Video by The Christensen Fund. From the filmmakers: This video is about the Tesuque Seed Bank on Tesuque Pueblo, New Mexico. The seed bank is a storage facility for native varieties of seeds from the Americas and beyond. It is meant to protect the genetic diversity and biocultural heritage of indigenous peoples and to contribute [...] Read more »
Adopt a Cow
A project of Valsugana Tourism Produced by StoryTravelers: storytravelers.com Follow Story Travelers on twitter @storytravelers Edited and Filmed by Caspar Diederik About the project: With a small contribution you can “adopt” a cow and help the keep the cow happy throughout the summer. There’s a big chance you will learn something about cheesemaking, learn to [...] Read more »
Farm Trekking Adventures: Fish Catching & Tomato Growing
Inle Lake—Shan State, Myanmar The filmmakers behind the story are Lisette and Ryan Cheresson. They have been traveling around the world on a mission to connect with the people they meet and to share their stories. Farm Trekkers is documentary project to find stories about food being grown differently around the world, and the people [...] Read more »
Stories From The Field: Bangladesh
Rural Innovations, Food Security and Women’s Empowerment Video by: DEEDA PRODUCTIONS From the filmmakers: SFTF episode featuring Director of the Rural Development Academy RDA – Bogra, Bangladesh. AKM Zakaria discusses challenges for grassroots development programs and resource-poor farmers, while introducing a unique and sustainable seed selection method that empowers women and could impact global food [...] Read more »
Harvest in the Mid-West
Video by Dan West From the filmmaker: During the fall of 2012, I was able to spend a day out in the Minnesota countryside taking in the experience of harvest. Combines that drive themselves, tractors that have tracks–not wheels, and a crew of incredibly hard working people is what I found. A. West Equipment (Darwin, [...] Read more »
Golden Harvest 2
Video by: The Film Artist From the filmmaker: More than just a film, a musical tale of hope and the harsh reality of the weather, two years ago we made Golden Harvest , this year we made Golden Harvest Two. It took 8 months to capture and edit. I started filming GH2 at the beginning [...] Read more »
farmland birds
Video by: ThomF From the filmmaker: A short video of coastal farmland birds filmed in early summer. The video has several shots of male and female wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe) which were passing through on migration to their upland nesting grounds. Other bird species shown in the video include lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), skylark (Alauda arvensis) and [...] Read more »
Women Landowners
Land Management and Conservation Conversations Video by: Drake Agricultural Law Center About Drake: Founded in 1983, and directed by Neil Hamilton, the Center is internationally recognized for providing opportunities to study how the legal system shapes our food system and influences the ability of the agricultural sector to produce, market and utilize agricultural products. Read more »
Apricot Lane Farms
….and FLAVIO Video from Apricot Lane Farms From the filmmakers: The mission of Apricot Lane Farms is to produce nutrient dense foods using Biodynamic farming practices. In this video viewers meet Flavio. It took him 20 years to get back to the farm. Now that he’s here…. the animals won’t let him leave. Visit them [...] Read more »
Science Bulletins: Water Underground
Video by: American Museum of Natural History. Texas endured its driest year ever in 2011, and southern Alabama and Georgia have continued to suffer serious drought in 2012. Climate change is predicted to make drought more frequent in the southern United States, putting a strain on groundwater resources. This visualization reveals the freshwater stores that [...] Read more »