Video by: Adam Kaufman From the filmaker: A short documentary about a working farm on Long Island, NY for adults with autism and other developmental disabilities. This piece was produced for AOL Huffington Post Media Group in 2011. For more info visti SutainAbility Farm website: sustainabilityservicesinc.org If people are interested in volunteering they can contact [...] Read more »
Noodles
How to Make Basic Japanese Noodles Video by: giraffepoison.com Visit her cooking and baking blog here: asweetroad.com From the filmmaker: This was my first making these specific noodles – I do not claim them to be completely authentic Japanese noodles (though they were delicious) Music by Atlas Sound. Read more »
Finding the Farmers: Villa de Leyva
Discovering Food and Farming Stories by Trekking the Globe We are very excited to share this first video installment of an ongoing series from Ryan & Lisette Cheresson. They will be traveling to many countries in the coming year to uncover stories about food and agriculture and will share many of them here at About [...] Read more »
History of Mumford Farms
Six Generations of Farming Mumford’s Located in Indiana, Mumford Farms has been in Anna’s family for six generations. She recently completed a film project documenting the story about her family’s corn and soybeans farm and spoke with us about her film titled: Mumford Farms. AH: What are your motivations behind the Mumford Farms project? AM: [...] Read more »
Dr. Patrick Webb: Addressing World Hunger
Last week, while attending the Economist Conference titled: Feeding the World in Geneva Switzerland, Dr Patrick Webb, Academic Dean at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University kindly took time to speak with us for a podcast interview. Listen here: Read more »
Borlaug Institute: “We’ve got an enormous job to do…”
In this podcast we talk with Borlaug Institute Director, Dr. Edwin Price about the recently formed partnership between the Howard G Buffet Foundation and the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture. Borlaug Institute: Helping Small Farmers Secure Access to Land The purpose of the partnership is to promote African agricultural research, extension and education and [...] Read more »
Using Ingenuity & Internet to Stay on the Farm
Video by: Making Connections News From the filmmakers: A portrait of Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton, farmers in Scott County, Virginia, who have used the Internet to create a thriving market for their invention, the Avian Aqua Miser. This innovative device provides a steady source of water to chickens without creating an unsanitary mess. Their [...] Read more »
Retorno 360
“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 »
Gas & Water
Video by: Tim Wimborne Chief Photographer, Australia and New Zealand Reuters News Read more »
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