“No Simple Explanation for Such a Complex Phenomenon” This short documentary had it’s start when filmmaker Tony Macias began interning at SAF (Student Action with Farmworkers) in 1998. Retorno 360 tells the story of an Oaxacan migrant, Inocencio Melchor Hernandez and the family he left behind. Interview with filmmaker Tony Macias: AH: What compelled [...] Read more »
“Don’t Forget about Africa”
Collaboration to Advance African Agriculture and Fight Hunger Last week The Howard G. Buffett Foundation and the Norman Borlaug Institute at Texas A&M announced a new collaboration based in South Africa at the Ukulima Farm Research Center to advance African Agriculture and Fight Hunger. “It is my hope this collaboration will improve agricultural [...] Read more »
Thoughts of a Farmer
Video by: Lindsay Crisler Email: lcrisler@gmail.com From the filmmaker: Heinz Thomet owns and farms Next Step Produce with his wife Gabrielle and their three daughters in Newburg, Maryland. One of the only organic farmers in the region, Heinz’s operation is USDA certified organic selling locally and in Washington, D.C. at the DuPont Circle Farmers Market. [...] Read more »
Gas & Water
Video by: Tim Wimborne Chief Photographer, Australia and New Zealand Reuters News Read more »
Casual Country Charm
Video by: Megan Oriana Erskine From the filmmaker: Casual Country Charm is a “survey” piece meant to provide a short story on the agri-tourism development in a rural town in Michigan. With the decline of industry like tool and die, Baroda is turning to its agricultural heritage and America’s food reawakening to revive its downtown [...] Read more »
Small Farmers in Upper Egypt Cultivate Progress
We recently learned about a special horticulture program in Upper Egypt that helps small farmers and agricultural workers to work more efficiently and improve their business partnerships through the benefit of a program known as the MDG Achievement Fund. Visit www.mdgfund.org to learn more about the program. Here is an excerpt from that website describing [...] Read more »
Red Soil
Video by: José Maurício da Costa From the filmmaker: A short film showing through images the process of sugar cane extraction in the rural area of Brazil. The images was captured by Natalia Nunes and I next to her family small farm where we lived times ago. The infographics are illustrative and have only an [...] Read more »
Gemma: The Once and Future Cafe
Aspirations of a NYC Pastry Cook This video is a continuation on the account of “Gemma: In the Kitchen” recently given to Fortnight Journal. Hard working twenty-two year old Gemma Matsuyama shares with the viewer her warmhearted and delightful dream of the cafe in her mind that she hopes to create, own and operate one [...] Read more »
How Blueberries Got to England
I first met Jennifer Trehane of the Dorset Blueberry Company when she came to the Whitesbog Blueberry Festival in southern New Jersey in 2008. Whitesbog is the birthplace of what has become a global commercial blueberry industry. Dated March 1951, the letter seen below tells just part of the story about how commercial blueberry plants [...] Read more »
Throw To Grow Profile: Lan Thai
“Food is Medicine” Video by nathan m peracciny From the Throw To Grow Team: “Food is medicine.” Lan Thai Our next installment of the Throw To Grow Profile series, features Lan Thai, Chef & Founder of Happy’s Hawai’i. Happy’s Hawai’i combines innovation, a sense of community, with traditional Vietnamese cooking. All to create fresh and [...] Read more »
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