Doug Fine’s feature documentary AMERICAN HEMP FARMER premieres at the 24th Annual Santa Fe Film Festival on April 25, 2024.

AMERICAN HEMP FARMER World Premiere
Thursday, April 25, 8 p.m.
24th Annual Santa Fe Film Festival
Tickets at: https://addmi.com/e/american-hemp-farmer-NuH5_GwMCZcA8zWLkOX

Premiering at the Rolling Still Picture House, part of Santa Fe’s historic Jean Cocteau Cinema (and owned by none other than George R.R. Martin). Q and A to follow film. Advance ticket purchase suggested.
This film asks, “Who Says Saving the World Can’t Be a Blast?” 

After a wildfire nearly turns his family (and goats) into refugees on their remote New Mexico ranch, former suburbanite Doug Fine sets out to discover food security around the world via hemp and other crops.

Host Fine Fine follows three farming families for a year as they attempt to grow a healthy crop and business while fighting climate change. Who says saving the world can't be a blast?

There's one thing that every human being on this planet shares: the need for a habitable planet. Suburbanite-turned-hemp-farmer-and-goat-herder Doug Fine learns from the world’s oldest hemp farmer and them teaches newlyweds how to become a digital age farmer.

In between, he travels from Native American tribal lands to George Washington’s Mount Vernon and back home to his Funky Butte Ranch in New Mexico, sharing his hard-won regenerative hemp farming expertise with his family and the world.

After a bear fleeing a massive wildfire killed his goats and put his family in danger, Fine says, "I'm telling these stories because the well-being of your family and mine might depend on it.”

This wild, funny film is about food security, family wellness and having fun along the way. In fact, Fine says, “becoming a regenerative farmer or supporting them in your community is the most fun you can have outside the bedroom.”

AMERICAN HEMP FARMER page at the Santa Fe Film Festival: https://santafefilmfestival.com/index/film/american-hemp-farmer-with-doug-fine/

Film Premieres April 25. Doug Fine’s feature documentary AMERICAN HEMP FARMER premieres at the 24th Annual Santa Fe Film Festival on April 25. 2024.

AMERICAN HEMP FARMER World Premiere
Thursday, April 25, 8 p.m.
24th Annual Santa Fe Film Festival
Tickets at: https://addmi.com/e/american-hemp-farmer-NuH5_GwMCZcA8zWLkOX  

Premiering at the Rolling Still Picture House, part of Santa Fe’s historic Jean Cocteau Cinema (and owned by none other than George R.R. Martin). Q and A to follow film. Advance ticket purchase suggested.
https://addmi.com/e/american-hemp-farmer-NuH5_GwMCZcA8zWLkOX
This film asks, “Who Says Saving the World Can’t Be a Blast?” 

For the third year in a row, you voted for Doug Fine’s session at the renowned SXSW Festival in Austin, TX. This year Doug’s topic is: “Grow Soil or Die: How All Earth’s Farming Can Go Regenerative.”

Mar 9, 2024
10:00am – 11:00am CT JW Mariott
https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/events/PP137464

And Doug’s Austin book signing time (for AMERICAN HEMP FARMER and HEMP BOUND: will be Monday March 11, 12:15 PM - Location: SXSW Bookstore, Austin Convention Center, Room 10C.

See ya in Austin!

Thanks so much to everyone who voted for it and helped make it happen! In the talk, Doug offers a three-step plan by which any of us can be a part of stabilizing extreme climate while growing superfood. As readers of Doug;’s book AMERICAN HEMP FARMER will know, he’s attempting a regenerative life in part because a bear, fleeing another —ho hum— millennial wildfire, attacked and killed most of his goats one June morning. The bliss of such a life, Doug writes, is a pleasant side-effect. His job is building soil, raising a family, writing books, making television, giving rollicking talks and having a good time along the way. His online hemp course (which can be taken from anywhere at your own pace), his books and event booking contact are at https://DougFine.com  See y’all in Austin in March at the incomparable SXSW.

Doug Fine is very pleased to join his colleagues at Think Regeneration for a farmer leadership program on December 12 in Greeley, Colorado. All are welcome to join fellow organic, interested-in-organic and regenerative-minded farmers in a full day of motivational and educational discussions on topics like how to transition to organic and techniques for implementing market friendly regenerative strategies. Doug will also be delivering a fun talk about his adventures in regenerative polyculture farming. Registration is at: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/topp23 As Doug writes in AMERICAN HEMP FARMER, Whether we realize it or not, we all work for plants, fungi and other unnamed kingdoms, invisible to us but as important to our families’ food as our seeds and the sun. That is a key part of the regenerative polyculture brand. You can find Doug’s books and book him for speaking and advising via the contact link at https://DougFine.com There you will also find links to his ongoing online hemp course that you can join at any time from anywhere.

Just n time for planting season, Doug Fine will be delivering a rollicking talk and Q and A on June 8, 2023 about regenerative hemp, farmer entrepreneurialism, personal food security, and what everyone can do to mitigate extreme climate. Doug enjoys collaborating with the good folks at New Mexico State University, as researchers there have used his genetics to show that hemp cleans soil. Registration for the event: https:/rsvp.nmsu.edu/rsvp/specialtycrop Folks can also sign up for Doug’s ongoing online hemp course and book Doug for an event, at DougFine.com

Doug Fine, @OrganicCowboy on Instagram and Twitter, is the Rise & Vibes Music Festival Emcee Friday, May 19, 2023. Based right here in New Mexico, Doug is a world-renowned leader in regenerative living, and he’s the bestselling author of Farewell, My Subaru, Too High to Fail and Hemp Bound — Willie Nelson calls Doug’s work “A blueprint for the America of the future. And still he’s constantly outsmarted by his goats. Most of all Doug loves reggae and will be our entertaining master of ceremonies all day and night Friday, introducing some of his (and our) favorite acts. Visit him at DougFine.com Tickets for the fun at https://riseandvibes.com

In Doug’s Words: I am thrilled to be emceeing the Rise & Vibes Music Festival — a gorgeous and remote riverside spot where humans have lived and danced for at least 12,000 years. In addition to dropping my regenerative goat ranching comedy (you’ll coming away learning how to personally help stabilize climate), I get to introduce some of my favorite acts in the world. You can book me to speak or host your event, bring me on for regenerative advising and find my books, ebooks and registration for my online hemp course, all at DougFine.com

Doug Fine will be presenting his keynote titled, “What Anyone Can Do to Stabilize Climate-Plant Hemp” at the Climate Change Track of SXSW in Austin, Texas on March 16, 2022 at 2:30 p.m. (Hilton Salon F).

We’re all excited that that the SXSW folks have scheduled Doug’s talk in the Climate Change track — clearly the awareness is rising that sequestering carbon via regenerative farming is a topic whose audience goes far beyond fans of one plant, crucial though it is.

Here’s how Doug puts it in AMERICAN HEMP FARMER: "A growing body of research suggests that each cubic inch of topsoil we restore of the world’s farmland sequesters up to three billion tons of carbon annually. And hemp’s substantial taproots are absolutely stunning at creating the conditions that allow for the building of topsoil. We’re all wise to root for an industry that helps with climate stabilization. If the regenerative farming mode catches on, farmers might even sequester sufficient carbon to buy us humans a crucial century to get our underlying infrastructural cards in order—the goal being to thrive, rather than panic, as we glide into the post-petroleum future.” Building soil is one of my key tasks in this life. And recovery happens.”

Info on Doug’s SXSW session: https://schedule.sxsw.com/2022/events/PP119236

About Doug Fine

Doug Fine is a comedic investigative journalist, bestselling author, and solar-powered goat herder. His latest book, American Hemp Farmer, was nominated for the Santa Fe Reporter’s 2021 Book of the Year award, and helped announce the arrival of the regenerative farming renaissance. His focus for the past 15 years has been regenerative living for regular folks, beginning with his Boston Globe bestseller Farewell, My Subaru. Most recently, Doug has cultivated hemp food for farm-to-table products and seed-building in six U.S. states, and his own hemp seeds have been used to clean soil in a New Mexico university study. In addition to American Hemp Farmer and Farewell, My Subaru, his books include Too High to Fail and Hemp Bound. Willie Nelson calls Doug’s work “a blueprint for the America of the future.” The Washington Post says, “Fine is a storyteller in the mold of Douglas Adams.” A website of Doug’s books and audiobooks, and print, radio and television work, United Nations testimony, Conan and Tonight Show appearances, TED Talk and online regenerative hemp course is at dougfine.com -- His global work from Rwanda, Guatemala and Alaska has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, Wired, Esquire and the Los Angeles Times, and before his television and book career, he was a long-time correspondent for the US National Public Radio network from five continents. Twitter and Instagram: @organiccowboy

There’s nothing like a Doug Fine event live from a hemp field — and the good folks at Florida-based incubator/accelerator Cannabiziac are bringing Doug back as a Book of the Month speaker on January 26 at 6 p.m. ET. Doug will weave the stories from the field that have earned AMERICAN HEMP FARMER a nomination as the Santa Fe Reporter Book of the Year — from bear attacks to soil microbes, regenerative marketing to superfood feast recipes, Doug’s live events are unforgettable. Register for the event at: https://cannabiziac.com/events/

And this is a perfect opportunity to sync with Doug’s regenerative hemp live course. You can register for the online course from anywhere in the world and take it at your own pace at: https://learn.acresusa.com/courses/doug-fine-hemp-course-2020?ref=811aeb And when you’ve completed the course, you get a hemp printed certificate. Plus, you’ll be ready to join the regenerative hemp movement in the ground and in the marketplace.

Join bestselling author, regenerative hemp farmer and goat herder Doug Fine at the Northeast Organic Farmers Association (NY) Winter Convention on January 21. Doug’s keynote is from 10:00-11:15 a.m. ET.
With the release of AMERICAN HEMP FARMER, Doug’s humorous and practical guide o joining the worldwide regenerative hemp farming renaissance, farmer/entrepreneurs are eager to hear how independent farming can once again be a lucrative and climate-mitigating profession in the digital age.

Conference registration is at https://nofany.org/conference/workshops/

And this is a perfect opportunity to sync with Doug’s regenerative hemp live course. You can register for the online course from anywhere in the world and take it at your own pace at: https://learn.acresusa.com/courses/doug-fine-hemp-course-2020?ref=811aeb And when you’ve completed the course, you get a hemp printed certificate. Plus, you’ll be ready to join the regenerative hemp movement in the ground and in the marketplace, whether you’re a home gardener or regenerative entrepreneur.

Connect in real time with Doug Fine and dozens of hemp industry leaders, advocates, and farmer/entrepreneurs at Hemp OpenSpace on Wednesday, January 19. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET. https://www.hempopenspace.com/doug-fine-profile

Hemp OpenSpace is an online, participant-driven networking event that empowers attendees to connect with fellow hemp enthusiasts in a casual environment, share tips learned from experience, and tackle common challenges together. Fine will be joined by Eric Steenstra of Vote Hemp, Jamie Campbell Petty of Midwest Hemp Council, and Patrick Goggin of California Hemp Council.

Registration ($39/person) is open at https://www.hempopenspace.com/

Join Doug Fine in Pennsylvania or virtually as he delivers his keynote entitled, “Rebirth of the Regenerative Hemp Farmer/Entrepreneur” at the Pasa Sustainable Agriculture Conference on January 13 at 3 p.m. ET. Doug will weave the stories from the field that have earned AMERICAN HEMP FARMER a nomination as the Santa Fe Reporter Book of the Year — from bear attacks to soil microbes, regenerative marketing to superfood feast recipes, Doug’s live events are unforgettable. Register for the event at: https://web.cvent.com/event/495529cf-5f11-41ed-9a1d-c9e55d151c6a/websitePage:4a9f1ae7-fd5e-40ea-a47b-8748de11f650?RefId=homehttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.dougfine.com

And this is a perfect opportunity to sync with Doug’s regenerative hemp live course. You can register for the online course from anywhere in the world and take it at your own pace at: https://learn.acresusa.com/courses/doug-fine-hemp-course-2020?ref=811aeb And when you’ve completed the course, you get a hemp printed certificate. Plus, you’ll be ready to join the regenerative hemp movement in the ground and in the marketplace.

Join bestselling author, regenerative hemp farmer and goat herder Doug Fine at the Acres USA 50th Anniversary Eco-Ag Conference December 6-9 at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center and nearby Cincinnati, Ohio. Conference ticket and lodging info is at https://ecoag.acresusa.com/program/#speakers and Doug’s keynote is from 10:30-11:30 a.m. ET. on December 8, and it will be aired nationally on C-Span shortly thereafter.

With the release of AMERICAN HEMP FARMER, Doug’s humorous and practical guide to joining the worldwide regenerative hemp farming renaissance, farmer/entrepreneurs are eager to hear how independent farming can once again be a lucrative and climate-mitigating profession in the digital age.

And this is a perfect opportunity for in person education in sync with Doug’s regenerative hemp course, also managed by the wonderful folks at Aces USA.. You can register for the online course from anywhere in the world and take it at your own pace at: https://learn.acresusa.com/courses/doug-fine-hemp-course-2020?ref=811aeb And when you’ve completed the course, you get a hemp printed certificate. Plus, you’ll be ready to join the regenerative hemp movement in the ground and in the marketplace, whether you’re a home gardener or regenerative entrepreneur.

The Hawaii Farmer’s Union annual convention is simply one of the best practical regenerative farming events in the world. This year Doug (a proud National Farmers Union member) returns for the fifth time to moderate a virtual panel that will discuss all things regenerative hemp, The 90 minute panel begins at 6:00 p.m. Hawaii time on November 30 so please adjust for your time zone. Registration for the full convention is at: https://hfuuhi.org/

This is a perfect opportunity to sync with Doug’s regenerative hemp live course. You can register for the online course from anywhere in the world and take it at your own pace at: https://learn.acresusa.com/courses/doug-fine-hemp-course-2020?ref=811aeb And when you’ve completed the course, you get a hemp printed certificate. Plus, you’ll be ready to join the regenerative hemp movement in the ground and in the marketplace, whether you’re a home gardener or regenerative entrepreneur.

Doug Fine has been asked to deliver a guest lecture at the Western Michigan University Cooley Law School at 5 p.m. Mountain Time (please adjust for your time zone).

Doug will speak about all sides of the cannabis/hemp plant, with a focus on regenerative and civil liberties.

Each winter the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York hosts a fantastic winter conference and in January of 2021 it’s virtual, so you can join from anywhere. Doug’s keynote topic is “This Time the Farmer’s Are in Charge: Rebirth of the Regenerative Hemp Farmer/Entrepreneur.” Registration is at https://nofany.org/2021-winter-conference/ and stay tuned both here at DOUGFINE.com and at the event link for Doug’s keynote time — coming soon.

Join Doug Fine at the Winter Hemp Summit, January 14, 2021. DougFine.com

The Winter Hemp Summit is virtual in 2021, so join from anywhere on January 14. Doug will moderate a panel called, “Genetic Development - What’s on the horizon?” Tickets at https://www.nocohempexpo.com/experience-hemp/ Stay tuned for panel time.