“Food is Medicine” Video by nathan m peracciny From the Throw To Grow Team: “Food is medicine.” Lan Thai Our next installment of the Throw To Grow Profile series, features Lan Thai, Chef & Founder of Happy’s Hawai’i. Happy’s Hawai’i combines innovation, a sense of community, with traditional Vietnamese cooking. All to create fresh and [...] Read more »
Throw to Grow: It’s a Simple Concept
“Bokashi is a Very Simple Process…and Very Big” To hear him tell it, the Throw to Grow project is something simple that filmmaker Nathan Peracciny and his collegues are doing on their own. “People can do this” says Peracciny, adding; “It’s a simple concept, you have the ability to empower yourself through action to do [...] Read more »
Designing w/ School Food
Adding Water to the Menu at NYC Public Schools “School Food” is part of a series of videos developed by the School of Design Strategies at Parsons, within a project called “Designing W/”. Students conducted research in New York City public schools to imagine and innovate new sustainable practices in the cafeteria. To learn more [...] Read more »
High Tunnels
Video by: Science in a Nutshell From the filmmaker: This is an excerpt from a full length video produced by Science in a Nutshell for the Regional Farm & Food Project and Cornell University Cooperative Extension. The video is about using high tunnels (a low cost greenhouse) to increase agricultural yields, improve crop quality, and [...] Read more »
Farm to School
Video by 2600 Productions From the filmmaker: Atlanta Farm to School presents the Edgewood Farm crew at the Coan Middle School Edible Schoolyard. This program allows students from the neighborhood to learn to grow, harvest and sell foods on a 1/2 acre of land in the city. Kyla Zaro-Moore manages the programs providing the students [...] Read more »
“Biosecurity technology under the microscope”
This definition for Biosecurity for Agriculture & Food Production has been provided by Food & Agriculture of the United Nations, for more information visit here: FAO.org Many thanks to Louisa McKerrow of Queensland, Australia, Senior Communications Officer South Region Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation for sharing this story with About Harvest. Plant pests [...] Read more »
Alphabet Scoop: “Changing Lives One Scoop at a Time”
Video by Cassia Reynolds From the filmmaker: What kid doesn’t like ice cream? On the Lower East Side, one ice cream shop is using this frozen snack to teach underprivileged teens about the job world and keep them off the streets. To learn more about this program visit alphabetscoopicecream.com Read more »
Applebutter 2008
Video by: Tim Libeau From the filmmaker: Every October for the past 50+ years, my relatives have gathered together to make applebutter from scratch. It’s a great chance to catch up with family and the end product is always delicious. In 2008, I took a camera out to the family farm and captured the process [...] Read more »
Gold Dust Farms Odenberg Potato Sorter
Video by: Gold Dust Farms Here’s a video of the Odenberg Potato Sorter at work in the packing shed of Gold Dust Potato Processors. Aside from seeing the Odenberg in action, you can see the process of the chipping potatoes getting delivered from the cellar to being sorted, washed, checked for quality and loaded into [...] Read more »
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