More Than Corn
Eating local becomes more than just a trend in a docuseries that tells the stories of real Hoosier farmers who plan, build, plant, grow, nurture, harvest and prove once and for all - there is way more than corn in Indiana.
Genesis and Eli, husband and wife farmers based in Noblesville, Indiana, share their journey to produce delicious, local food. While some may call it the simple life, More Than Corn explores the real challenges of starting and operating a produce farm in the Midwest.
Indiana and farming are practically synonymous, yet 90% of the food Indiana residents eat is sourced from outside our state.* More Than Corn shines a spotlight on the Hoosier farmers who dedicate their time and talent to growing healthy, delicious food for us to enjoy right here in Indiana.
Our team at 12 Stars Media started making films about our local food ecosystem way back in 2014, and we haven’t stopped since. Back then, we created quick simple videos to help spread the word about events and programs that supported the booming “farm to fork” movement. Now, with More Than Corn, we’ve embarked on an ongoing docuseries that’s diving deep into the lives of Hoosier farms across the state and how all of us, even as consumers, fit into the same food ecosystem.
*Ken Meter (Crossroads Resource Center), Hoosier Farmer? Emergent Food Systems in Indiana (commissioned by IN State Dept. of Health), 2012
“To date, after nearly twenty years of making films and videos, More Than Corn is one of the projects I’m most proud of and inspired by. Filming on farms is my happy place.”
After spending a year with Genesis and Eli at Full Hand Farm (after having met them nearly ten years earlier for one of our very first farm-related videos) to produce the original More Than Corn series, after licensing the title to Hoodox for exclusive streaming as a cornerstone of its launch library, and after re-imagining the series into a feature film that screened at both Heartland International Film Festival and Indy Film Fest, our team wondered what could ever top such an incredible journey and opportunity.
The answer? More More Than Corn. Thanks to gracious financial support from an incredible donor who believes in the power of documentary storytelling, we’ve embarked on a new journey of telling several new More Than Corn stories. In the coming years, we will shine a spotlight on several farmers from across Indiana - furthering the mission to inspire Hoosiers to eat local and to prove, once and for all, that there is more than corn in Indiana.
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