Blog & News
The Final Straw blog was retired when we moved to our new City as Nature studio!
However, you can still view the history of our film production and touring by browsing the archive below…
Interviews – Japanese CSA Pioneers, and a Farming Trio
In Kyoto tonight and it’s been a long few weeks of filming and travel for The Final Straw with little…
Seoul – Final Straw Farmer Lecture Event Recap
Suhee and I produced a lecture in Seoul this month, partly to raise awareness for The Final Straw, and partly…
Farm Photos Come to Seoul
The Final Straw documentary has so far enjoyed great support here in Seoul! In between our editing tasks this week,…
Up Through the Clouds
Editing at a Social Working Space in Seoul
The Final Straw documentary team in Korea (aka, Suhee and Patrick) needed a place to set up camp in Seoul,…
Connecting Two Farmers in South Korea
Yesterday was a pretty darned happy day for us here in Korea. In April of last year, we first visited…
Budding Italian Natural Farmers
Having just planned my exit from leisurely several days in Luzern, Switzerland, I found myself contemplating the 26-hour travel journey…
Interview with Larry Korn
This is a bit of great news, yet it’s also old news now. To my credit, at the time I…
The Little Peach Boy (Momotaro)
Momotaro Statue in San Jose, USA (photo: Patrick Lydon) Several years ago in my hometown of…
Interviews – Yoshikazu Kawaguchi’s Natural Farm
In our second visit to Kawaguchi’s home farm — the first was in May of this year — we enjoyed tea…
Harvesting Rice by Hand in Korea
http://www.pmlydon.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/gaeguri-farm-korea_PML2099-198×300.jpg It’s been a busy month or so… to catch everyone up, I’ve started a unique MFA program at the…
The Final Straw Project
The Final Straw is a project which sets out to both examine and further the art of Natural Farming as…