Food for the Rest of Us is a feature film that presents 4 stories of people living life on their own terms, serving as leaders who are lending their voices to the underdog and leading a revolution to a better world, from the ground up! An Indigenous-owned, youth run organic farm in Hawaii, a Black urban grower in Kansas City who runs a land-farm at East High School, a female Kosher Butcher in Colorado working with the Queer Community and an Inuit community on the Arctic Coast who are adapting to climate change with a community garden in a small geodesic dome.

• Marjorie Ovauyak - an Inuit elder living in the hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk where she lives a modest life on the shore of the Arctic Ocean. Marjorie’s diet is largely dependent on fishing and hunting. She has seen drastic changes to the shoreline of Tuktoyaktuk in recent years in a town that is being ravaged by the impacts of climate change and struggles with intergenerational trauma from the residential school system.
• Eric Person -  the owner and manager of Kansas City Aquaponics, which is a holistic urban farm located on the grounds of East High School in Kansas City Missouri. Eric brings light to some of the racist policies that exist in the farming community in the American Midwest, but also shows how he is inspiring the next generation of Urban Farmers to empower themselves through farming by offering workshops and training.
• MA’O Organic Farm - an Indigenous-owned farm campus on the island of O’ahu, Hawai’i where much of the Island is controlled by the US military, mono-crop plantations and resorts. Farm founder, Kukui Maunakea, talks about the farm's mission to grow organic, sustainable produce while empowering local indigenous youth in the impoverished community of Waianae through the farm’s internship program.
• Tzuria Malpica - a young Mexican-Jewish butcher and farmer who has challenged gender norms within the Jewish faith and has taken on the practice of kosher slaughter. Tzuria uses her training as a Kosher butcher to teach others how to harvest meat with good intention, with a focus on giving these skills to marginalized people, such as women and members of the Queer community.

Also available with French subtitles.

Also available with Spanish subtitles.

1. Introduction: Food for the Rest of Us  3:01
   Food for the Rest of Us is a feature film that presents 4...
   Food for the Rest of Us is a feature film that presents 4 stories of people living life on their own terms, serving as leaders who are lending their voices to the underdog and leading a revolution to a better world, from the ground up! An Indigenous-owned, youth run organic farm in Hawaii, a Black urban grower in Kansas City who runs a land-farm at East High School, a female Kosher Butcher in Colorado working with the Queer Community and an Inuit community on the Arctic Coast who are adapting to climate change with a community garden in a small geodesic dome. Marjorie Ovauyak - an Inuit elder living in the hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk where she lives a modest life on the shore of the Arctic Ocean. Marjorie’s diet is largely dependent on fishing and hunting. She has seen drastic changes to the shoreline of Tuktoyaktuk in recent years in a town that is being ravaged by the impacts of climate change and struggles with intergenerational trauma from the residential school system. Eric Person - the owner and manager of Kansas City Aquaponics, which is a holistic urban farm located on the grounds of East High School in Kansas City Missouri. Eric brings light to some of the racist policies that exist in the farming community in the American Midwest, but also shows how he is inspiring the next generation of Urban Farmers to empower themselves through farming by offering workshops and training. MA’O Organic Farm - an Indigenous-owned farm campus on the island of O’ahu, Hawai’i where much of the Island is controlled by the US military, mono-crop plantations and resorts. Farm founder, Kukui Maunakea, talks about the farms mission to grow organic, sustainable produce while empowering local indigenous youth in the impoverished community of Waianae through the farm’s internship program. Tzuria Malpica - a young Mexican-Jewish butcher and farmer who has challenged gender norms within the Jewish faith and has taken on the practice of kosher slaughter. Tzuria uses her training as a Kosher butcher to teach others how to harvest meat with good intention, with a focus on giving these skills to marginalized people, such as women and members of the Queer community.
2. Hawai'i: Food for the Rest of Us  6:52
   The traditional Hawaiian conch shell, ‘Pu”, calls Wai’anae...
   The traditional Hawaiian conch shell, ‘Pu”, calls Wai’anae youth workers at MA’O Organic Farms to a opening circle where they are centred and get instructions for the day. In exchange for their work, they get college tuition and a stipend. MA’O is an acronym taken from Māla (garden) ʻai (eat) ōpio (youth); youth give to the land and the land gives back to them. The program reclaims the value of feeding your people, reduces dependence on outside sources of food, encourages completion of education and creates youthful leaders.
3. Eric Person: Food for the Rest of Us  16:02
   Eric Person is the owner and manager of Kansas City Aquaponics...
   Eric Person is the owner and manager of Kansas City Aquaponics, which is a holistic urban farm located on the grounds of East High School in Kansas City Missouri. Eric brings light to some of the racist policies that exist in the farming community in the American Midwest, but also shows how he is inspiring the next generation of Urban Farmers to empower themselves through farming by offering workshops and training.
4. MA’O Organic Farm: Food for the Rest of Us  7:38
   MA’O Organic Farm is an Indigenous-owned farm campus on the...
   MA’O Organic Farm is an Indigenous-owned farm campus on the island of O’ahu, Hawai’i where much of the Island is controlled by the US military, mono-crop plantations and resorts. Farm founder, Kukui Maunakea, talks about the farm's mission to grow organic, sustainable produce while empowering local indigenous youth in the impoverished community of Waianae through the farm’s internship program.
5. Tzuria Malpica: Food for the Rest of Us  18:36
   Tzuria Malpica is a young Mexican-Jewish butcher and farmer who...
   Tzuria Malpica is a young Mexican-Jewish butcher and farmer who has challenged gender norms within the Jewish faith and has taken on the practice of kosher slaughter. Tzuria uses her training as a Kosher butcher to teach others how to harvest meat with good intention, with a focus on giving these skills to marginalized people, such as women and members of the Queer community.
6. Being Spiritual: Food for the Rest of Us  6:56
   Being spiritual is universal. The land is 'kupuna' – ancestor...
   Being spiritual is universal. The land is 'kupuna' – ancestor or honoured elder - to indigenous Hawaiians. When you connect to the earth, you connect to your ancestors who have returned to the earth and you pay respect to those who have come before you. Ma’o Organic Farm is reconnecting youth to the earth and their spirituality.
7. Marjorie Ovauyak: Food for the Rest of Us  17:42
   Marjorie Ovauyak is an Inuit elder living in the hamlet of...
   Marjorie Ovauyak is an Inuit elder living in the hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk where she lives a modest life on the shore of the Arctic Ocean. Marjorie’s diet is largely dependent on fishing and hunting. She has seen drastic changes to the shoreline of Tuktoyaktuk in recent years in a town that is being ravaged by the impacts of climate change and struggles with intergenerational trauma from the residential school system.
8. Closing Circle: Food for the Rest of Us  5:41
   At the closing circle at MA’O Organic Farms youth reflect on...
   At the closing circle at MA’O Organic Farms youth reflect on their experiences. People featured in the film reflect on the future of food production, and we learn the progress of Marjorie, Rebecca, Jerri Thrasher, Eric Person, Tzuria, and MA’O Organic Farms after the film was made.