‘Can You Dig This?’

Documentary opens Crabtree Farms’ Foodie Film Series at Camp House

Crabtree Farms will kick off a four-part Foodie Film Series on Tuesday, Jan. 17, with “Can You Dig This?,” a film that explores the urban gardening movement in Los Angeles, one of the country’s largest food deserts.

The series continues every other Tuesday at The Camp House, with “That Sugar Film” on Jan. 31, “More Than Honey” on Feb. 15 and “Fannie’s Last Supper” on Feb. 28.

Also on t he foodie agenda is a workshop, “Journey Into the World of Mindful Eating,” on Sat- urday, Feb. 4, at Crabtree Farms. Holli Richey, a registered herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild and a psychotherapist practicing in Chattanooga, will guide participants through an afternoon of “learning more heart-fully the art of eating from a conscious place.”

The opening film, “Can You Dig This?,” follows the inspirational journeys of four unlikely gardeners, discovering what happens when they put their hands in the soil to create a community garden in the midst of poverty and violence. An urban gardening movement is taking root in South Los Angeles, amid the gangs, drugs, liquor stores, abandoned buildings and vacant lots that typify the area. Calling for people to put down their guns and pick up their shovels, the film’s “gangster gardeners” are creating an oasis in the middle of one of the most notoriously dangerous places in America.

“Gritty, but ultimately positive, this film depicts the tough realities of life in a food desert and the hopefulness that a community garden can bring,” says a news release from Crabtree Farms.

The film will be followed by a discussion with a Crabtree Farms staff member about how to bring gardens to local schools and neighborhoods.

The opening film follows the inspirational journeys of four unlikely gardeners, discovering what happens when they put their hands in the soil to create a community garden in the midst of poverty and violence.

DELIRIO FILMS Ron Finley is introduced in “Can You Dig This?” as one of the “gangster gardeners” of South Los Angeles, activists in an urban garden movement who are creating an oasis in one of the most notoriously dangerous neighborhoods in America.