About the Production

Thank you to all the farmers who invited us in to their work and farms and lives, which are all inextricably tied to the future of our state.

Made possible in part by the support of:

  • The Members of Practical Farmers of Iowa
  • The Cedar Tree Foundation
  • The McKnight Foundation

Featuring:

  • Meghan Filbert
  • Kellie Blair
  • Arlyn Kauffman
  • Zak Kennedy
  • Seth Watkins
  • Bart & Trish VerEllen
  • Wendy Johnson & John Rafkin
  • Nick Wallace
  • Martha McFarland
  • Shirley Waite
  • Tom & Maren Beard
  • Wilber De La Rosa
  • Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin

Directed and produced by:

Nick Ohde

Executive producers:

  • Meghan Filbert
  • Sarah Carlson

Filmed and edited by:

  • Nick Ohde
  • Jason Tetrick

Interviews by:

  • Nick Ohde
  • Maggie Norton
  • Lydia English
  • Celize Christy

Music and original score:

Matt Roby

Music by:

  • Matt Roby
  • Erik Sessions
  • Luke Maskarinec

Additional farmers interviewed:

  • A.J. Blair
  • Dayna Burtness
  • Bruce Carney
  • Bill Couser
  • Amy Crouch
  • Mike DeCook
  • Kevin Dietzel
  • Wade Dooley
  • Heidi Eger
  • Bill Frederick
  • Beth Hoffman
  • John Hogeland
  • Mitch Kennedy
  • Adam Ledvina
  • Bailey Lutz
  • Aaron Nelson
  • Air Philavanh
  • John Rock
  • Dave Schmidt
  • Meg Schmidt
  • Etta Smith
  • Lynn Smith
  • Seth Smith
  • Francis Thicke
  • Andy Welch
  • Erin Wilson
  • Tom Wilson
  • Torray Wilson
  • Tom Wind

Review and feedback team:

  • Emily Zimmerman
  • David Weisberger
  • Sarah Carlson
  • Lydia English
  • Maggie Norton
  • Meghan Filbert
  • Matt Roby
  • Rebecca Clay
  • Tamsyn Jones
  • Sarah Krumm
  • Sally Worley
  • Emma Liddle
  • Celize Christy
  • Erik Peterson

Narrated by:

Nick Ohde

Graphic Design:

Sarah Krumm

Additional footage and images by:

  • Henry Corbin
  • Helen Gunderson
  • Martha McFarland
  • Wendy Johnson & John Rafkin Drake Larsen
  • Wil Crombie – Man Alone Media Seth Watkins
  • Bill Gillette Photograph Collection,
  • State Historical Society of Iowa,
  • Des Moines
  • Des Moines Water Works
  • AJ & Kellie Blair
  • Shirley Waite
  • Wilber de la Rosa
  • Bart & Trish VerEllen
  • Zak & Emily Kennedy
  • Nathan Anderson
  • Rodale Institute
  • Nevada Community Historical Society

Production assistants:

  • Henry Corbin
  • Jace Hadish
  • Emma Liddle Phoebe Eichhorst Freya Yu
  • Elaina Conrad

Archival footage:

  • American Archive of Factual Films

Spanish translation:

  • Rachel Albin
  • Rafael Martinez-Feria
  • Ernest Niño-Murcia