Field Work: A Family Farm

Meet filmmaker John Helde as he follows Judy and Charlie Swanson and their three grown children pursuing their dream of farming as one extended family. This is a preview screening of his documentary film "Field Work: A Family Farm," which is supported by Humanities Iowa. It follows the Swanson family through several seasons and looks at the social and economic challenges of family farming: rising land prices, changing technologies, and the barriers to entry for the younger generation. It's a new, twenty-first century portrait of the iconic family farm and America's changing agricultural landscape. Featuring music by the Iowa-based duo Truckstop Souvenir. A discussion with filmmaker John Helde and participants in the project, including Judy and Charlie Swanson and Julie and Scott Wilber of Wilber's Northside Market in Boone, will immediately follow the 96-min film.