Truck Farms

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"film makers Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis (of "King Corn" fame) are in the editing room, finishing up their latest documentary about their adventures as pickup truck farmers (more on that in a minute) and other urban farms taking root in the Big Apple. Think: a self-sustaining Staten Island barge, a 6,000-square-foot market roof garden and window farms created by two Manhattan artists. With 7 million new gardens planted in the last year, now is clearly the time to be talking about why our cities need more farms, gardens, and green spaces. I caught up with film maker/truck farmer Ian Cheney to get the scoop. ..." (http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/its-a-truck-its-a-farm-and-now-its-going-to-be-a-movie.html)