Blogs We Like: Breaking Through Concrete
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 9:16AM 
The Southwest Tour rolled to a stop late last week, and while we're anchored in Chicago, editing the videos we filmed over the past month, I'd like to suggest another site to check out: Breaking Through Concrete.
The project is similar in many ways to OrganicNation.tv: The crew is currently taking a road trip across the country, shooting video and taking photos of farms along the way. There are a few wrinkles though. First, the vehicle is a short bus powered by diesel and veggie grease (pictured above), which looks really rad. Second, they focus mostly on urban farms (although they seem to be making a bunch of rural stops too).
Part of what makes this project great is the skill level of the team. Brothers David and Michael Hanson are at the core; David is a freelance journalist, and Michael is a magazine photographer. They got a contract to put together a book about urban farming, which will be made using material from the trip. The Hansons are joined by documentary filmmaker Charlie Hoxie.
The BTC boys are currently about halfway through a seven-week road trip. Follow them at Grist or on their own blog, and check out their first video dispatch (embedded below) that was put together by Michael Hanson:
-Mark