Some folks live to eat. Others eat to live. I’m not a foodie, but after listening to a foodie client’s enthusiastic descriptions of his gustatory creations for almost 20 years, I learned to appreciate what goes into gourmet-level food prep. What 20 years of recipe cheerleading did for my cooking appreciation, “The Soul of a Farmer”—a tiny gem of a farming documentary—did for my appreciation of food growing, in 32 minutes.
This little film is a labor of love by Peabody Award-winning director Roger Sherman as well as a bow in gratitude to farming. It’s inspiring to see someone as passionately in love with their job as the titular farmer Patty Gentry is. It’s a calling for her. We should all be so lucky.
