Organic Rising

Sarasota Film Festival 2024

Florida Premiere. Organic Rising demystifies organic agriculture for the consumer. U.S. consumers are confronted with the U.S.D.A. organic label on a daily basis but only a handful of people know what it represents. Director Anthony Suau provides us with a thorough guide on the history of organic farming, the regulatory practices, and most of all the farming practices that have led to organic produce at your local grocery store or outdoor market. And to understand what organic is, it is also necessary to know what organics is not. Suau also takes a close look at conventional agriculture through the voices of farmers and renowned scientists. The research presented by the scientists, on the human and the environmental effects of synthetic pesticides, is profoundly disturbing and unprecedented. Organic Rising is a profound look that demystifies the regulatory process and farming methods to give us informed choices for maintaining a strong and robust agricultural future.

Film Screenings

April 10 @ 6:00 pm

Regal Hollywood screen #7

An SFF Talks presentation, this screening includes a panel discussion with:

Lindsay Stinson, a certifier for QCS Quality Certification Services in Florida will join us.

Ed Chiles owns Gamble Creek Farm in Parrish, which supplies fresh, organic produce to his restaurants among many other things.

https://www.bluecommunity.info/about/team-members/ed-chiles

Stephen Suau, A former civil engineer and partner at Progressive Water Resources, Stephen Suau specializes is watershed management planning and water resources. He has consulted and aided both organic and conventional farms across Florida on irrigation and water management.

Director Anthony Suau is a Pulitzer Prize and an Emmy Award winning journalist. For thirty-five years he has documented the effects of events on the lives of people around the world with a specific focus on revealing social, economic and political injustice. For more than twenty of those years he worked as a contract correspondent for TIME and the National Geographic Magazine. He is the author of four books and his images have appeared in thousands of publications, museums and films worldwide.