The Hands That Feed Us

This screening took place on Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 8:00 pmYukon Theatre

What it takes to be a farmer, or why you can’t be one.

Filmmaker Devon Cooke sets out to find out why his dream of becoming a farmer seems so impossible. He lives and works on farms across Canada, discovering how farmers survive and healing his broken heart.

He rediscovers a rural way of life that is defies his expectations of a nine-to-five in the city. He is forced to rethink the idea that being wealthy means earning a lot of money. Farmers love their way of life. But does that make it okay that most farmers work off-farm jobs to afford to stay on the land? Can our farmers afford to feed us? That way of life is threatened by the enormous cost of farmland — far more than farmers can earn. But the successful farmers make farming their life’s work and focus less on the finances.

Filmmaker Devon Cooke in attendance.