About this project

We are working on a documentary film project that follows our family as we head south to Central America in our well-equipped Land Rover Discovery to work as volunteers at various organic farms for one year. Sort of a reverse migration...

We're a young family preparing to move to a 350-year-old family farm in Virginia and we want to educate ourselves and our children on how family farms in other parts of the world work. We're particularly interested in learning about organic farming practices in hopes of bringing the knowledge home and building upon a thriving operation that can sustain our family for generations to come.

The best way to learn it, we think, is to get out there and do it. So we're hitting the road and heading for Central America where there's been a huge increase in organic family farms willing to take in and feed families in exchange for help on their land. Our sons are 2 and 4 and are sure to add elements of wonder, sentiment and of course drama to our adventure. We'll take it one day at a time over the course of a growing season, exploring the land, people and culture of Central America on a quest for knowledge about the future of organic family farming.

We are award-winning journalists and photographers with experience producing and directing fiim. A blog will track our adventures and discoveries in humorous, down-to-earth language that'll either make you want to be riding along with us or get down on your knees and thank God that you aren't. We hope to release the documentary independently and preview at film festivals in the USA in late 2011 into 2012.

Any funds raised here will help with the costs of producing the film and to help offset the cost of gas, food and lodging in Central America for 4-6 months. Please check out our blog and see more photos of the crew at http://www.expeditionorganica.com Thank you!