Editor, Vermont Commons:

We are a group of young folk (filmmakers, teachers, a town constable, a writer, a photojournalist, and a couple of organic farmers) converging to produce a film on the many re-localization efforts underway that are helping move Vermont toward renewed economic independence and self-stewardship. Green Blooded: Vermonters at a Crossroad will be a film about the grassroots movement of Vermont residents taking ownership over the methods and means of our collective survival. Told with the voices of our farmers, homesteaders, seed-savers, craftspeople, poets, professors, government representatives, teachers, and community members of all stripes, this will be a film that listens to and documents the many stories that comprise the rich fabric of Vermont and reveals the commitment and integrity that will shape our state for the better.    

This endeavor can only reach fruition with the collaboration and support of people and organizations with a vested interest in the increased awareness this film will bring to communities all across the state. Thanks to an arrangement with Rural Vermont, a nonprofit organization dedicated to thriving farms and healthy communities, any financial contributions to help with production, post-production, and distribution will be tax-deductible. We’d like to extend an open invitation to your readership to offer suggestions and ideas for how we can best create and share this film with Vermonters and across state lines.    

More information is available on our website.

To our future!

Teo Zagar, Producer/Director
Barnard