Farmsteaders follows Nick and Celeste Nolan and their young family on a journey to resurrect Nick's grandfather's dairy farm as agriculture moves toward large-scale farming.

The Nolans are fighting to keep this homeland from "drying up and blowing away," something that has happened to about 4.7 million farms in the U.S. as the pressures of corporate-driven food have left deep scars in the region.

Director Shaena Mallet points an honest and tender lens at the beauty and hardship of everyday life on a family farm, as the Nolans work to balance their fears and hopes with so much at stake.

For the Nolans, only three things remain certain: family is everything, nothing ever stays the same, and the land holds it all together.

52 total minutes.

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"This should be viewed in every urban and suburban community to build more support and understanding. In a period of stark urban vs. rural divides on so many issues we should all agree: farmers like the Nolans are true American heroes." Michael Hamm, C.S. Mott Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, Senior Fellow, Center for Regional Food Systems, Michigan State University