Sara Schlosser - To Life! A Celebration of Vermont Jewish Women

About this film

Sara’s parents grew up in the Bronx, New York. After they were married and started a family they moved to Ridgewood, New Jersey where Sara was born in 1964.The family belonged to the Glen Rock Jewish Community Center where she attended Hebrew school and her sister was Bat Mitzvahed. After watching a PBS special about Jewish immigration from eastern European communities at the turn of the century, Sarah was excited to learn about her own heritage. Her mother’s family came from Hungary and her father’s from Poland. As a teenager Sarah decided to become a vegetarian in order to eat healthier. From her days as a boarding student at Stowe Prep School in Vermont until she returned here after college, Sara’s interest in growing her own food developed. She met Robert Schlosser, also a farmer growing meat and vegetables nearby. The two worked together, joined their gardens and eventually became man and wife. In the mid-90’s, they learned about about CSA (a community supported agricultural movement based on subscription farming). Sara said, “Until then, we had been growing food for family and friends and flowers for market. We started growing fewer flowers and increased our produce productio…

Directors & creators

DAVAR: The Vermont Jewish Women's History Project

Subjects

Vermont, Jewish women, vegetarian, farmer, sports, community building

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