, presented as part of the Global Climate Playlist — a partnership between Doc Society and allies working to connect communities through climate storytelling.

This powerful documentary follows four Midwestern farmers grappling with climate change, economic uncertainty, and mental health — offering a rare, deeply human look at the challenges and resilience of rural America.

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Greener Pastures

Samuel-Ali Mirpoorian

David J. Cornfield

Linda A. Cornfield

Jason Stephens

Ian Robertson Kibbe

Greener Pastures is an urgent and intimate look at American farming, told through the stories of farmers living at the intersection of climate change, globalization & a mental health crisis.