Betting The Farm
Drowning in debt, nine dairy farmers in Maine launch one last bid to save their farms.
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Overview
- Genre
- Contemporary Issues and Social Issues
- Synopsis
After being dropped by their main dairy processor, a group of Maine organic dairy farmers try to launch a new milk company, Maine’s Own Organic Milk. But with each farmer facing mounting debts and losing money every week, can the new company succeed, and fast enough to save them?
- Stage
- finished
- Running time
- 84 minutes
Credits
- Jason Mann ... Co-Director /Producer
- Cecily Pingree ... Co-Director /Producer
- Scott Burgess ... Editor
- Mary Lampson ... Consulting Editor
- Dallas Brennan Rexer ... Consulting Producer
- Lindsay Mann ... Original Music
- Joe Nelson ... Original Music
- Colin Gulley ... Original Music
Production Details
- Prod. Co.
- Pull-Start Pictures
- Country
- United States
- Years of Production
- 3
- Locations
- Maine
- Prod. Partners
- LEF Foundation, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Sundance Documentary Film Program
Distribution Details
- Release year
- 2012
- Festivals
- Silverdocs 2012 (US Sterling Competition)
- Language
- English
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