A Sustainable Reality: Redefining Roots Introduction

A Sustainable Reality: Redefining Roots is a brand new on going web series that will ideally motivate and inspire others to the idea that a sustainable future is possible.

The rehab of a former meat-processing plant on Chicago's South-side
may seem a strange place to start a project documenting green change
in food systems across the American Midwest, yet that is precisely
where the web-series "Redefining Roots" begins. The meat-processing
facility, now termed, "Plant Chicago", a zero-energy sustainable green
business incubator, will house an aquaponic farm, fish hatchery,
micro-brewery, and 40,000 square foot shared kitchen, all powered by
an anaerobic digester. An apt place then, to start a series focused
on innovative local food solutions. From urban markets and production,
to local organic farms, Redefining Roots profiles the projects of
local growers and entrepreneurs re-shaping America's food system, one
seed at a time.

Part documentary series, part how-to, part "Mr. Rogers goes to the
crayon factory," Redefining Roots traces the interconnections in
"green" food systems. Its main highlights being innovative and
sustainable techniques that bring food from farm to fork, meeting
plenty of insightful characters along the way. More than just an
online show, Redefining Roots focuses on empowering its viewers by
means of information, connection, and instruction. Redefining Roots
encourages viewers to get involved by sharing content and ideas for
new projects. It also hopes to inspire viewers to work with, or on,
projects profiled in the show. As an online media channel, Redefining
Roots connects problem solvers from differing fields and regions while
encouraging DIY experimentation and providing an outlet for otherwise
less visible, but no less essential, "green" projects.

There are plenty of food related problems out there: from the
epidemics of diabetes and obesity, to urban food deserts, to
unsustainable resource use in farming, to greenhouse gas emissions
from food production. Thankfully, there are plenty of clever people
working to address these problems. There's no single solution, and
the projects profiled on the show, even the show itself, are only
small parts of a sustainable future; but the whole is greater than the
sum of its parts. We need each other's help. Let's unite and find
our voice, so that together we can manifest our sustainable reality
and do what is needed to redefine our roots.

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Director Michael Silberman conducted an interview with Mike Stephen of Outside the Loop
RADIO: Chicago's Almost Above-Ground Audio Magazine talking about our
documentary project. It is available here for your listening pleasure:

http://www.outsidetheloopradio.com/2011/07/07/otl-episode-250-the-homosexuals...

And Here as a podcast:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/pod​cast/outside-the-loop-radio/id​202039834

(Our portion starts at the end of the broadcast around 22 minutes in.)

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We are also so very pleased and honored to announce that A Sustainable
Reality: Redefining Roots has been featured on a number of astounding
web publications.

The first one which being Chicago's premiere web publication Gapers Block:
http://gapersblock.com/drivethru/2011/06/22/from_a_meat_packing_plant_to_urba...

Leave It Better: A video-based social network where people can share ideas on
how to improve their communities and take action to green their neighborhood.
http://www.leaveitbetter.com/blog/a-sustainable-reality-redefining-roots/

Rooftop Garden's Blog:
http://rooftopgarden.com/

Featured as Food 52's Kickstarter of the week:
http://www.food52.com/blog/2229_feed52

Also in an article featured on the Green Light Distrikt mentioning how
our documentary project is innovating the means Kickstarter is being
used as a vehicle to transform the clean energy movement:
http://thegreenlightdistrikt.com/2011/06/28/kickstarter-the-new-way-to-innova...

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http://www.redefiningroots.com
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