Jules Dervaes is the founder of Path to Freedom®, a family-operated urban homestead project established in 2001 to promote a simpler and more fulfilling lifestyle and to sow a "homegrown revolution" against the corporate powers that control the food supply.

Since the mid-1980s, Mr. Dervaes and his three adult children, Anaïs, Justin, and Jordanne, have steadily worked to transform their ordinary city lot in Pasadena, California, into a thriving organic garden that supplies them and their "citified" backyard farm animals with food year round.

These urban homesteading pioneers also run a successful business selling fresh produce to local restaurants. The income helps fund their purchases of solar panels, energy-efficient appliances, and a biodiesel processor to further decrease the homestead's reliance on Earth’s non-renewable resources.

Articles about Path to Freedom and the Dervaes family have appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). The family has been featured on ABC's Nightline and on CNN.

For more information, see www.PathtoFreedom.com.

Homegrown Revolution was a collaborative project done by Jules, Anais, Justin and Jordanne with each member taking part in the filming, editing and structure of the film.

INVITING THE DERVAES FAMILY

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The Dervaes Family can travel with informative exhibit(s) about their urban homestead and / or their projects and businesses: Freedom Gardens, Freedom Seeds (and the Free the Seeds Campaign), Peddler's Wagon.

Jules Dervaes is also available for keynote speaking engagements and workshops.