Farming can be one of the most stressful professions one can have.

The documentary Greener Pastures captures the day-to-day lives of four small, Midwestern, multigenerational family farms over the course of three years.

Filmmaker Sam Mirpoorian talks about the film, which is the guest feature at the 2024 Heartland Hawk Film Festival.

Mirpoorian says he was prompted to make the documentary when he learned a shocking statistic about farmers and suicide.

View the transcript here.