'The Need to GROW' is a documentary that powerfully explores the urgent problem of living on a planet that has only an estimated 60 years left of farmable soil-- and the creative and courageous ways in which different individuals are responding to that challenge. The film highlights the stories of three main characters --  Alicia Serratos, an 8-year-old Girl Scout; Erik Cutter, a regenerative urban farmer; and Michael Smith an inventor. Serratos spearheads a petition for non-GMO Girl Scout cookies; Cutter aims to cultivate food in a resource-efficient manner; and Smith's Green Power House invention serves as 'a closed-loop energy generator that sequesters carbon, grows algae, and produces a nutrient-rich, organic soil vitalizer.' Check out the trailer below.

For a limited time the filmmakers are making the whole film viewable in its entirety at no charge here.