Call for Entry Details about the 2012 Festival: International Festival of Documentary Films on Natural and Agricultural Sciences and Sustainable Development, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, lsff.cz Life Sciences Film Festival Call for Entry: lsff.cz/en/akt/73 Our conversation with the LSFF Program Director, Štěpán Alexander: AH:How did the get it’s start? SA: The idea to [...] Read more »
The Bucket Mystery Solved
Farming Artifact Explained Video by: Rick Gibb and Jim Hawkins From the filmmakers: Sean Quinn, curator of the Moynalty Steam Threshing Museum explains the practical use of this bucket. About Harvest, LLC shares stories about food and agriculture. Subscribe to receive stories about the science, history and relevance of agricultural crops grown and harvested around [...] Read more »
We Farm
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Farm Trekking Adventures: Gredal Community
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 »
Ramps: A Rite of Springtime
How to Harvest Ramps Properly Spring to many means it is the time to find, seek and cook up ramps, and this video by Jim Gop explains how to harvest them correctly. Sometimes found in farmers markets, ramps are a type of wild onion, ramps actually belong to the lily family. To learm more about [...] 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 »
Singing in the Fields
The Story of Sylvestor Manor Video by: EatTV From Eat TV: If you take a drive up the North Fork of Long Island, catch a short ferry ride with breathtaking views and wind your way through the rural area streets of Shelter Island, NY, you’ll begin to hear the music coming from Sylvestor Manor Farm. [...] Read more »
Food for the Future
Missouri University Drives Collaborative Food Research Effort Video by: MU News Bureau and Nathan Hurst From the MU News Bureau: Researchers at MU are studying all aspects of food production through a collaborative effort called “Food for the Future.” Food for the Future is one part of a larger initiative called Mizzou Advantage, which brings [...] Read more »
Tanzania Cotton Programme
Boosting Yields Through Conservation Agriculture The Gatsby Charitable Foundation is working with the Tanzania Cotton Board to transform the country’s cotton & textile sector. Gatsby is a trust set up by David Sainsbury to realise his charitable objectives in a number of different areas. Since 2007 it has been working with the Tanzania Cotton Board [...] Read more »