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Chris Heavner, Executive Producer

Following his passion for supporting young farmers and increasing awareness of our food systems, Videri Chocolate Co-Owner Chris Heavner, along with members of his family, made a substantial donation to the project. We are honored to have Chris onboard as an Executive Producer.

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Homegrown by Heroes Program to Roll out Nationwide

Linda Watson- @cookforgood - asks 'Would you make a special effort to buy food raised by veterans?'

Kentucky's Homegrown by Heroes branding campaign could soon be in all fifty states. Red, white, and blue labels help shoppers know when food has been grown by farmers who previously served our country in the military. Farming provides a way for veterans to continue serving their country through meaningful work.

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Charlotte finally pooped. Photo by D.L. Anderson

One Chicken At A Time

It was a right lively night of Chicken Shit Bingo at King's, the perfect way to round out our Kickstarter campaign. For those of you who asked, we will be doing bingo again, most likely in Durham at Fullsteam Brewery. We'll also be working on filling our incentives and developing other short documentary projects and screenings. 

For now, we're resting up, organizing and getting back out in the field to continue production on The Farmer Veteran Project. With the Kickstarter contributions shoring up a good deal of our budget, we anticipate many more months of traveling, shooting and editing on this project, most likely into 2013. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported us, to the businesses that donated prizes for bingo, we can't wait to share the results with you. 

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Jessica and Alex Sutton, June 22, 2012, Seven Lakes, NC

 It was a busy week(end) in Farmer Veteran land. On Friday, Alix and I headed out to Mt. Airy, NC to meet with, interview and film a new friend of the project, Anna Mann. Anna is a veteran of Bosnia and Iraq and is now farming poultry, fruit and nut trees and honey in an idyllic setting in the foothills of the NC mountains.

 Then on Saturday, we headed out to the farm of the newly married Suttons, for a full day of wedding celebration. The day started with a farm tour, then a lunch with family and ended with a party that lasted late into the evening. It was full weekend and we look forward to adding some of the new footage to the film. Until then carry on!

-jeremy

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Chicken Shit Bingo

Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 | Pinhook Bar, Durham, N.C. | Free

If our KickStarter seems too hip and modern for you, come on out and support The Farmer Veteran Project by playing a game of Chicken Shit Bingo. You guess the square that the chicken will choose and then watch with delight while enjoying some sweet country jams and a cold beer until it happens. We'll be at the Pinhook (map) with some pretty birds and long, but often, odds. You'll have a good time, maybe even another beer or two. Here's how it's done in Texas. 

6:30 to 9PM | Facebook Event Page | 

Poster design by Sundholm 

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