Keyword Farmers

Farmers take up arms against miners whose high water pressure mining operations are destroying their farms with mud and water runoff.

A couple of farmers give a hitchhiker a ride on a remote highway.

In the 1980s, a swine flu crossed the Haitian-Dominican border and started to affect the Creole pig, an important commodity in Haiti. The flu also threatened livestock in the United States. As a preemptive measure, the USAID in conjunction with the Haitian government proceeded to exterminate all Creole pigs from the island, leading to a crushing economic blow for an already impoverished country.

We follow several families across Sweden as they run their farms day to day. Through a close and warm perspective, we share in life in the Swedish countryside, from early mornings in the barn to important decisions about the future.