Abstract
366 Children, Youth and Environments Vol. 21 No. 1 (2011) ISSN: 1546-2250 Truck Farm (2010) Louise Chawla Citation: Chawla, Louise. (2011). "Truck Farm (2010)." Children, Youth and Environments 21 (1). Directed by Ian Cheney, produced by Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis. A Wicked Delicate Films Production, 2010. Distributed by Bullfrog Films, www.bullfrogfilms.com Given the possibilities that gardens offer children for healthy activities, healthy food, environmental learning, peaceful refuge, and positive relationships with adult mentors, readers of Children, Youth and Environments will enjoy this film that invites the imagination to run free in a search for places for urban gardening. (See CYE fact sheet, “The Benefits of Gardening for Children.”) Filmmaker Ian Cheney relates his own story when he decided to plant a vegetable garden in the only New York City location that he controlled: his grandfather’s old pickup truck. With the garden growing in the back of the truck, Ian sets out across the city to visit other inventive, resourceful urban farmers and local food experts. As the film promotional page states, Truck Farm blends “serious exposition with serious silliness,” and in the process it “entreats viewers to ponder the future of urban farming, and to consider whether sustainability needs a dose of whimsy to be truly sustainable.” Given its combination of humor and seriousness, the film makes a good resource for community gardening programs with youth or classes that are studying food systems. ...
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