www.iiamericas.org/new-video-will-show-how-tarahumara-indigenous-tribe-survives-and-thrives/
READ MORE: http://www.iiamericas.org/new-video-will-show-how-tarahumara-indigenous-tribe-survives-and-thrives/
FILMMAKERS GO BAREFOOT FOR FUNDS
by Dick Watson
Gettysburg Times
January 8, 2013
Raising money takes work. Doing so barefoot adds a new dimension to the task. The documentary producers who filmed and made Back to Eden in Gettysburg say their new project is "Goshen." Mentioned in the Bible (Genesis 45), the Land of Goshen was occupied by the Hebrews from the time of Joseph to the Exodus. According to filmmakers Dana Richardson and Sarah Zentz, "We view 'Goshen' as the next chapter to 'Back to Eden,' which has streamed online for free more than one million times in 150 countries since August 2011." The new film will focus on several communities of the Tarahumara, an indigenous Native American tribe in Northwest Mexico in the remote depths of the Copper Canyon in the Sierra Occidental Region. "We're focusing on them because they are a step ahead of most developed countries in their resistance to diabetes, cancer and heart disease," said Richardson. Zentz added that, "Their resistance to these diseases is directly linked to the diet and active lifestyle of the Tarahumara (translated as foot runners and those who walk well...)."
READ MORE: http://www.goshenfilm.com/1/post/2013/01/filmmakers-go-barefoot-for-funds.html
Gettysburg Times
January 8, 2013
Raising money takes work. Doing so barefoot adds a new dimension to the task. The documentary producers who filmed and made Back to Eden in Gettysburg say their new project is "Goshen." Mentioned in the Bible (Genesis 45), the Land of Goshen was occupied by the Hebrews from the time of Joseph to the Exodus. According to filmmakers Dana Richardson and Sarah Zentz, "We view 'Goshen' as the next chapter to 'Back to Eden,' which has streamed online for free more than one million times in 150 countries since August 2011." The new film will focus on several communities of the Tarahumara, an indigenous Native American tribe in Northwest Mexico in the remote depths of the Copper Canyon in the Sierra Occidental Region. "We're focusing on them because they are a step ahead of most developed countries in their resistance to diabetes, cancer and heart disease," said Richardson. Zentz added that, "Their resistance to these diseases is directly linked to the diet and active lifestyle of the Tarahumara (translated as foot runners and those who walk well...)."
READ MORE: http://www.goshenfilm.com/1/post/2013/01/filmmakers-go-barefoot-for-funds.html
BACK to EDEN Producers are Back With New Project ‘GOSHEN’
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What would you be willing to do to prove a point? Would you be willing to take off your shoes, and go barefoot for as long as it takes to achieve your goal? Dana Richardson and Sarah Zentz, probably best known for their work as a production team on the Back to Eden movie with Paul Gautschi, have teamed up again to create Goshen, a documentary film which explores communities in diverse regions of the world living with remarkable health and life-sustaining provisions.Goshen reveals how to establish healthy, sustainable communities which can survive, even thrive, despite global increases in disease and famine. These two have decided, as a way to raise funds for the production of Goshen, to take off their shoes and go barefoot for the sake of donations, until they meet their goal of $12,000. Join Katzcradul, when her guest, on The Homestead Honey Hour, will be these two movie makers extraordinaire. They’ll discuss how the success of Back to Eden led them to make Goshen.
LISTEN HERE: http://prepperbroadcasting.com/2013/02/07/goshen-reveals-how-to-establish-healthy-sustainable-community-despite-global-disease-and-famine/ |
Back To Eden Film takes 3RD PLACE as the second runner-up to the most viewed film in the Green Unplugged Online Film Festival 2013. We reached 33,000 VIEWERS of our film through this festival!
Los Angeles, CA
2012
Back to Eden Film was an official selection of the 2012 Awareness Festival! The screening took place at the Healthy Living Center in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, May 6th. The mission of the Awareness Film & Arts Festival is to bring awareness and to open eyes to some of our world’s pressing issues. The category we were selected to feature in was the “Green!” category. Back to Eden Film is a documentary that focuses on simple, sustainable, solutions to environmental and ecological issues facing conventional agriculture.
2012
Back to Eden Film was an official selection of the 2012 Awareness Festival! The screening took place at the Healthy Living Center in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, May 6th. The mission of the Awareness Film & Arts Festival is to bring awareness and to open eyes to some of our world’s pressing issues. The category we were selected to feature in was the “Green!” category. Back to Eden Film is a documentary that focuses on simple, sustainable, solutions to environmental and ecological issues facing conventional agriculture.
ECOLOGIES OF FOOD: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
Exhibition at Geneseo; The State University of New York (SUNY)
The Bertha V.B. Lederer Gallery
November 28: Screening of Back to Eden by Dana Richardson & Sarah Zentz
Food is central to all life and is manifest in diverse realms of human experience including religion, politics, economics, gender, science, health and art. This exhibition The Ecology of Food: Past, Present and Future explores artists responses to the ways our food supply has been impacted by natural changes, genetic engineering, global warming and human action.
The exhibit consists of a variety of media including photography, painting, video and installation that reference food issues and it’s spiritual, emotional and political implications. At the opening reception of the exhibition on Wednesday, October 3, 5-7 p.m., Tom Rivers, Batavia-based author of the acclaimed book “Farm Hands: Hard work and lessons from Western New York Fields” will present a talk titled "From field to fork, a journalist reports on six months in the fields with farmworkers." His book is based on a series of articles Rivers wrote for Batavia’s The Daily News, illuminates the labor shortage on New York farms. “Farm Hands” details Rivers’ first-hand experience with farm work when he took 13 different farm labor jobs during the summer of 2008 with no previous experience. Tom Rivers has been awarded The Golden Pitchfork Prize by farmers of the New York State Agricultural Society and according to The Buffalo News, “Farm Hands” was read nationally by politicians, including members of the American Farm Bureau.
The Bertha V.B. Lederer Gallery
November 28: Screening of Back to Eden by Dana Richardson & Sarah Zentz
Food is central to all life and is manifest in diverse realms of human experience including religion, politics, economics, gender, science, health and art. This exhibition The Ecology of Food: Past, Present and Future explores artists responses to the ways our food supply has been impacted by natural changes, genetic engineering, global warming and human action.
The exhibit consists of a variety of media including photography, painting, video and installation that reference food issues and it’s spiritual, emotional and political implications. At the opening reception of the exhibition on Wednesday, October 3, 5-7 p.m., Tom Rivers, Batavia-based author of the acclaimed book “Farm Hands: Hard work and lessons from Western New York Fields” will present a talk titled "From field to fork, a journalist reports on six months in the fields with farmworkers." His book is based on a series of articles Rivers wrote for Batavia’s The Daily News, illuminates the labor shortage on New York farms. “Farm Hands” details Rivers’ first-hand experience with farm work when he took 13 different farm labor jobs during the summer of 2008 with no previous experience. Tom Rivers has been awarded The Golden Pitchfork Prize by farmers of the New York State Agricultural Society and according to The Buffalo News, “Farm Hands” was read nationally by politicians, including members of the American Farm Bureau.
Back to Eden Movie Review
By Erica Parker
Rodale Institute
Several weeks ago I saw a very interesting documentary and it has been on my mind since I saw it. The documentary is titled Back to Eden and it features home gardener Paul Gautschi and others who have discovered the benefits of using wood chips in the garden. I know this might not sound very exciting, but the documentary takes a very holistic and common sense approach to the subject of gardening in tune with nature that makes it worth watching.
READ MORE: http://www.backtoedenfilm.com/news/rodale-institute-film-review-of-back-to-eden
Rodale Institute
Several weeks ago I saw a very interesting documentary and it has been on my mind since I saw it. The documentary is titled Back to Eden and it features home gardener Paul Gautschi and others who have discovered the benefits of using wood chips in the garden. I know this might not sound very exciting, but the documentary takes a very holistic and common sense approach to the subject of gardening in tune with nature that makes it worth watching.
READ MORE: http://www.backtoedenfilm.com/news/rodale-institute-film-review-of-back-to-eden
See ‘Back to Eden’ Film to Learn About Using Wood Chip Mulch
By Barbara Pleasant
Mother Earth News
June 24, 2013
As a big fan of wood chip mulch, I watched with great interest the popular documentary film Back to Eden, the first-ever feature-length movie on mulch. The Back to Eden film profiles the wood-chip-mulched garden of Paul Gautschi, a devout Christian who grows vegetables and fruits on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. The film’s producer, evangelist Michael Barrett, wisely enlisted the help of Dana Richardson and Sarah Zentz of ProVisions Productions to make the film, which can be viewed free at backtoedenfilm.com.
The result is an interesting 103-minute film that balances Gautschi’s religious interpretation of wood chip mulch with comments by soil experts, organic farmers, and the stable owner where Gautschi gets his horse manure.
Mentioning horse manure up front gives away part of the plot, but experienced organic gardeners may find Gautschi’s opening claims that his garden needs no fertilizer too off-putting to continue. A Bible whiz, Gautschi considers wood chip mulch a gift from God that is being released at the perfect time in history, no fertilizer required. Relax. Thirty minutes into the film we meet the chickens — perhaps 30 of them — and watch our hero composting their manure. Pardon the correction, but for several thousand years people have called this substance fertilizer. Ditto for the horse manure previously mentioned. Back to Eden is worth staying with because of the astute observations made by the many people involved in Gautschi’s circle of mulch.
READ MORE: http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/back-to-eden-film-wood-chip-mulch-zb0z1306zsto.aspx#ixzz3B8xdGA3m
Mother Earth News
June 24, 2013
As a big fan of wood chip mulch, I watched with great interest the popular documentary film Back to Eden, the first-ever feature-length movie on mulch. The Back to Eden film profiles the wood-chip-mulched garden of Paul Gautschi, a devout Christian who grows vegetables and fruits on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. The film’s producer, evangelist Michael Barrett, wisely enlisted the help of Dana Richardson and Sarah Zentz of ProVisions Productions to make the film, which can be viewed free at backtoedenfilm.com.
The result is an interesting 103-minute film that balances Gautschi’s religious interpretation of wood chip mulch with comments by soil experts, organic farmers, and the stable owner where Gautschi gets his horse manure.
Mentioning horse manure up front gives away part of the plot, but experienced organic gardeners may find Gautschi’s opening claims that his garden needs no fertilizer too off-putting to continue. A Bible whiz, Gautschi considers wood chip mulch a gift from God that is being released at the perfect time in history, no fertilizer required. Relax. Thirty minutes into the film we meet the chickens — perhaps 30 of them — and watch our hero composting their manure. Pardon the correction, but for several thousand years people have called this substance fertilizer. Ditto for the horse manure previously mentioned. Back to Eden is worth staying with because of the astute observations made by the many people involved in Gautschi’s circle of mulch.
READ MORE: http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/back-to-eden-film-wood-chip-mulch-zb0z1306zsto.aspx#ixzz3B8xdGA3m
Back to Eden Film Review
by Philippa Jamieson
January/February 2012
Volume 71; page 56
This US documentary focuses on the organic growing practices of Paul Gautschi, who asked God and looked to the Bible for guidance in how to grow food, and found that nature has all the answers. He realized that the forest floor with its layers of duff or mulch provided the most wonderfully rich soil that was continually being added to. He replicated that to some extent in his vegetable garden and orchard. Paul advocates no digging, and using cover (mulch) of various kinds; fairly fine wood chips (and compost) being his preference. He and several others expound on the benefits of this in terms of water-holding capacity, soil structure, mineral uptake, higher nutritional quality and no problems with weeds, pests and diseases. Surprisingly he reports that plants supposedly requiring different pH levels all do well with the same mulch.
January/February 2012
Volume 71; page 56
This US documentary focuses on the organic growing practices of Paul Gautschi, who asked God and looked to the Bible for guidance in how to grow food, and found that nature has all the answers. He realized that the forest floor with its layers of duff or mulch provided the most wonderfully rich soil that was continually being added to. He replicated that to some extent in his vegetable garden and orchard. Paul advocates no digging, and using cover (mulch) of various kinds; fairly fine wood chips (and compost) being his preference. He and several others expound on the benefits of this in terms of water-holding capacity, soil structure, mineral uptake, higher nutritional quality and no problems with weeds, pests and diseases. Surprisingly he reports that plants supposedly requiring different pH levels all do well with the same mulch.
Films For Action
I have watched a lot of documentaries on real food, but none of them has moved me the way that Back to Eden has moved me! Why? I think it’s because of the spiritual component that was woven throughout the entire documentary. All along I have know that there is a spiritual side to this real food thing. I have just not been able to articulate it very well. This film does that!
For those of you who are not very spiritual or ‘religious’ (although I really hate using that term since I don’t feel religious in the traditional sense of the word), I don’t think you should shun this movie. Even though the theme is very heavy on sustainable farming relating to God’s creation and how that relates to scripture, it has extremely practical sustainable farming and gardening techniques.
I’ve always used wood chips in my garden, but not in the manner used here. I am completely impressed with the thoughtfulness and success that have been proven with Paul Gautschi‘s gardening methods.
This documentary is a MUST SEE!
WATCH ONLINE FOR FREE: http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/back_to_eden_2011/
For those of you who are not very spiritual or ‘religious’ (although I really hate using that term since I don’t feel religious in the traditional sense of the word), I don’t think you should shun this movie. Even though the theme is very heavy on sustainable farming relating to God’s creation and how that relates to scripture, it has extremely practical sustainable farming and gardening techniques.
I’ve always used wood chips in my garden, but not in the manner used here. I am completely impressed with the thoughtfulness and success that have been proven with Paul Gautschi‘s gardening methods.
This documentary is a MUST SEE!
WATCH ONLINE FOR FREE: http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/back_to_eden_2011/
Back to Eden | Top Documentary Films
When you look at the incredible landscape on planet Earth, all the different terrains, the varying soil conditions, the awesome water features, oceans, lakes, rivers, streams, the waterfalls, the different climates, the huge amounts of plants and groundcovers, the requirements are so varied. Can one fathom how big project that is? When God "designed" the landscape project for planet Earth he was so genius, he "designed" it in such a way that he would never have to show up at work. It is completely self sustained. Paul says that the ground is a living organism, and as all living organisms the ground too has some sort of protection cover. We have skin to protect us, the animals have fur, fish have scales, birds have feathers, and the soil most of the time is covered with something. If you take the cover off the soil becomes vulnerable and it gets lost. Now the ground in the midwest looks almost scary. It's parched, cracked, hard, and almost looks like desert. There is no topsoil there because it's all blown or washed away. We're losing topsoil, and in nature it takes 100 years to build an inch of it.Apparently it's OK to lose around four tons of soil, per acre, per year, but is the soil forming at that rate? When the soil erodes the organic matter erodes and all the nutrients that were in the soil erode and that's a resource that's not there anymore.
WATCH THE FULL DOCUMENTARY NOW:
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/back-eden/
WATCH THE FULL DOCUMENTARY NOW:
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/back-eden/
Back to Eden | Documentary Storm
“Back to Eden” is a full feature documentary investigating a simple organic gardening method that may hold the solution to the complex agricultural issues faced today. Dana & Sarah Films, a nomadic grassroots film production company, travel to Washington where Paul Gautschi has developed a revolutionary gardening technique that is estimated to cut back on the need for irrigation by up 95%. Paul is known locally as a master arborist and is now inspiring people across the nation to experiment with his gardening methods by starting their own “Back to Eden” gardens.
Back to Eden Documentary Free online
by Organic Gardens Network
Streaming online for free 24/7, the film is a gardening resource that teaches how to eliminate all of the work associated with growing food! Following in the footsteps of Ruth Stout (No Work Garden Book) and Masanobu Fukuoka (One Straw Revolution), Paul Gautschi is leading a new revolutionary movement in the organic gardening community. Endorsed by the National Gardening Association, Organic Consumers Association and featured in magazines such as Mother Earth News and Organic Gardening NZ, the film is continuing to impact the way food is grown around the world.
READ MORE: http://organicgardensnetwork.blogspot.com/2014/04/back-to-eden-documentary-free-online.html
Streaming online for free 24/7, the film is a gardening resource that teaches how to eliminate all of the work associated with growing food! Following in the footsteps of Ruth Stout (No Work Garden Book) and Masanobu Fukuoka (One Straw Revolution), Paul Gautschi is leading a new revolutionary movement in the organic gardening community. Endorsed by the National Gardening Association, Organic Consumers Association and featured in magazines such as Mother Earth News and Organic Gardening NZ, the film is continuing to impact the way food is grown around the world.
READ MORE: http://organicgardensnetwork.blogspot.com/2014/04/back-to-eden-documentary-free-online.html
Over the Garden Fence: 'Back to Eden' teaches to mimic nature in our gardens
by George Weigel
Patriot News
August 25, 2011
It’s all about the cover. In a nutshell — or more accurately, a woodchip — that’s what Paul Gautschi says is the secret to gardening. Mimic nature by covering the soil with leaves, woodchips and similar organic materials, and gardens all but care for themselves, says this Washington state gardener who shows us how in a new gardening documentary with a central Pennsylvania connection.
“Back to Eden” is the name of the 90-minute film that debuts Sunday in a free screening at the Heritage Assembly of God Church, 1575 Chambersburg Road, Gettysburg. It’s open to the public, and show time is 6 p.m. The film also can be seen for free online at www.backtoedenfilm.com.
“Back to Eden” is directed and co-produced by Gettysburg native Sarah Zentz and Dana Richardson of California. Zentz graduated in 2008 from Millersville University with a fine arts degree in new media, and hooked up with Richardson — an Art Institute of Chicago grad — to found an independent, California-based film-production company called Dana & Sarah Films. The two have done several short films on environmental and sustainability topics. “Back to Eden” is their first feature-length film.
READ MORE: http://blog.pennlive.com/gardening/2011/08/over_the_garden_fence_back_to.html
Patriot News
August 25, 2011
It’s all about the cover. In a nutshell — or more accurately, a woodchip — that’s what Paul Gautschi says is the secret to gardening. Mimic nature by covering the soil with leaves, woodchips and similar organic materials, and gardens all but care for themselves, says this Washington state gardener who shows us how in a new gardening documentary with a central Pennsylvania connection.
“Back to Eden” is the name of the 90-minute film that debuts Sunday in a free screening at the Heritage Assembly of God Church, 1575 Chambersburg Road, Gettysburg. It’s open to the public, and show time is 6 p.m. The film also can be seen for free online at www.backtoedenfilm.com.
“Back to Eden” is directed and co-produced by Gettysburg native Sarah Zentz and Dana Richardson of California. Zentz graduated in 2008 from Millersville University with a fine arts degree in new media, and hooked up with Richardson — an Art Institute of Chicago grad — to found an independent, California-based film-production company called Dana & Sarah Films. The two have done several short films on environmental and sustainability topics. “Back to Eden” is their first feature-length film.
READ MORE: http://blog.pennlive.com/gardening/2011/08/over_the_garden_fence_back_to.html
Back to Eden Film Review
by Julian Cribb; Author of “The Coming Famine: the global food crisis and what we can do to avoid it”
In coming decades the world faces enormous challenges in feeding itself. Not only will our demand for food double – but many of the basic resources we use to produce it will become scarce, including land, water, oil and petrochemicals and fertilizers. We need to reinvent agriculture to a form that is sustainable and not reliant on things that run out. That is more in tune with natural systems. We also need a cleaner, healthier and more nutritious diet than our present one, which is costing so many lives and causing so much ill-health. Paul Gautschi is a man committed to this dream; through sensitive observation of Nature and hard, intelligent work he has developed a self-sustaining food producing system which operates on many of the principles required by this new agriculture. His bountiful garden is a place that inspires faith in our common future.
In coming decades the world faces enormous challenges in feeding itself. Not only will our demand for food double – but many of the basic resources we use to produce it will become scarce, including land, water, oil and petrochemicals and fertilizers. We need to reinvent agriculture to a form that is sustainable and not reliant on things that run out. That is more in tune with natural systems. We also need a cleaner, healthier and more nutritious diet than our present one, which is costing so many lives and causing so much ill-health. Paul Gautschi is a man committed to this dream; through sensitive observation of Nature and hard, intelligent work he has developed a self-sustaining food producing system which operates on many of the principles required by this new agriculture. His bountiful garden is a place that inspires faith in our common future.
Film crew examines organic gardening with a local bent
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by Dick Watson
Gettysburg Times August 19, 2011 
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Internet film premieres today; documents abundance in Gardiner garden
By Diane Urbani de la Paz
Peninsula Daily News
In their documentary film “Back to Eden,” Sarah Zentz and Dana Richardson tell the story of one man, one acre — and abundance. For the past 32 years, Paul Gautschi has been growing a lush, prolific garden near Gardiner without artificial fertilizer and without irrigation, regardless of how dry a given summer was. “Back to Eden” is the story of how he does it. The picture makes its world premiere today at www.BacktoEdenFilm.com and is available free in high definition to anyone with an Internet connection.
FULL ARTICLE:
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20110821/news/308219990/internet-film-premieres-today-documents-abundance-in-gardiner-garden
Peninsula Daily News
In their documentary film “Back to Eden,” Sarah Zentz and Dana Richardson tell the story of one man, one acre — and abundance. For the past 32 years, Paul Gautschi has been growing a lush, prolific garden near Gardiner without artificial fertilizer and without irrigation, regardless of how dry a given summer was. “Back to Eden” is the story of how he does it. The picture makes its world premiere today at www.BacktoEdenFilm.com and is available free in high definition to anyone with an Internet connection.
FULL ARTICLE:
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20110821/news/308219990/internet-film-premieres-today-documents-abundance-in-gardiner-garden
Documentary links gardening with God
by Robert Doss
Peninsula Daily Newspaper
October 27, 2011
Maybe you’ve already noticed that much of the fruit from the produce section of the local grocery store that is eaten today doesn’t taste as sweet and is not as juicy, or that the greens are not as full and lush as they once were.
In the documentary film “Back to Eden,” independent filmmakers Dana Richardson and Sarah Zentz tells the story of Paul Gautschi who shares his revelation for maintaining a vibrant garden of fruits and vegetables through very simple methods.
READ FULL ARTICLE: http://www.pvnews.com/news/city_news/documentary-links-gardening-with-god/article_890ac62b-5e22-5260-8bb2-7c5e0e128a8d.html
Peninsula Daily Newspaper
October 27, 2011
Maybe you’ve already noticed that much of the fruit from the produce section of the local grocery store that is eaten today doesn’t taste as sweet and is not as juicy, or that the greens are not as full and lush as they once were.
In the documentary film “Back to Eden,” independent filmmakers Dana Richardson and Sarah Zentz tells the story of Paul Gautschi who shares his revelation for maintaining a vibrant garden of fruits and vegetables through very simple methods.
READ FULL ARTICLE: http://www.pvnews.com/news/city_news/documentary-links-gardening-with-god/article_890ac62b-5e22-5260-8bb2-7c5e0e128a8d.html
Back to Eden Movie Review
ORGANIC GARDENS TODAY
Fall 2013
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MAD Momentum
by Christina Miller
As a team of collaborators we do not stop often enough to appreciate how Radical Jewelry Makeover has evolved since it was piloted in Richmond, VA in the winter of 2007, but this blog entry is a celebration!
Yesterday (9/12/09), several people who have been significant contributors to RJM's momentum converged at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City for the museum's "Jewelry Study Day". RJM and Ethical Metalsmiths were represented in two ways. The first event was the second public screening of the new video, "Radical Jewelry Makeover: a traveling community mining and recycling project" and the second event, attended by over 75 people, was a panel discussion featuring Ethical Metalsmiths' Co-director, Susan Kingsley.
The line-up of panelists from left to right: Susan Kingsley, Robert Ebendorf, Ursula Ilse-Neuman (MAD's jewelry curator), Daniella Kerner and Thomas Gentille
As Co-director of Ethical Metalsmiths and RJM, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to bring the film makers Sarah Zentz and Dana Richardson as well as three-time RJM participant, Meg Roberts to NYC! Susie Ganch couldn't join us in in NYC, but she was with us in spirit!
Everyone that participated in the "Jewelry Study Day" had the opportunity to watch the new 12 minute RJM video. We took several orders for the film, many of which were made by educators in the jewelry and metalsmithing field who are already using Ethical Metalsmiths' materials in their classrooms / studios.
READ MORE: http://radicaljewelrymakeover.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html
As a team of collaborators we do not stop often enough to appreciate how Radical Jewelry Makeover has evolved since it was piloted in Richmond, VA in the winter of 2007, but this blog entry is a celebration!
Yesterday (9/12/09), several people who have been significant contributors to RJM's momentum converged at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City for the museum's "Jewelry Study Day". RJM and Ethical Metalsmiths were represented in two ways. The first event was the second public screening of the new video, "Radical Jewelry Makeover: a traveling community mining and recycling project" and the second event, attended by over 75 people, was a panel discussion featuring Ethical Metalsmiths' Co-director, Susan Kingsley.
The line-up of panelists from left to right: Susan Kingsley, Robert Ebendorf, Ursula Ilse-Neuman (MAD's jewelry curator), Daniella Kerner and Thomas Gentille
As Co-director of Ethical Metalsmiths and RJM, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to bring the film makers Sarah Zentz and Dana Richardson as well as three-time RJM participant, Meg Roberts to NYC! Susie Ganch couldn't join us in in NYC, but she was with us in spirit!
Everyone that participated in the "Jewelry Study Day" had the opportunity to watch the new 12 minute RJM video. We took several orders for the film, many of which were made by educators in the jewelry and metalsmithing field who are already using Ethical Metalsmiths' materials in their classrooms / studios.
READ MORE: http://radicaljewelrymakeover.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html
susie ganch + christina miller’s radical jewelry makeover | video
For the non-profit organization Ethical Metalsmiths (EM), video artists Dana Richardson and Sarah Zentz followed the fourth edition of EM’s Radical Jewelry Makeover project during the two-week workshop at Penland School of Crafts, NC. They produced this 12-minute film to showcase the project, which was piloted in 2007 at Virginia Commonwealth University. It features interviews with artists, donors and jewelry from the Penland Makeover as well as others.
ADORNMENT AND EXCESS: JEWELRY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
by Kathleen Browne Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, United StatesJanuary 2011 The second project is the Radical Jewelry Makeover Project created by the non-profit organization Ethical Metalsmiths (www.ethicalmetalsmiths.org). They have presented an extensive display including a video, a sluice box (used in mining to capture precious metals like gold and silver) and a case of new jewelry made from recycled jewelry. The purpose of this ongoing project (held in various locations) is to bring to public attention issues of ethical sourcing of precious materials used in jewelry manufacture. READ MORE: http://www.artjewelryforum.org/adornment-and-excess-jewelry-21st-century |
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SNAG TV FEATURES RJM FILM
2011
Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference
Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference
Radical Jewelry Makeover Video
Radical Jewelry Makeover (RJM) is Ethical Metalsmiths' innovative community mining project. It raises awareness of the connection between mining, metalsmithing, activism, collaboration and art. This video explains the project through stories and interviews with jewelry donors, metalsmiths and project directors Susie Ganch and Christina Miller. The video, created by Dana & Sarah Films is also available for sale on DVD through the Radical Jewelry Market.
