Bees & VCC = The greenest public structure in Vancouver Video by: Stefan Morel From the filmmaker: The Vancouver Convention Centre was minted as the city’s newest architectural wonder, at the opening of the 2010 Winter Olympics. The greenest public structure on Vancouver’s ever-rising urban skyline, the VCC was engineered with a host of sustainable [...] Read more »
In Depth Interview with Multi-Award-Winnng Director Mark Dodd
Mark Dodd is an award winning photographer-filmmaker who has worked world-wide for 20 years with the BBC. Visit his website at www.1080films.co.uk to view this and other projects AH:What is the film “The Man Who Stopped the Dessert” about? MD:The film is a documentary about Yacouba Sawadogo. He’s an illiterate African peasant farmer from Burkina [...] Read more »
Eat Better, Live Better
Video by: Molly Gard From the filmmaker: This documentary short investigates how purchasing a new home led one family to reinvent themselves as organic avocado farmers, creating a new sense of economic, social, and environmental sustainability. About Harvest, LLC shares stories about food and agriculture. Subscribe to receive stories about the science, history and relevance [...] Read more »
Delivering Personal Chefs to Your Home
A Conversation with Munchery Co-founder, Tri Tran: AH: Please tell me about Munchery.com and how long have you been in business? TT: Munchery started back in May, 2011 AH:Do you work directly with farmers? TT: We do not work directly with farmer’s per se, but our chefs definitely do all they can to utilize local [...] Read more »
Loyola University Tends Field with Horse Power
Video by: Jenny Kane From the filmmaker: Lane Linnenkohl of Equus Oaks Farms plows a quarter of an acre of land on Loyola University’s Ecology Campus in Woodstock with Percheron Draft horse power. The land will be used to plant organic wheat for the university. To view additional work from the filmmaker visit: jennykane.com About [...] Read more »
Life Sciences Film Festival
Call for Entry Details about the 2012 Festival: International Festival of Documentary Films on Natural and Agricultural Sciences and Sustainable Development, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, lsff.cz Life Sciences Film Festival Call for Entry: lsff.cz/en/akt/73 Our conversation with the LSFF Program Director, Štěpán Alexander: AH:How did the get it’s start? SA: The idea to [...] Read more »
All in the Family – Working 2012
Family Farming for Five Generations Video by: Nick McNaughton From the filmmaker: Abbott Farm has been in the Abbott Family since the Civil War. The farm has seen quite a few changes over the years, and is in the midst of completing the latest change that includes a little bit of Agro-entertainment. But one question [...] Read more »
Therlfall Goat Dairy
From Alan Wong Farmer’s Dinner Series Chef Alan Wong is a man that categorically embraces the activites of farmers and enlists them to share stories of agriculture. He started The Farmers Series Dinner in his Honolulu restaurant for the “Chance to bring the farmer into the restaurant so the customers could get to meet them, [...] Read more »
Bee Well
Beekeeping Advocate Shares Her Story Video by: Kirby Engelman From the filmmaker: Honeybees are very misunderstood. Commonly feared for what is simply their self defense against giant flailing arms, they are actually extremely calming creatures that create something so miraculous and delicious. These passionate workers are disappearing everyday, a heartbreaking fact called Colony Collapse Disorder. [...] Read more »
The Bucket Mystery Solved
Farming Artifact Explained Video by: Rick Gibb and Jim Hawkins From the filmmakers: Sean Quinn, curator of the Moynalty Steam Threshing Museum explains the practical use of this bucket. About Harvest, LLC shares stories about food and agriculture. Subscribe to receive stories about the science, history and relevance of agricultural crops grown and harvested around [...] Read more »