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Apricot Lane Farms
….and RAUL The mission of Apricot Lane Farms is to: produce nutrient dense foods using Biodynamic farming practices. In this video viewers meet Raul Rios. Video from the folks at Apricot Lane Farms Meet the crew: Raul Rios has lived on this farm for over 30 years and survived 3 different changes of land ownership. [...] Read more »
Vert: Social Enterprise Engineered From Bags
Dell Social Innovation Challenge Submission Vert is a project that was created as a submission for the Dell Social Innovation Challenge. It’s creators shared with us that their motivation for starting the project where not financial, that rather they hope to “contribute to the debate on agriculture, technology and food security” adding that it also [...] Read more »
Farm Trekking Adventures: Gredal Community
Madidi National Park, Bolivia The filmmakers behind the story are Lisette & Ryan Cheresson. For many months they have been traveling around, across and through Latin America on a mission to connect with the people they meet and to share their stories. Video by:Cheresson Docs From the filmmakers: “Tradition—not a revolution” German Soto talks about [...] Read more »
Documentary Trailer: ‘The Man Who Stopped The Desert’
Winner of 7 international film awards Trailer & film by: 1080 Films From the Mark Dodd, the filmmaker: Winner of 7 international film awards, The Man Who Stopped the Desert is a one hour feature doc telling the story of Yacouba Sawadogo, an African peasant farmer who has pioneered a technique that reverses the process [...] Read more »
The Four Distinct Pillars of Sustainable Food
Sustainable Food Systems, Part 2 In our previous conversation with John Turenne we learned he is nationally recognized for breaking new ground in the food industry. In this conversation with the inspired President and founder of Sustainable Food Systems, we learn how he got his start in creating his breakthrough company. AH:What did you do [...] Read more »
Ramps: A Rite of Springtime
How to Harvest Ramps Properly Spring to many means it is the time to find, seek and cook up ramps, and this video by Jim Gop explains how to harvest them correctly. Sometimes found in farmers markets, ramps are a type of wild onion, ramps actually belong to the lily family. To learm more about [...] Read more »
Avocado
How to Prepare an Avocado Video by: Dear Martini: The “what the heck is it?”, how-to, and why of using avocados in cooking. Dear Martini is comprised of two San Francisco Bay Area chefs that are looking to change the way home cooks learn techniques to become successful in their own kitchens. Visit their blog [...] Read more »
Growing Cities: “Urban Farming has a Lot of Potential”
Growing Cities is a documentary film that examines the role of urban farming in America and asks how much power it has to revitalize our cities and change the way we eat. Documenting Urban Farmers Across the Country When I first saw the trailer for the documentary, “Growing Cities“, I knew I wanted to know [...] Read more »
“What the heck is sustainable food?”
Sustainable Food Systems, Part 1 John Turenne first spoke those words a relatively few short years ago and is now a nationally recognized for breaking new ground in the food industry. Chef, President and founder of Sustainable Food Systems, LLC, John is now a leader in the national movement for healthy sustainable food systems. It [...] Read more »