Screening of ?ROOTS SO DEEP? Documentary at Hoosick Falls Central Sschool

21187 NY-22 : 21187 NY-22, Hoosick Falls, NY  12090

6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

SCREENING OF “ROOTS SO DEEP” DOCUMENTARY
AT HOOSICK FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL ON NOVEMBER 5TH
Followed by Q&A with Allen Williams (featured in the documentary) and Area Farmers

The public is welcome to join the Agricultural Stewardship
Association (ASA) for a documentary screening of Roots So Deep (you can see the
devil down there) from filmmaker Peter Byck. Featured guest at this screening will be
Allen Williams, a farmer and researcher who stars in the documentary and will be
joining for a Q&A session following the showing.

A field day led by Willams will occur at nearby farms the following day and will be geared to farmers and service providers.
Roots So Deep is a documentary series about inventive farmers and maverick scientists
building a path to revive rural economies and ecologies with hooves, heart and soil.
Cattle have been seen as eco-villains for a long time, but can an underutilized way to
graze cattle, that mimics the way bison once roamed the land, help get farmers out of
debt, restore our depleted soils, rebuild wildlife habitat and draw down huge amounts of
carbon?
Roots So Deep is guided by Byck as he meets farmers on both sides of the fence – the
folks practicing an adaptive way to graze, and their neighbors set in their family’s
generations-old method of doing things. Byck’s team of scientists are measuring what’s
happening on both sides of the fences – exploring if this adaptive grazing could create
soil health and farmer wealth.
And one question looms over the whole series: even if the science shows that the
adaptive way to graze is better for the land and the farmers’ pocketbooks, will the old
school farmers change, will they adopt a different method?

This special screening will be held at the Hoosick Falls Central School Auditorium from
6:30PM – 9:30PM – light refreshments will be provided. Admission is a $5 donation to
ASA’s local farmland and forest conservation efforts. Students are free. Registering in
advance is recommended at www.agstewardship.org but walk-ins are welcome.

The film will be immediately followed by a Q&A featuring not only Allen Williams but
local Farmers from Otter Creek Farm among others.

Farmer-focused Field Day to follow on November 6th