Sustaination Sustaination is a UK based start-up with some very big ideas on how to simplify food distribution. View the video below to learn all about this unique business proposition. “Business supply 99.9% of what we eat. The easier it is for them to find and buy local, the easier it is for us to [...] Read more »
SustainAbility Farm
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 »
All for the Love of Chocolate
Joan Coukos is a Chocolatier & CEO of CHOCOLAT MODERNE. She graduated magna cum laude from Duke University with a degree in French and Russian, and received an MBA from UNC Chapel Hill before entering the New York banking scene. Her extensive career included six years in Moscow during the rough and tumble days of [...] 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 »
Two of Us
“A Saturday in the life of Mr & Mrs Keskar” A captivating short documentary by Akhil Khandeparkar. Follow the once-weekly journey of Mr. & Mrs. Keskar to take their produce to the “Loni madai”, a market that has been around since 1968. 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 »
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