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 »
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 »
Farmer Profile: Mohamed Rago
Somali Bantu Refugee Learns to Farm in Washington State Video by Kent Colony From the filmmaker: Mohamed Rago is a Somali Bantu refugee who arrived in the United States in February 2005 after fleeing a civil war. He began farming when he was eight years old and is now learning to adapt these skills in [...] Read more »
Farm Trekking Adventures: Colombian Coffee Growers
Sachamama Nature Reserve, Salento Colombia We are so pleased to bring this story about a dedicated family in Columbia who is growing coffee. They have embraced and adopted the ways of slow food and land reclamation and in the process, established their own way of growing and selling coffee. The filmmakers behind the story are [...] Read more »
How Aquaponics Works
Video by: CJ Sinner From the filmmaker: Jesse Meeder, the farm director at Buffalo-based Massachusetts Avenue Project, explains how the science behind aquaponics works. Read more »
Plant a Row
Donate Fruits and Vegetables you Grow to Local Food Banks Video by IcicleTV To learn more visit //http://icicle.tv/ From the Filmmakers: Did you know that you can donate the produce you grow and cannot use? Many of us have trees with fruit left to be picked at the end of the season, or more veggies [...] Read more »
Vietnam Rice Harvest ~ Pull & Spread
Tried and True Techniques of Vietnamese Rice Harvest Video & Music by Anthony Ranville From the filmmaker: Vietnamese rice production in the Mekong & Red River delta is important to the food supply and national economy. Vietnam is one of world’s richest agricultural regions and is the second-largest (after Thailand) exporter of rice. It is [...] Read more »
The Barn Quilt Project
An Introduction to the Quilt Covered Barns of Iowa Video by: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach The barn quilt project has been a boon for economic development and tourism. Grundy County has developed a map of all the county’s barn quilts. They have also created calendars and recipe books to sell to visitors. In [...] Read more »
The Sweet Life
Harvesting & Processing Vermont Maple Syrup Video by:Julian Rodier From the filmaker: The Locke Family Farm has been tapping maple trees for over 200 years. This video provides a glimpse into their lives today. Read more »