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Home Grown Heroes

Dec 15, 2017

Lidia honors veterans who return to farming, embracing new lives as caretakers, feeding themselves and others.

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Homegrown Heroes

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Across America, veterans are quietly returning to the land, digging in, and creating new lives as farmers and caretakers, feeding themselves and others. In Lidia Celebrates America: Homegrown Heroes, Lidia pays homage to the men and women of our military and all they’ve sacrificed for this country. 

Watch a preview for Lidia Celebrates America: Homegrown Heroes, which premiered December 2017, on PBS.

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The film focuses on our veterans' return home and their transitions to farming. Lidia is a firm believer that food feeds our souls: "Food is the single great unifier across all cultures. The table offers a sanctuary and a place to come together for unity and understanding."

"Freedom doesn’t come by itself or stay by itself; it’s guarded. And it’s guarded by the veterans that are willing to give their life... to protect that freedom. For me that’s a great gift." ~ Lidia Bastianich

The Farmer Veteran Coalition

The Farmer Veteran Coalition is a group that helps veterans transition to farming.

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