Save Family Farming is working on a second documentary that will focus on the workers behind ag production. Titled “Farming on the Brink,” Executive Director Ben Tindall says it will be out soon and focuses on a Washington farmer who is facing do-or-die decisions related to labor.

“And the need and desire to make sure they protect and provide for their employees and the workers on their farm, but also just the cost that that’s having to the operation and are we able to maintain the heightened regulations, the increased costs, overtime issues, and the increased regulations that are coming just about every session with the legislature. So, they’re having to take a hard look at whether can we keep doing this.”

And for the men and women who do the work, Tindall says this is huge.

“The big issue that we’re trying to highlight and tell is the farmworker’s story, the families, the workers, the labor on the farm, what they’re facing because a lot of these individuals, they want more work. They want the hours.”

Tindall says it’s one thing to hear all of this from the farmers or to hear it from him, but…

“It’s another thing for the farmworker who is sharing their story and how this is impacting them directly. That’s the story that needs to be heard.”

And for those who’ve never worked on or spent much time on a farm, Tindall says this is for them as well.

“The story that needs to be heard in the urban populations and, you know, the Seattle’s and Spokane’s of Washington, that’s the stories that need to be heard in the legislature and that our policymakers need to hear.”

To learn more, check out the Save Family Farming website at www.savefamilyfarming.org.