CSAbyCYCLE Video

Don’t you sometimes wonder where those production names that you see in the credits of films come from? I certainly do. Ours is simple: Turtle Spring was the name of the organic farm (and CSA for one season) that I started and managed on family land in Chelsea. The farm is no longer active, but we decided to immortalize the name - I mean, you have to have a name if you’re going to produce a video, no?

Here’s a more official sounding explanation:

Turtle Spring Productions (TSP) is a video production cooperative gathered to carry out the CSAbyCYCLE documentary video project. The mission of TSP is to create, promote and distribute a video that educates people about Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), CSA farms, and local food systems; and inspires and empowers them to make changes in their eating, purchasing and lifestyle habits. The video will document experiences and farms from the 2006 Michigan CSAbyCYCLE bicycle tour. Martin Heller, Michelle Ferrarese and Dustin Edwards are primarily responsible for carrying out the TSP mission, but others may be engaged as necessary.