A well-known saying exists among artists: “Your art belongs to you until you show it; then it belongs to everyone.” For so much of any artistic work’s life, you hold its meaning and its message so closely... » Read More



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"Farm folks, food folks, and friends near and far,

We couldn't be happier to announce the online release of THE ORGANIC LIFE, a one-of-a-kind farming documentary three years in the making. Set in Sonoma, California, the film highlights the sweat, blisters, sun, and rain as well as a passion for life, food, and the earth that goes hand-in-hand with farming and will have you thinking about your food and local farmers in a new way (...as well as craving carrots)."

Download it here today: http://bit.ly/1pEz1WG
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Pre-order copies available of ITP Grant Partner Casey Beck's documentary film, The Organic Life, on iTunes on April 8th! Visit iTunes here.


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It was my absolute pleasure recently to get a sneak peak showing of ITP Grant Partner and documentary filmmaker Casey Beck's enchanting film, The Organic Life.  The film chronicles a year in the life of a hopeful organic farmer and his skeptical girlfriend and reveals that a changing climate, financial insecurity, demanding physical labor, and corporate agriculture threaten the sustainability of one of the world's most traditional livelihoods in modern-day America. » Read More



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ITP Grant Partner Casey Beck's documentary film "The Organic Life" will be shown at the 2014 Sonoma International Film Festival followed by national distribution on iTunes, Amazon and GooglePlay.  Read the Sonoma Sun newspaper article here.



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ITP Grant Partner and film-maker Casey Beck recently shared her journey in the making of her documentary film, The Organic Life:

How was your 1st ITP ‘pause’ grant instrumental in completing your documentary film, The Organic Life, and what transpired during your second "Seeding Possibilities" grant?  
The Pause helped me and the The Organic Life (TOL) team formulate and decide upon the story.  When I started this project, the idea was just to film my boyfriend Austin, an organic farmer, for a year; and then, the story went through a couple of iterations. » Read More



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Saturday November 9th at 4:45 p.m. the Santa Cruz Film Festival will have a screening of Casey Beck's documentary film, The Organic Life.  A year in the life of a hopeful organic farmer and his skeptical partner reveals that a changing climate, financial insecurity, demanding physical labor, and corporate agriculture threaten the sustainability of one of the world's most traditional livelihoods in modern-day America.


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The 36th Annual Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) is hosting the world premiere of documentary filmmaker and ITP Grant Partner Casey Beck's  "The Organic Life" - Saturday, October 5th 3:15pm and Monday, October 7th, 3:00pm.  Carol Harado of the MVFF says: "This feast for the senses takes us through four seasons on the farm, following the rhythms of nature and revealing the attendant challenges and joys of locally oriented, sustainable agriculture. Austin's satisfaction in doing what he loves every day, collaborating with the earth by leading a life more fully connected to it, becomes a teaching on true abundance." 



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The process of bringing The Organic Life to light has been long, arduous and sometimes monotonous, but in that sense, it’s not unlike the process of organic farming, which it seeks to reveal. Our farmers start out with a seed – or, in my case, a simple idea – which they plant and cultivate, caring for it with water, compost and sun. However, despite their best efforts to nurture this plant, its success is ultimately dependent on so many factors, natural elements, over which they have no control. » Read More

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