Potatoes

197627 min 28 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Robert Lang

Production: Gary TooleRoman BittmanColin Low

Script: Gary Toole

This documentary deals with the gradual shift from the family farm to corporation-run farms, with all the ensuing problems and personal hardship. It is an incisive evaluation of what is happening in North American and worldwide agriculture today.

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Subject categories

  • Agriculture > Agriculture IndustriesAtlantic RegionCrops - Cultivation and HarvestingSocial Issues
  • Food and Food Industries > Food IssuesFruit and VegetablesSocio-economic Issues

Credits

director
Robert Lang
producer
Gary Toole
Roman Bittman
executive producer
Colin Low
script
Gary Toole
camera
Savas Kalogeras
Andreas Poulsson
sound
John Knight
editing
Robert Lang
Gary Toole