The Real Dirt on Farmer John is a character study/ docudrama depicting a 55 year span in the life of John Peterson and his rural Illinois family farm. Through the power of personal acceptance, and the melding of tradition and activism, John reinvents the family farm as a chemical-free, consumer-involved paean to food and all its rich sensual delight. Filmmaker Taggart Siegel, in documenting John Peterson’s struggles, bears witness to the vivid conflicts inherent in a man whose love for the land and his family’s farming heritage coexists with artistic sensibilities and the self-reflection of a gifted writer.

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