Filmed in the beautiful hills of Appalachia, Network Theory explores the emerging local foods economy around Athens, Ohio. In a region all-too-familiar with the boom and bust cycles of an extractive economy that has left rural Appalachia one of the poorest regions in the country, the film features six agrarian entrepreneurs who leverage open, collaborative networks to create a more durable, community-based economy. The film travels across a web of inter-connected social enterprises, including restaurants, a community cannery, a farm, and an urban garden where visionary network weaver June Holley reveals that everything you need to know about cultivating a robust community can be learned in a garden.