HettySuth
Joined Sep 2016
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Getting to know the people on the ground in any profession helps you understand the industry as a whole, and Jan Haaken has allowed her viewers to do just that. This documentary focuses on the families, the men, women, and children working to keep smaller family farms running in today's fast-paced world. Professor Haaken beautifully captures the human side of an industry struggling to adapt to new technology while at the same time staying true to time-honored practices and traditions.
I particularly enjoyed the variety of people Professor Haaken spoke with. From young adult children of dairy farming families grappling with what it means to inherit a farm in today's economy to a seeming dairy tycoon, insisting tens of thousands of cows and numerous employees still count as a "family farm," everyone has a different story but inevitably come up against the same worry: how to stay afloat in an uncertain business. Where is dairy farming headed? It's hard to say. But it is important to remember that the industry is made up of people, each with their own hopes and struggles. This documentary is a poignant reminder of that fact.
I particularly enjoyed the variety of people Professor Haaken spoke with. From young adult children of dairy farming families grappling with what it means to inherit a farm in today's economy to a seeming dairy tycoon, insisting tens of thousands of cows and numerous employees still count as a "family farm," everyone has a different story but inevitably come up against the same worry: how to stay afloat in an uncertain business. Where is dairy farming headed? It's hard to say. But it is important to remember that the industry is made up of people, each with their own hopes and struggles. This documentary is a poignant reminder of that fact.