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The First Farmers of Farmlandia

Update #1 · Aug 10, 2011 · comment

The Aielo family live in Glasco, New York, where they grow organic vegetables, particularly Italian greens that they sell at the Saugerties Farmers Market. They do this intensive growing on 1/4 acres of land! They are the first farmers I visited and the smallest in size but not in heart and talent. They are true farmers.

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Funding Unsuccessful This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on September 4, 2011.

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Jul 21, 2011 - Sep 4, 2011 (45 days)

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  • Pledge $10 or more

    1 backer

    My deepest thanks, access to project updates, and your name listed on the Farmlandia website Supporter page.

  • Pledge $25 or more

    4 backers

    For $25 or more, the official Farmlandia poster, designed by Woodstock artist, Tina Bromberg, and a DVD of As We Sow, a documentary short by Jan Weber, and your name listed on the Farmlandia website Supporter page.

  • Pledge $50 or more

    4 backers

    For $50 or more, the Farmlandia t-shirt designed by Woodstock artist, Tina Bromberg, and screened by About Time Boutique in Brooklyn, NY, and the official Farmlandia poster and DVD of As We Sow, and your name listed on the Farmlandia website Supporter page.

  • Pledge $100 or more

    14 backers

    For $100 or more, a signed pre-release DVD of the completed film and an 8X10 on-location production still; the Farmlandia poster and t-shirt, a DVD of As We Sow, and Special mention on the Farmlandia website and in the On the Road to Farmlandia blog.

  • Pledge $500 or more

    1 backer

    For a pledge of $500 or more, you will get a Special Thanks on-screen credit in the completed movie, the signed pre-release DVD of the completed film (so you can be among the first to see your name in the credits) and a signed photograph, matted and suitable for framing, by Dan Hemmelgarn as part of the project: F.A.R.M.: Food, Art, Revolution, Media--a Focus on Photography to Revitalize Farming and Strengthen Democracy. (These sepia tone photos are both gorgeous and moving.) T-shirt and poster, of course.

  • Pledge $1,000 or more

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    For a pledge of $1,000 or more, a dinner for two at one of four restaurants, each located in a different region: New York, Des Moines, Austin, Oakland, and all noted for their passion for great food, well-sourced by the best local and regional producers. Brooklyn restaurant Saul, awarded a Michelin star, has donated this special dinner in support of my project. The others will be revealed as we go. (If these restaurants are not located near enough to you, I will do my best to find one that is.) You will also get a Special Thanks on-screen credit, a pre-release DVD of the completed film and the finished box set that will be created for distribution, and the signed art photo by Dan Hemmelgarn, T-shirts (tell me how many) and the poster, of course.