SciShow
Why Pandas LOVE Rolling in Horse Manure
If you’re lucky enough to witness a panda applying a ripe layer of horse poop body paint to itself, you might assume it is a similar behavior to a dog frolicking in the stink of a dead animal. But in actuality, these pandas are reducing...
TED Talks
Michael Pollan: A plant's-eye view
What if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy game to rule the Earth? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see the world from a plant's-eye view.
TED Talks
Marcel Dicke: Why not eat insects?
Marcel Dicke makes an appetizing case for adding insects to everyone's diet. His message to squeamish chefs and foodies: delicacies like locusts and caterpillars compete with meat in flavor, nutrition and eco-friendliness.
SciShow
What Does "Organic" Mean, and Should You Buy Organic Foods?
There’s a lot of confusion over what organic means, and food with that label might not be as healthy or environmentally friendly as you think.
Curated Video
What Plants Need to Grow
Plants produce oxygen and provide our food, but what do they need to live? Learn why nitrates, phosphates, potassium and magnesium are vital for plant health. Biology - Plants - Learning Points. Understanding how plants grow ensures we...
Curated Video
Sexual Reproduction in Plants
Discover the parts of plants necessary for reproduction, and the methods by which pollen is carried between flowers. Biology - Plants - Learning Points. Plants reproduce in various ways. Sexual reproduction occurs using male and female...
Curated Video
Biogas: Transforming Waste into Power
Deqingyuan Egg Farm in China is the largest egg producer in the country, facing the challenge of managing the enormous amount of waste generated by its 3 million chickens. However, the farm has found a solution by recycling the organic...
Curated Video
Illuminating Innovation: Energy from Animals, From Methane to Bioluminescence
Uncover the fascinating world of animal-derived energy solutions, from cows powering farms through methane production to microorganisms illuminating buildings. This video showcases how bioluminescence and anaerobic digestion are...
Curated Video
Yunda: A Sustainable Energy Success Story
Yunda is a pioneering farming village in Germany that has successfully transitioned to bioenergy, eliminating the use of oil and fossil-based energy sources. Through innovative methods such as utilizing bio waste for heating and...
Lingokids
Curiosity Time: What is Manure?
Elliot shows his friends the miracle of manure: where it comes from and how it can be used to make plants grow, create paper, and fuel vehicles and even rockets!
Jabzy
The Great Manure Crisis and the Problems with Horses in Victorian Cities
The Great Manure Crisis and the Problems with Horses in Victorian Cities
EarthEcho International
Into the Dead Zone: Exploring the Impact of Farming Practices on Dead Zones
The video explores how farming practices in rural areas affect waterways and ultimately, the health of the Chesapeake Bay. It highlights the efforts of a farmer in Pennsylvania who adopts sustainable practices to manage nutrient loads in...
Food Farmer Earth
Revolutionizing the Food System: A Path Towards Sustainability
This video discusses the critical need for a fundamental overhaul of our industrial food system, advocating for a shift towards more local, sustainable, and humane practices. It highlights the importance of reconnecting with the source...
The Wall Street Journal
Water Security: Part II
U.S. farms, ever more productive, are draining water supplies and often fouling the nation's rivers. What can farmers do to improve water quality? And how is that objective balanced against the increasing demand for food?
Michigan Radio
A Delicious Solution to Our Energy Problems
A new source of energy is being developed by using Michigan's industrial food waste. Using existing technology for converting manure into electricity, these anaerobic digesters are doing their work on pudding packs and canned peaches,...
Science360
Pig manure paves road to sustainable asphalt
A new replacement for petroleum is coming from an unlikely source -- pig manure! It turns out that pig waste is particularly rich in oils that are very similar to petroleum. And while these oils are too low grade to produce gasoline,...
msvgo
Microbes as Biofertilisers
It describes the role of microbes as biofertilisers and the advantages of use of microbes over chemical fertilisers.
msvgo
Nitrogen Nutrition in Plants
It explains the need for intake of nitrogen in plants. It also describes methods of nitrogen nutrition such as biological nitrogen fixation, fertilisers and manures.
msvgo
Soil Pollution
It explains the importance of soil to living beings. It talks about soil pollution, its causes, consequences and prevention.
Mazz Media
Industrial Food and Livestock Production
In this live-action video students will learn that Industrial Food and Livestock Production is a way of producing large quantities of food at a faster rate than traditional farming. They will come to understand that Industrial farming...
Curated Video
'Cow Power' Helps Dairy Farm Run On Renewable Energy
Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese has built a business the entire dairy industry wants to emulate.
AFP News Agency
VOICED : US farmers turn cow poo into power and profit
VOICED : US farmers turn cow poo into power and profit
Curated Video
How pig power is helping generate electricity
AP Television
Sterksel, Netherlands, May 20 2009
1. Wide of exterior of pig farm, Praktijkcentrum or Sterksel Research Centre
2. Wide of bio-gas plant at pig farm
3. Various piglets on grass, it's their first time in the open air
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Curated Video
Australian FM comments on asylum seekers controversy
1. Wide shot exterior of Australian High Commission
2. Prime Minister Downer arriving at presser
3. Close up hands crossed
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Australian Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer
"The unloading of these people from the...