Ancient Lights Media
Japan: Overview of Geography and Climate
Video Atlas of Asia: This clip offers an overview of Japan's climate and geography.
Food Farmer Earth
Anna Lappé: Advocating for Government's Positive Role in Food Policy
Anna Lappé discusses the critical role government should play in shaping sustainable food systems, contrasting it with the detrimental effects of unchecked corporate influence on food quality and environmental health. She emphasizes the...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannica Insights: What is the Murder Hornet?
Overview of the Asian giant, or murder, hornet, a predator whose main prey is honeybees.
Food Farmer Earth
Preserving Endangered Heritage Breeds of Livestock
Boondockers Farm is a preservation farm. It’s a working farm dedicated to protecting rare species of heritage livestock and heirloom vegetable seeds.
Food Farmer Earth
From Rooftop to Farm: A Chef's Journey into Microgreen Farming
After falling in love with rooftop gardening at a restaurant, a chef transitions to full-time farming, focusing on microgreens like radishes and arugula, marketed directly to fellow chefs and respected restaurants. This transition...
Food Farmer Earth
Salad Bowls in Small Spaces: Container Gardening for Beginners
The guide focuses on creating "salad bowls" through container gardening, ideal for city dwellers with limited outdoor space like balconies or small decks. It introduces a sustainable method for a continuous harvest of salad ingredients,...
Food Farmer Earth
Forging Tradition - The Art of Crafting Japanese Culinary Knives
The transcript unveils the journey of a modern blacksmith dedicated to the ancient craft of making Japanese culinary knives, melding tradition with personal artistic vision. It explores the blacksmith's process, from the initial...
Food Farmer Earth
Culinary Foundations: Mastering Chef's Knife Techniques
This video tutorial introduces essential knife techniques, focusing on the use of a 10-inch chef's knife for a variety of kitchen tasks. From holding the knife correctly for control and safety to demonstrating specific cuts for fruits,...
Food Farmer Earth
From Pasture to Plate: The Ethical Journey of Butchering a Pig
The video outlines the detailed and respectful process of butchering a pig named Roger, emphasizing the ethical and humane methods used from the moment of the kill to the final preparation. It captures a first-hand experience of...
Food Farmer Earth
Harnessing Disease Resistance in Plants through Classical Breeding Techniques
Frank Morton details the process of developing disease-resistant plants using classical plant breeding methods, focusing on a specific project to increase lettuce's resistance to Sclerotinia (lettuce drop). By conducting trials with...
Food Farmer Earth
Hybrids and Seed Monopolies: Shaping the Future of Agriculture
The emergence of hybrid crops, characterized by their fleeting genetic combinations stable for only one generation, revolutionized plant breeding by enabling rapid improvements in yield, protein, and oil quality. However, this innovation...
Food Farmer Earth
The Craft and Community of Artisan Cheese Farming
Delving into the world of artisan cheese making on the farm, this text explores the labor-intensive yet rewarding process of producing unique, high-quality cheeses from grass-fed goats. It highlights the importance of animal welfare, the...
Press Association
Steve Reed insists only a few hundred farms will be impacted by inheritance tax changes
Environment Secretary Steve Reed has insisted that only a few hundred farms would be impacted, rather than the tens of thousands claimed by critics of the inheritance tax change.
He told the PA news agency: “The Government’s been very...
Curated Video
E. coli in carrots: A health expert explains how to handle the outbreak
On Tuesday Scripps News spoke with a health expert about the recent E. coli outbreak in carrots. What should consumers watch out for? (Scripps News)
Press Association
Farmers protesting in London on Tuesday should be 'peaceful and passionate', says NFU president
National Farmers’ Union president Tom Bradshaw said farmers attending demonstrations in London on Tuesday should be “peaceful” and “passionate”.
Asked what his message to farmers was, Mr Bradshaw told the PA news agency: “Be peaceful....
Press Association
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch visits farm in Aylesbury
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch and Greg Smith MP during a visit to Seed J H & Son farm in Aylesbury,
Press Association
Farmers call for inheritance tax U-turn ahead of crunch talks with ministers
Reversing plans to charge inheritance tax on farms is “the only sensible course of action”, the head of the National Farmers’ Union has said as he prepares for crunch talks with the Environment Secretary.
Press Association
Farmers call for inheritance tax U-turn
Reversing plans to charge inheritance tax on farms is “the only sensible course of action”, the head of the National Farmers’ Union, Tom Bradshaw, has said as he prepares for crunch talks with the Environment Secretary.
NFU president...
Press Association
Parasite outbreak could last two more weeks, posing threat to Brixham businesses
Cases of a waterborne disease caused by a microscopic parasite could continue for two more weeks, an expert has warned, with businesses predicting losses of “many thousands” of pounds.
Around 16,000 households and businesses in the...
Press Association
Leo Varadkar and Francie Gorman speak about the challenges facing the agriculture sector.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Irish Farmers' Association President Francie Gorman speak about the challenges facing the agriculture sector.
Bloomberg
Thousand Feared Dead From Libya Flooding
Search efforts intensified Tuesday for thousands of people feared dead after a storm ravaged Libya's eastern region, killing around 2,000 in one city and leaving many more missing. The city of Derna is the hardest hit. Flooding...
British Movietone
A BABY LEARNS TO WALK (UNIQUE PICTURES)
The Waikato District of New Zealand's North Island bears an extraordinary resemblance to the English countryside, here one of the model stud farms have bred many famous racehorses, including this year's winner of the Melbourne Cup. The...
British Movietone
GRASS-COATED SHEEP
The sheep on a farm in the Cotswolds don't just eat the grass, they grow it on their backs. Grass seed blown by the wind has taken root in their fleeces. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
Bloomberg
Swine Flu in China Triggers Fears of New Pandemic
Jun.30 -- A strain of flu virus spreading in Chinese pigs has shown it can also infect humans, suggesting that another pathogen with pandemic potential waits in the wings behind the coronavirus.