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Farming the Future: Farm Life on Long Island

Farming the Future: Farm Life on Long Island weaves a tapestry of interviews, historical photographs and contemporary footage to tell the story of farm life in America's oldest suburban region.

Just a stone's throw from New York City, Long Island is home to a once-predominant way of life that is vanishing in the shadows of strip malls and suburbia. In 1950, there were almost 3,000 farms on Long Island. Just over fifty years later, there are just over 700. As the oldest mature suburban community in the United States, Long Island has experienced the pressures of development since the 1950's, yet, in the face of growing challenges, Long Island farms are the most productive in New York State, adding $150 million annually to the economy.

Directed by Emmy Award-Winning Filmmaker Ron Rudaitis, narrated by actor and Long Island native William Baldwin (Backdraft, The Squid and the Whale) and featuring music legend and Farm Aid President Willie Nelson, Farming the Future: Farm Life on Long Island examines the challenges of farming in suburbia, and celebrates the way of life, work ethic, and value system of the family farmer that has endured on Long Island for over three centuries. The documentary highlights challenges that prevent farmers from passing on their traditions to the next generation, and explores solutions that can help farmers remain on the land that has sustained them for generations.

Farming the Future: Farm Life on Long Island This documentary is made possible by grants from the Long Island Community Foundation and the Rauch Foundation.

Produced by Rudaitis Media, Inc.
Producer/Director/Writer: Ron Rudaitis
Producer: Sarah L. Rudaitis

Presented by WLIW21 New York Public Television. Distributed by American Public Television.

Running Time: Approx. 57 Minutes

Farmng the Future DVD


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