The changes over the last 50 years, in the way our farms are run, are enormous. Retired farmers from the village of Seim and Guddal tell stories on film, of the day they got a tractor and how overnight the old horse suddenly was superfluous, about how they quitted fruit and vegetable production because it was cheaper buying it in the shop, and how the development has been up to today when there are few farmers, but who all produce big scale.

In a 35 min documentary made by Seimsfoss Grendalag in collaboration with film maker Merethe Offerdal Tveit,  people from the farms of Seim, Seglem, Skeie, Guddal and Naterstad are interviewed and tell stories about the giant change in farming that they have witnessed during their life time. They also tell the story of the generations before them and what is typical for the culture and history of their family farm. Through interviews with todays young farmers in the valley and questions about how they see the future, we also get an image of how the field of farming can keep on developing. In the film project we will collect and use old photographs and old film that illustrates the stories from the different farms.

The change in the field of farming is a change we share with many countries in Europe. Still it is fascinating to see many countries still having the same tools and methods we used in Norway 50 years ago. What are the key elements in the development in farming the last years and how has it affected the life of a farmer? These questions concern the whole of Europe and we can understand our own history better through hearing stories from our neighbour countries.