Announcing The Trembling Earth: A Documentary Film from The Farm at Okefenokee

We’re proud to share the first look at an upcoming documentary film rooted right here at The Farm at Okefenokee.

Titled The Trembling Earth, the film tells a story that feels both deeply personal and urgently relevant: the story of a broken food system—and a place where something better is being rebuilt.

For decades, ultra-processed foods, chemical agriculture, and industrial supply chains have distanced people from the land and from their health. Soil has been depleted. Waterways polluted. Communities disconnected from the origins of their food. The consequences are no longer abstract—they’re showing up in rising chronic disease, environmental damage, and a growing sense that something fundamental has been lost.

Set on our 1,000-acre regenerative farm at the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp—one of the largest intact wetlands in North America—The Trembling Earth explores what happens when farmers, scientists, and neighbors choose a different path. Here, old knowledge is being reclaimed: integrating animals into farming systems, rotating crops to restore soil health, and raising heirloom and heritage breeds in harmony with nature.

This is not just a film about agriculture. It’s a film about community.

At the Farm, people are slowing down, reconnecting with the land, and with one another—growing real food without pesticides, harvesting from healthy soil, and building a way of life designed to sustain future generations, not just today’s demands.

This work draws from the history and resilience of the people who homesteaded the Okefenokee—those who built their lives through careful stewardship and an intimate understanding of this land.

Filmmaker Ellyne Lonergan captures that spirit at the heart of the project:

“We're telling a story about what's possible when we work with the land instead of against it. This farm sits at the edge of the Okefenokee, where generations of people have made their lives from this soil, and that history runs through everything we're documenting. The Farm isn't just growing food—it's growing community, restoring ecosystems, and showing us a different path forward. I hope this film helps people see that the way we eat and the way we care for the earth are deeply connected, and that reconnecting with both is something we can all be part of.”

At its core, The Trembling Earth asks a simple but powerful question: What kind of food system are we willing to accept—and what are we willing to change?

The truth is, the system we live with will continue exactly as it is until we demand something better. This film documents a place where that demand has already turned into action—and where the journey toward a healthier, more resilient future is well underway.

We’ve created a dedicated page on our website where you can watch the official trailers, follow updates on the film’s progress, and learn more as the story unfolds.

👉 Visit the film page to watch the trailer and stay connected:

We’re honored to share this story, and we hope it inspires conversation, curiosity, and a renewed connection to the land that sustains us all.

The journey has already begun.