The crops grow, but nobody asks who's tending the farmer.
The crops grow, but nobody asks who's tending the farmer.
Is there a mental health crisis in agriculture in Colorado? Farming and ranching has become increasingly difficult over the years. An industry that is typically viewed as romantic, hardworking, and "salt-of-the earth" is actually a job full of tremendous stress outside of anyone's control. Combine that with the enormous generational pressure to continue the family farm, and you have a large group of people that are suffering silently. How do we take care of those that are taking care of us?
Direction
Vanderheide lets landscape do the talking.
Writing
No narration—just voices that earned the right.
Cinematography
Golden hour as elegy, not romance.
Director
Steve Vanderheide
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