THE NEED TO GROW

Synopsis

With only 60 years of farmable soil left on Earth, “The Need To Grow” offers an intimate look into the hearts of activists and innovators in the food movement: an 8-year-old girl challenges the ethics of a beloved organization; a renegade farmer struggles to keep his land as he revolutionizes resource efficient agriculture; and an accomplished visionary inventor faces catastrophe in the midst of developing a game-changing technology.

Director Biography

Rob Herring is a graduate of NYU where he received the Drama Award for Film & TV. He Co-Directed the award-winning comedy Nothing In Los Angeles, and produced The Relationtrip (SXSW, Grand Jury Prize - Dallas International).

Ryan Wirick is an award-winning writer and journalist, as well as a cinematographer and editor. He graduated from Chapman University with two Masters Degrees, where he received the William James Award and the John Fowles Award.