About Harvest » agribusiness http://aboutharvest.com A for profit social enterprise, all about food Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:55:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Red Soil http://aboutharvest.com/2012/01/red-soil-short-film-showing-process-of-sugar-cane-extraction/ http://aboutharvest.com/2012/01/red-soil-short-film-showing-process-of-sugar-cane-extraction/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:16:59 +0000 admin http://aboutharvest.com/?p=2971

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 aesthetic function. The music, inspired by a theme of “There Will Be Blood” soundtrack, is a composition of 5 lines, each one with a little variation on its beats per minute.

]]> http://aboutharvest.com/2012/01/red-soil-short-film-showing-process-of-sugar-cane-extraction/feed/ 0 How Blueberries Got to England http://aboutharvest.com/2012/01/how-blueberries-got-to-england/ http://aboutharvest.com/2012/01/how-blueberries-got-to-england/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:20:02 +0000 admin http://aboutharvest.com/?p=2931

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 traveled first from southern New Jersey on the Queen Mary to England for the first time. The young plants were then picked up from the South Hampton docks by Jennifer at the request of her father and so began her spirited life as a blueberry grower and educator.

Jennifer Trehane and her son David


A true blueberry specialist in every sense of the word, in this podcast Jennifer Trehane shares the genuinely charming story of exactly how blueberries first arrived and then stayed in England more than 60 years ago.

]]> http://aboutharvest.com/2012/01/how-blueberries-got-to-england/feed/ 0 Lely Astronaut A4: A Better Balance http://aboutharvest.com/2012/01/lely-astronaut-a4-a-better-balance/ http://aboutharvest.com/2012/01/lely-astronaut-a4-a-better-balance/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:08:46 +0000 admin http://aboutharvest.com/?p=2854

Copyright 2012, Studio Scherp & Bewogen | Bram van Risp Fotografie.
For more information about us please visit scherp-bewogen.nl

From Studio Scherp & Bewogen:

A short documentary about the changes that robotic milking can bring to a farm and family life.

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This inspired video from preventionspeaks shares the story of what happens to the less-than-pretty vegetables that don’t make it to the farmers market. By re-purposing those vegetables, farmers have been able to effectively use and sell more from their fields.

Video by: Preventionspeaks

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Video by: John Sharp

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Video by: Nebraska Entrepreneur

]]> http://aboutharvest.com/2011/10/agriculture-innovation-mark-gustafson/feed/ 0 The Second Solution: Agriculture’s Role http://aboutharvest.com/2011/09/the-second-solution-agricultures-role/ http://aboutharvest.com/2011/09/the-second-solution-agricultures-role/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:19:29 +0000 admin http://aboutharvest.com/?p=1935

Video by: Climate Solutions

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From the filmmaker:

This is the first of two stories I am putting together for Farm Credit of Southern Colorado. Gail Allen talks about how Farm Credit has played a crucial role in his farming and ranching since the 80′s.

Video by: Andy Mitchell

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When the passion of a farmer meets the passion of a filmmaker…

Alan, a young italian farmer, who loves his job, has always dreamed of working with heavy machinery on big fields. One day he decides to fulfill his dream and finds the cotton in Australia.

Video by: Vitùc
Music by: Kevin MacLeod

]]> http://aboutharvest.com/2011/08/cotton-adventure/feed/ 0 A Man Of The Soil http://aboutharvest.com/2011/08/a-man-of-the-soil/ http://aboutharvest.com/2011/08/a-man-of-the-soil/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:56:32 +0000 admin http://aboutharvest.com/?p=1792

This film depicts the passing of history. The legacy of the pioneer farmers, the men of the soil – time is catching up with them also. They are the last of this generation.

The barns depicted here, were built over 100 years ago from the surrounding forests, hand hewn, a piece of working art, never to be replaced.

Film by: Mark Brennan

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