Both because of the film’s content, and the unique community-engaged way in which is was filmed and toured, Final Straw: Food, Earth, Happiness has received significant coverage in magazines, newspapers, and other media in recent years. A partial list of this coverage is available In the Media page.
We welcome your questions, however we’ve also tried to answer most of the frequent ones in the PDF document below. Several high-resolution photographs are also available to download below. If you don’t find what you need here, please contact us through the information listed in the press kit, or on our contact page.
Press Kit
Photos
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Sunrise at the natural rice farm of Seonghyun Choi in Hongcheon, Korea (CC BY-SA, Patrick Lydon / FinalStraw.org)
Morning at the natural rice farm of Seonghyun Choi in Hongcheon, Korea (CC BY-SA, Patrick Lydon / FinalStraw.org)
Rice planting in the field in Hongcheon, Korea (CC BY-SA, Patrick Lydon / FinalStraw.org)
Rice harvest at the field in Hongcheon, Korea (CC BY-SA, Patrick Lydon / FinalStraw.org)
Film co-directors Suhee Kang (left) and Patrick Lydon (right) (CC BY-SA, FinalStraw.org)
Yoshikazu Kawaguchi at his demonstration farm and free school in Nara prefecture, Japan (CC BY-SA, Patrick Lydon / FinalStraw.org)
Natural rice field in the morning in Hongcheon, Korea (CC BY-SA, Suhee Kang / FinalStraw.org)
Filming in Fukuoka, Japan. Pictured (left to right) Etsuko Kagamiyama, Suhee Kang, Patrick Lydon, Kenji Murakami (CC BY-SA, FinalStraw.org)
Rice harvest at a natural farm in Hongcheon, Korea (CC BY-SA, Patrick Lydon / FinalStraw.org)
Natural farmer Yoshikazu Kawaguchi and co-director Patrick Lydon during filming (CC BY-SA, Kaori Tsuji / FinalStraw.org)
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What is Natural farming?
While techniques and methods vary widely, natural farmers share common roots in re-connecting themselves and their farming processes to the Earth, and cultivating food that inherently regenerates the health of the natural world—and of humanity.
About the Film
Inspired by Masanobu Fukuoka, and the book The One Straw Revolution, the film weaves together meditative landscapes, an eclectic original soundtrack, and inspiring stories from some of the world’s foremost figures in the natural farming movement.