Gracie's Backyard - a new documentary film on the world's northernmost commercial permaculture farm

Hi all,

We just launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund our latest film, Gracie's Backyard.



Located at 59°N in rural Sweden, Ridgedale Permaculture is allegedly the northernmost commercial permaculture farm on the planet. Integrating several enterprises on a 10-hectare piece of land, the farm offers an example of how holistic design can help pave the way to a new model of food production that is small-scale, profitable and regenerative for the land.

Filmed over a period of 2 weeks in July 2016, Gracie's backyard is a feature-length documentary that offers a candid look into the daily life of Ridgedale Permaculture through the eyes of the people who live and work there.



Three years after acquiring what was an abandoned farm, Richard Perkins and his partner Yohanna Amselem have managed to create a profitable and diversified business that produces healthy food for their community. Broiler chickens, pastured eggs and organic vegetables from no-dig market gardens are sold locally within a 50-km radius. All that laid out over a silvo-pasture system with an impressive array of berry shrubs, fruit and nut trees which will start yielding tons more of marketable produce within a few years.



More than just a working farm, Ridgedale has become a hub for young people eager to learn what it takes to start and run a successful regenerative agriculture business. Thus Gracie's Backyard is also an invitation to hear from volunteers and employees from all over the world about their experience on this nascent and promising farm.

By focusing on the human aspect of what makes this small farm work, we hope this film will appeal to a broad audience, and help inspire a new generation of small farmers and homesteaders.

Thanks for supporting and/or helping to spread the word about our campaign!



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Looks awesome Olivier! Just backed it!

Looks awesome. Just backed it. Hope you exceed your goals!

Looks great, can't wait to watch it!  Just chose the streaming option.

Backed! I hope the threshold will be reached.

 Awesome, I'm going to be a part of this.  These guys do great video, audio, and music.

More on what is happening there if you are not familiar with it.
https://www.youtube.com/user/mrintegralpermanence[/youtube]]Youtube channel

Olivier Asselin wrote:Hi all,

We just launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund our latest film, Gracie's Backyard.

Stoked to be supporting another project Oliver!

These projects help provide fuel to my fire which has slowed over the past year...but still burns strong.

More of a controlled burn now...many thanks!  

Keep up the great work.

Just found this... too late.

Where can one purchase/rent/stream this video today?

I found https://www.possiblemedia.org/product/gracies-backyard/
Are there better/worse channels based on what goes to the filmmaker?

The full movie is now available in the digital market:

https://permies.com/wiki/133872/videos/Gracie-backyard-film-permaculture-farming