#organic-farming

#organic-farming

Step into the sprawling Halal Pastures stand on the primo northern end of Union Square on a Wednesday and it's like stepping into a whole different Greenmarket. Colorful signs over heaped-high greens and herbs and squash and peppers spell out names, flavors, uses, and prices. Hindi pop or Egyptian oud will be playing over the speakers. The farmers and vendors are wearing kufis and hijabs, winding up and down the aisles to offer samples.

This perky British kids' movie lists five different people in the writing credits (two of whom chipped in with additional material); this may explain in part why its story beats arrive with such metronomic precision, and the characters feel as if they were grown hydroponically in a lab. Which is of course ironic because the setting is a family-run farm where agronomist-owner Dinah (Golda Rosheuvel) decides to go organic after being inspired by her magical niece Charlie (Priya-Rose Brookwell, adorable)