Wendy Hebb, Filmmaker:
My son tells me I think and talk about food ALL THE TIME. I’ve come to believe that food is at the crossroads of so much that is important in our lives: traditions, values, stories, health, environment, and future ability to survive on this planet. When we began filming I was the expert – food has absorbed my attention professionally and recreationally most of my life. But I never thought of food in connection to the fate of the world or that the choices I made were affecting lives here at home (the farmers who keenly felt my lack of support) or far away (the tomato workers living in near-slavery conditions in Florida). As we researched Back to the Garden the forecast for a healthy planet full of thriving human beings grew dimmer and grimmer, until we took to the road. Traveling around the country we met the people who are quietly, in their everyday lives, creating the real food revolution. In them and the communities that support them we found hope and a sense of purpose a great measure of fun, despite the hard work.


Michael Richard, Filmmaker:
Back to the Garden is our third documentary project. We started this production in 2007. It's been a long journey of discovery that has fundamentally changed my life. Prior to working on this film my connection to food was peripheral at best. I ate organically because I believed it was best for me and that it was an improvement over conventional agriculture. My understanding of what we call the Real Food Movement today is shockingingly profound in comparison. I have come to believe that the food system in this country is an abberation. A system that makes people sick, shortens their lives, causes inhumane suffering of animals, destroys land and water systems, and rural communities. It is a system built on cheap fossil fuel that is unsustainable and that eventually will fail. I believe we can do better as a society to change this system, but we must find the will to do what is right. Whether we will find that will however I am uncertain of.


At Red Door Media we dedicate our energies to films about creative activism.
The world is full of wonderful stories and people who can teach us and inspire us. To show us what it is possible, that we have a voice, but only if we try. The stories of these leaders who try and show the rest of us what is possible are the ones we want to tell, because they give us hope and optimism for a future that we want to be a part of.