Welcome to the Crowdsourcing Mornings segment! Every weekday morning, Geek Alabama talks about and features one crowdsourcing project from crowdsourcing sites such as, Indiegogo, and others. The hope with Crowdsourcing Mornings is to feature and help a project be successful and reach its fundraising goal. Please enjoy today’s featured project!
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A documentary about Parkinson’s disease, pesticides, and the human price of a corporate cover-up. When filmmaker Sarah Teale’s husband Gordon was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, their lives changed in ways they never expected.
But soon Sarah began noticing something disturbing.
Dozens of their neighbors in their small upstate New York farming community were living with Parkinson’s too. Some had been diagnosed as young as their 40s.
What began as a personal search for answers soon uncovered a troubling possibility: that the pesticides used on the surrounding farmland may be contributing to a growing Parkinson’s crisis, and that the companies producing those chemicals may have known about the risks for decades.
Where the Sweet Birds Sang follows Sarah’s investigation as it moves from the cornfields of rural New York to scientific laboratories, regulatory agencies, and ultimately to the United Kingdom, where one of the world’s most controversial herbicides is manufactured.
What she uncovers raises urgent questions about public health, corporate responsibility, and the hidden costs of the chemicals used to grow our food.
As of June 2nd, this project has raised $19,100 of their $20,000 goal. This project has 1 days left to raise the $20,000 or it will not be funded. For a pledge of $25, you will get a social media shoutout. For a pledge of $50, you will get a link to the film. To learn more and to pledge money, go to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tealedocs/where-the-sweet-birds-sang?
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