Films
seems like chanel is going back to the land
as paula notes, "Farm life, chic agrarianism, and rural color are inspiring fashion!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTi1qpq1K9Y what do we think of this strange trending?
Rooftop Farms, at it again.
Check our our friends Annie & Ben at Rooftop Farms in this sweet video! [vodpod id=Video.3466567&w=425&h=350&fv=] more about "Food Curated » A Farm Grows in Brookl...", posted with vodpod
from grass to cheese
A new documentary that is also a kickstarter project with just three days to go! They could use a little greenhorns push. From Grass to Cheese is a feature documentary that chronicles the ups and downs of a family-run dairy farm in Ohio during it’s first year of cheese production. From Grass to Cheese will […]
garden wise
Pay attention at the 8th minute of the video, in which the sweet old farmer couple starts talking about the Young helper they found through the farm beginnings program in MN. A little light went off for us. More at Arlena's website [vodpod id=Video.3453853&w=425&h=350&fv=] more about "gardenwise", posted with vodpod
asterix, elderberry juice fends off the romans
We wanted to confirm locations of elder bushes before sending folks outon bikes, so we've moved the elder event to berry season. ELDERBERRY JUICE! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-83UM1UxcA&feature=related]
another young farmer movie
The Farmer and the Horse is a feature-length documentary film that tells the story of young farmers in New Jersey with an anachronistic passion: farming with draft horses. Follow filmmaker Jared Flesher as he follows farmers Tom, Matt, and Aubrey out of the suburbs and back to the land. Way back. The rough cut of […]
sheep video
just for fun, when you need a pick me up. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edkHTJ118DQ] Lovely Paula sent this video off her hilltop, little baby lambies
champion foodsytem ninjas! ON mainstream tv
the spunky savy folks of hardwick, VT talk shop with Dan Rather-- check out the video!
wasting strawberry fields
in Florida, farmers are destroying their crops. Watch the video here.
treadle water pumps in India
an amazing idea [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH2I2ZKD_98&feature=related]
tractor sing-a-long
watch this, and you'll never look at manure and gray water the same way again! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAUw9GO6tgE]
chicken out!
hear from hugh fearningly whittingstall about Britain's "Chicken Out!" campaign-- an appeal for free range poultry. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Vbf1ykXsY]
we nominate SAM, anarchy apiarist
Taggart Siegel, the director of "The Real Dirt on Farmer John" embarks on a pilgrimage across continents and centuries in his new upcoming film Queen of The Sun. Queen highlights unsung heroes who are dedicated to the survival of bees: from poets and philosophers to scientists and shamans, from political activists to biodynamic beekeepers. Across […]
our friends over at grow food are making a short film
and they are casting! Independent producer Annabel Seymour, from BreakThru Films (The Devil Came on Horseback, The Trials of Darryl Hunt), is casting for a GrowFood documentary series. She'd like to cast a few folks who travel from farm to farm—people with diverse stories and perspectives to show a well-rounded view of the nomadic organic […]
here is our friend Ambika
in a funny "Unlikely Farmer" video. You've got to watch it on the Food2 site - HERE
urban freedom
for all you urban cyclists out there, the yike bike! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X813eTuZJkc&feature=player_embedded]
watch "coal country" - win a prize
in november 2009, a documentary film shot by one of our comrades premiered on national television and told the story of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia from the view of the people who live and work in the coal fields. in case you missed Coal Country the first time around, there are a number of […]
the world needs all kinds of minds
we highly recommend watching temple grandin's TED talk about the need for more visual thinkers, pattern thinkers, verbal thinkers, and smart geeks, (and we'd like to think) farmers in the world.
Voices from the 2009 Young Farmers Conference
[vodpod id=Video.3208154&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D9771013%26amp%3Bserver%3Dvimeo.com%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Bfullscreen%3D1%26amp%3Bmd5%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_portrait%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_title%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_byline%3D0%26amp%3Bcontext%3Duser%3A2059836%26amp%3Bcontext_id%3D%26amp%3Bforce_embed%3D0%26amp%3Bmultimoog%3D%26amp%3Bcolor%3D00ADEF%26amp%3Bforce_info%3Dundefined] more about "Voices from the 2009 Young Farmers Co...", posted with vodpod
friends at eco-friendly foods
today we are headed out to visit our friend Bev Eggleston at EcoFriendly Foods in VA. EcoFriendly Foods provides pasture-raised, "beyond organic" meats to consumers at farmers markets and to restaurants. all of their animals are raised humanely on small family farms throughout the Shenandoah Valley, VA. you can find Bev and his tastey chops on Saturdays […]
who put that burger on your plate?
Thanks deb eschelmeyer for showing it here at drake forum. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZlCoG6RMgs]
kitchen caravan + young farmers
They're featuring our friend Zoe Bradbury, the Greenhorns trailer, a nice recipe and some young farmer resources. [vodpod id=Video.3160954&w=425&h=350&fv=] more about "Kitchen Caravan: Environment - Zoë Br...", posted with vodpod Kitchen Caravan - Season 11, Episode 2.
a cold winter day
A drive thru the country to follow up a lead to some possible land for Greenhorns + Smithereen. A wonderful find. also. here is a video of Norm, whose farm is for sale. I loaded it up onto vimeo... by myself! - Severine [vodpod id=Video.3148797&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D9690338%26amp%3Bserver%3Dvimeo.com%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Bfullscreen%3D1%26amp%3Bmd5%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_portrait%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_title%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_byline%3D0%26amp%3Bcontext%3Duser%3A1950033%26amp%3Bcontext_id%3D%26amp%3Bforce_embed%3D0%26amp%3Bmultimoog%3D%26amp%3Bcolor%3D00ADEF%26amp%3Bforce_info%3Dundefined] more about "Norm's farm", posted with vodpod
useful for us, and maybe useful for you?
IMPACT A series of stories about films making change How do social issue documentary films do more than just raise awareness? Are you a documentary filmmaker looking for the formula to take your film to the next level? IMPACT is a new series of videos created by Working Films and The Fledgling Fund focused on […]
experimental film screening - CA
our lovely friend and former intern Anya passed this notice on. My stepfather Paul Clipson is an accomplished experimental film maker, and his most recent film, which I was lucky enough to take part in, will be in this Saturday's "Apparent Motion" fest at the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco.
urban roots
The industrial powerhouse of a lost American era has died, and the skeleton left behind is present-day Detroit. Enter Urban Roots. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7ptPuYtmbU] But now, against all odds in the empty lots, in the old factory yards, and in-between the sad, sagging blocks of company housing, seeds of change are taking root.
farm film fest
in Chatham, NY. tomorrow is the deadline to submit a film! Sunday, March 7 from 1:00-4:00pm Crandell Theatre in Chatham, NY for an afternoon of farming films. We typically show one professionally produced documentary (60-90 minutes) plus a variety of short films made by and/or about local farms and farming issues. If you are a […]
another salty farm band
these boys can rock. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCwnFyLKLY0]
pig business
check out the website HERE. This is just part one -- you can see more on youtube. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz1_knWUpVk&feature=PlayList&p=CA61E734A083927E&index=0]
super seed bank
the folks at Baker Creek Seed Company have a new retail location/seed bank in Petaluma. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep0_iwEYLtg]
wilkie & mcnary
a neat video from 1940 - "Wilkie & McNary Know Their Farming"
Thermal Banking Greenhouse Design
Rebecca Gerendasy of Cooking up a Story just sent us this great video, produced for SARE, that speaks to farmers who have (or are considering building) a greenhouse. Here's her note: Steven Schwen, or Earthen Path Organic Farm, in Lake City, MN, designed a thermal banking greenhouse, and through the help of a SARE grant, […]
old partner
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3qFI59wGHY] http://www.filmforum.org/films/oldpartner.html
hunky gardener DIY
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W3aVZ9Tl1E] pretty good viewing around the holidays, with a snow theme. you can watch it on The Auteurs, which seems to be a place to watch old, hard to find films. Of course, if you are a serious lover of archivals, there is only one place: Prelinger Archives May sexual tension between prim + pastoral […]
up in the alps
there is a man who loves hazelnuts. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw7mQZHfFVE]
wild & scenic film fest
greenhorns will be shown! Buy Advance Tickets ... Win Prizes! TWO WEEKS TO WILD & SCENIC! Do you have your tickets yet?
benefit for queer farmer film project
on January 9. And here's a video: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yJpw0IOaZI] Saturday, January 9th 7PM $5-$20, sliding scale 1399 Pacific Street, Brooklyn (Take the A, 3, or LIRR to Nostrand Ave) T W O * F L O O R S Food! Gay farmers! Cocktails! Gay Bands! Dancing!
a good little vector into apocalyptica
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-he1KXxK2E&feature=player_embedded]
i just met Lucien
who made the film Sweet Grass. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV9iah71iPQ&feature=player_embedded] he talks well about the right wing and the left wing-- both out in the wilderness, armed and unarmed this film he recorded with a huge camera- - traveling for weeks on end with the cowboys up in the mountain ranges, in his little talk, he said that […]