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yes way. check out the trailer: http://www.filmbuff.com/movies/the-unforeseen/?trailer + description: Presented by Robert Redford and Terrence Malick and featuring interviews with Redford, Willie Nelson, Texas Governor Ann Richards, environmentalist Wendell Berry and many others, THE UNFORESEEN is a powerful meditation on the American dream - on the destruction of the natural world as it falls victim to the […]

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In the Gilded Age and beyond, high fashion decreed that violets were the flower of choice for Valentine's Day, Easter, and a fragrant corsage. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/30913277] At its height, in the years before World War I, Rhinebeck, New York growers shipped millions of sweet violets (viola odorata) to New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and […]

For young farmers: No land but plenty of climate change to go around by Jared Flesher, cross-posted from Grist & Edible Jersey We desperately need more young farmers in this country. “If we do not repopulate our working lands, I don’t know where to begin to talk about the woes,” U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhuhuO2ysKc] The line-up has been announced for the 2012 Rural Route Film Festival!  We're serving up choice-cuts of premieres & sneak previews of some of the year's best indie fare, along with a stunning 70mm print in one of the best theatres in the city.  There are features by Latvian, Indian & Tibetan directors, shorts […]

back bends for agriculture! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TiIABMFHTs]

rockin. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8RIqJLUYSE]

Brought to you by director Steve James ('Hoop Dreams' and 'The Interrupters') and bestselling author Raj Patel ('Stuffed and Starved' and 'The Value of Nothing'), who want to tell stories of people who are changing the way we eat today, so that everyone can eat tomorrow. Visit www.generationfoodproject.org to find out more. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evoFFHsB3pU]

ON resolving political differences and eating beef together -- sent to us by a new friend of the greenhorns, Deborah, hailing all the way from australia ! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urRiGHwaK5M&feature=youtu.be]

Beginning tonight on Link TV Airdates: Timezone: Eastern Friday, July 6th  2:00 am Wednesday, July 11th  5:00 pm Thursday, July 12th  12:30 pm Saturday, July 14th  3:00 am DIRECTV Channel 375 | DISH Network Channel 9410 Monoculture, monopoly, cheap food and poor diets -- these are the consequences of an agricultural system gone awry, driven […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48H7zOQrX3U&feature=youtu.be] Sexy farm video parody could be positive for animal agriculture By Rita Jane Gabbett, June 27, 2012 The Peterson Farm Bros. have created a YouTube parody of the rapper group LMFAO’s “Sexy And I Know It” song called “I’m Farming And I Grow It” that has gone viral and could become a positive voice […]

The Oakland Standard approached two filmmakers, Les Blank and Courtney Stevens, and proposed an online documentary about the Oakland Museum Women's Board and their famous White Elephant Sale. The resultant film, White Gloves, is viewable HERE.

The Farmer Veteran Project is a work in progress by Vittles Films, a young film collective based in Durham, North Carolina -- about a combat veteran seeking a new way to serve his country after multiple years fighting in America’s longest wars. Alex Sutton is a combat veteran with six tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2008 an […]

Watch a clip and buy the DVD here: http://www.symphonyofthesoil.com

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  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z5a5XgBkgc&feature=plcp] video montage brought to you by the East of Hudson Program -- who in 2011 worked with farmers, forest landowners and volunteers throughout the Croton Watershed. Be it concrete pours at composting sites, livestock grazing plans, or streamside tree plantings, we did it together on behalf of clean drinking water and working landscapes […]

ALL THE LABOR is the story of five Austin, Texas musicians collectively-known as The Gourds.  Kevin Russell, Keith Langford, Max Johnston, Jimmy Smith, and Claude Bernard are some of the hardest working musicians in the business. We began filming ALL THE LABOR in August 2011 when the band rented an abandoned kitchen in a former […]

The Pickers by Adam Chodzko UK, 2009, 17 minutes 52 seconds Colour, Sound (stereo), HD Video The Pickers shows a group of Romanian migrant workers at a UK strawberry farm who alternate their intensive strawberry picking with the editing and mediation of a 20th century film archive of British migrant hop pickers. Sited in a […]

A wonderful new film by Pull-Start Pictures. We love these guys, and this milk! The film is having its world premier screening at Silverdocs this month. Betting the Farm Website Facebook Page A group of Maine dairy farmers—dropped by their national milk company—launch their own milk company in a bid to save their farms. Owned […]

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NmELr58dxPY] SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 16, 2012) – The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today honors four remarkable food visionaries for their trailblazing work to make our food systems healthier and more sustainable at the fourth annual “Growing Green Awards”. The winners, who are leaders in regenerative ranch management, farmworker justice, farm-to-school food, and making […]

[vimeo=https://vimeo.com/42436481] Introducing 'The Butcher's Salt' a culinary ebook from Farmstead Meatsmith purchase them atfarmsteadmeatsmith.com

essex farmhack [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tpy1wWDdZ4]

A new movie, with strong emphasis on biological integrity of the soil, carbon sequestration, humane beef and other areas that deserve more literacy. www.farmlandia.us Very nice film maker, we shared the session at the brooklyn food conference, a treat!

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Francis Thicke is on board as another speaker for this summer's Farm Hack IOWA.  More to come.  We're three steps ahead of you. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK77_BR8uZ4] Francis Thicke, candidate for secretary of Agriculture, discusses the advantages of using renewable energy on farms, and as an example he uses solar panels to heat water for his dairy farm.

  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dPU_HCLo5Y] + a note from Jared Flesher, director, SOURLANDS: I’m excited to share with you today the official trailer for SOURLANDS, a documentary film starring food, energy, habitat, crazy weather, global climate change and — most important of all — the people these issues impact. For those of you not familiar with the Sourlands, […]

Screening of 'YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip', John Hope Gateway, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh with Take One Action. 30 March 2012

the new documentary film about the Boston Tree Party, “Growing Civic Fruit,” is available to watch on youtube: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOBJy9VnNng]

Wendell E. Berry, noted poet, essayist, novelist, farmer, and conservationist, delivered the 41st Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, entitled “It All Turns on Affection" -- this lecture is most prestigious honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities. + read the lecture HERE + a video recording

GROWING CITIES is a feature-length documentary that examines the role of urban farming in America and asks how much power it has to revitalize our cities and change the way we eat.  The film follows two friends on their journey across the country as they meet the men and women who are challenging the way this country grows and […]

Food Justice from the Ground Up: Stories of Change A just and healthy food system isn’t going to manifest out of the halls of Congress. The food justice movement needs support up and down the food chain—farmers, grocers, farm workers, writers, activists, parents, children, eaters. Stories are some of the most powerful tools that we […]

our new distributor for screenings.  http://collectiveeye.org/ They also sell other food and farming films including: Queen of the Sun The Real Dirt on Farmer John Life and Debt They started a non-profit distribution company because they needed to distribute their film and didn't like what was available. We like their DIY spirit, and the rad […]

An important documentary-in-progress about farm workers.  Check out their kickstarter page FOOD CHAIN explores the state of labor within the agriculture sector in the US and the immoral practices that affect the lives of countless thousands of farm workers. WHY YOU ARE SO IMPORTANT: We have spent 8 months on the road, logging over 400 hours of footage […]

20 april 2012 CORVALLIS, OREGON @ oregon state university, gilfillan auditorium screening: hosted by the osu student sustainability initiative. free and open to the public. 6pm

OXFAM RELEASES SATIRICAL VIDEO IN FOOD AID REFORM PUSH [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MwV0_Lkk4Q]  Washington, D.C. – As legislators in the US Senate work to craft the 2012 Farm Bill, international relief and development organization Oxfam America released a new satirical online video and TV ad to mobilize support for reform to international food aid programs. International food aid programs are regulated […]

"this farm can help you deal with reality." very eloquent. check out the other iowa young farmer clips too.

if you're going to sit down and stare at the tube, better to do it while watching this: foodforward.tv created by a veteran documentary film making team led by Greg Roden, Food Forward explores new ideas of food in America as told by the people who are living them. Each episode will focus on a […]

so good. http://anatomyofthrift.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ3ov6vhg-s ...we should always make time for delicious, simple home cooked food, every day. you can watch all river cottage episodes on youtube. good nighttime activity after a hard day of work in the spring garden!