…Organic Rising, a Film Featuring Ronnie Cummins, Was Released
On October 1, 2023, Organic Rising came out.
So many of our organic heroes are in this film! In addition to our very own Ronnie Cummins who the director dedicated the film, Organic Rising includes:
Keith Freitas, an organic lemon farmer, on pesticide drift.
Jim Goodman of Northwood Organic Farm, on life over profits.
Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food and Water Watch, on water pollution from industrial agriculture.
Dr. Don Huber, Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology, Purdue University, on glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup.
Winona LaDuke of the Ojibwe White Earth Reservation, on the genetic modification of wild rice and food as medicine.
Jeff Larkey of Route 1 Farms, on the basic principles of organic.
Dr. Kris Nichols, when she was the Chief Scientist at the Rodale Institute, on why farmers should let nature work for them.
Glenn Roberts of Anson Mills, on the flavor of grains milled the old fashioned way and the problems with genetic modification.
Dr. Vandana Shiva on Monsanto’s trick to make us doubt scientists like Dr. Don Huber.
Dr. Michael Skinner, professor and biological scientist at Washington State University on obesity and DDT.
Mark Smallwood, when he was Executive Director of the Rodale Institute, on the differences between organic and conventional farming, from soil health to yields.
Eva Worden of Worden Farm, on the number-one reason people buy organic.
The film has a beautiful original score arranged by composer and producer Matthias Gohl, composed by Mark Stewart and Toddy Renolds, and performed by Mark Stewart, Jerry Douglass, Dave Mackay, Jamey Haddad, Toddy Renolds, and Gregg August.