Abundance: The Farmlink Story
Food and Agriculture
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22m
During the largest food crisis in a century, a group of college students step up to help those facing hunger. Their small local effort inspires hope nationally and motivates 600+ students to drop everything to feed millions of families.
Within months, the project scales larger than anyone could have imagined and the students find themselves on the front lines of fighting hunger. As food bank lines grow across the country and college finals approach, do the students have what it takes to create a long term solution?
Director: Owen Dubeck
Producer: Optimist Films
2022 | 23 min
USA
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
FILMMAKER Q&A:
https://simaacademy.com/filmmaker-qa/abundance-the-farmlink-story/
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