a rainy spring day…
The rapidly approaching farming/growing season has been pulling my attention away from the video project and to new (used) tractors, new gardens, and new leeks that need to be transplanted. Yes, even after visiting 31 CSA farms last season, we are still excited and committed to starting a CSA of our own! We’ve landed in a lovely spot in Southeast Leelanau County and will be building infrastructure this season - opening new ground and preparing it for planting, getting irrigation systems in place, creating a shady spot for washing and packing of fresh veggies. If all goes well, we will launch a small CSA next season. In the meantime, I will be trying to balance attention to this video project, to farm building, and to Leelanau Cultured Veggies, our neighbors and friends, and where I will be working this summer.
But today, a rainy morning offers me a chance to get back into the video. I had a brief but inspiring chat with Cynthia Vagnetti, documentary photographer and film maker, at last night’s local foods dinner of the Kellogg Food and Society Conference.
At this point, we have reviewed most of the interview footage (upwards of 15 hours worth) and have pull out the clips that may be interesting for the documentary. It is becoming increasingly clear that the next step is really to sit down and write out at storyline. I will get started on that today.
marty