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Good to Know a Farmer
With humor and optimism, a comedic host joins farmers to explore the health, food security, environmental, and economic impacts of regenerative farming and ranching.
- Length
- 12 episodes x 1 minutes
- Funding Initiative
- Short-Form Open Call
Producer
Sandra Itkoff
Sandra Itkoff has produced over twenty films and documentaries. Her productions have been funded by the Ford and MacArthur Foundations, HBO, Showtime, Disney, Discovery, and others, and premiered at Sundance, Toronto, Berlin, Tribeca. Itkoff is a DuPont award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated producer.
- Other ITVS Films
- Love Free or Die
Executive Producer
Morgan Sackett
Morgan Sackett is an American director and producer. He has won two Primetime Emmy Awards and been nominated for 12 more in the categories Outstanding Comedy Series, and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for his work on the television programs Parks and Recreation, Veep, The Good Place, and Hacks.
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The Film
Good to Know a Farmer follows comedic stars, including Kate McKinnon, as they meet one farmer per episode to explore, over the course of the series, how regenerative farming can capture carbon, roll back erosion, store water, produce more nutrient-dense food, increase farmers’ profits, and impact the way the world is fed.
From the center of America and both sides of the aisle, the series highlights a diverse group of farmers—from a multi-generational family farm to a female rancher to a new Native American farmer—employing old-school techniques backed by science.
