Mediacorp
Exploring the Waterways and Cultural History of Bangladesh
This video provides a brief overview of Bangladesh, highlighting its unique geographical features. It also explores the historical significance of the rivers in Bangladesh, the fertile soil for agriculture, and the cultural diversity and...
Mediacorp
Battle Against Monsoon Floods in Bangladesh
This video provides a glimpse into the devastating floods that hit Bangladesh in July 2020. It highlights the widespread impact on homes, lives lost, and the challenges faced by communities living in flood-prone areas. The video sheds...
Food Farmer Earth
Defining Clean Food: Beyond Organic Practices
Clean food is initially defined as organic, avoiding synthetic pesticides, insecticides, and fertilizers, but extends to encompass best practices for soil, water conservation, and biodiversity. Emphasizing more than just the absence of...
Food Farmer Earth
Take Our Jobs: A Campaign Highlighting Farm Worker Realities
The "Take Our Jobs" campaign by the United Farm Workers aims to spotlight the hard work and challenges faced by farm workers, debunking myths about job competition with American citizens. Featuring Stephen Colbert's participation, the...
Food Farmer Earth
The Shift in Dietary Perspectives: From Margarine to Butter
Michael Pollan discusses the changing views on dietary fats, particularly the shift from demonizing saturated fats like butter to questioning the health implications of margarine and other processed substitutes. He critiques the food...
Food Farmer Earth
The Ogallala Aquifer - Charting the Waters of the Texas High Plains
This video outlines the challenges posed by the depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer in the Texas High Plains, highlighting the overuse of this vital water source for irrigation and its rapid decline. It also emphasizes the need for...
The Wall Street Journal
Food Security
With so much abundance, why are so many people still food insecure? What does a solution look like?
Curated Video
Industry & Supply: The Race to Get Civil War Soldiers Frontline Resources
Supplying almost three million soldiers with the food, clothes and resources they needed to fight the Civil War was no easy task. So which side proved most successful?
The Wall Street Journal
The Challenges Facing Agriculture with Secretary Tom Vilsack
President Biden's Agriculture Secretary discusses how the administration is addressing the myriad crises impacting the agricultural sector, from inflation to climate change and the war in Ukraine.
Mediacorp
Trouble on the Mekong: Negative Effect of Dams on the Mekong River
This video highlights the growing demand for power in the developing world, particularly in Asia, and the reliance on hydropower as a clean alternative to fossil fuels. However, it also explores the negative consequences of hydropower...
Food Farmer Earth
Navigating the Nexus: Food Systems, Agriculture, and Climate Change
Anna Lappé's discussion sheds light on the crucial link between food, agriculture, and the climate crisis, advocating for a systemic shift towards more sustainable and equitable food production methods. She emphasizes the role of food...
Curated Video
Paying for the Civil War
It cost the equivalent of billions of dollars in today’s money, and left the US government crippled with debt. But how, exactly, did America pay for the Civil War?
Food Farmer Earth
Nourishing Traditions: Reviving Ancient Wisdom through Bone Broth
This video outlines the inspiration behind a bone broth bar, aimed at making traditional foods more accessible and enhancing people's relationship with their food. It emphasizes the health benefits of bone broth and traditional foods,...
Mediacorp
Exploring the Bird's Nest Industry in Malaysia
This video explores the bird's nest industry in Kuching, Malaysia, and how it has impacted the local economy. It showcases the unique homes created for swiftlets, the birds whose nests are highly valued in the industry. The Heart of...
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...
US Department of Agriculture
USDA Addresses Threat To Citrus Industry
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working to control a disease threatening the nation's citrus industry.
The Wall Street Journal
The Digital Food Chain
Agricultural companies have struggled for years to reliably predict consumer purchasing habits and the profitability of crops. Now they're betting on automation and data analysis to change that.
US Department of Agriculture
Energy Efficient Fishing Company
A Bozeman, Montana company is benefitting from U.S. Department of Agriculture investments in efficient energy.
US Department of Agriculture
Linda Mallers FARM LOGIX Local Foods Impact Conference 2017
Farm Logix is a “farm to commercial kitchen technology platform” that serves to connect farmers to institutional kitchens. Linda Mallers, CEO and President of Farm Logix, discusses how her business came to service the Chicago Public...
Mediacorp
Saving Indonesia's Citarum River: A Path to Sustainable Water and Environmental Rehabilitation
This video highlights the efforts being made in Indonesia to restore and rehabilitate the Citarum River and its surrounding ecosystem. Through the planting of vetiver plants and mangrove trees, the quality of water and soil is being...
Food Farmer Earth
The Hidden Costs of Conventional Pig Farming
The video sheds light on the economic, environmental, and health implications of conventional pig farming, emphasizing the true costs beyond the market price, including antibiotic resistance, environmental degradation, and animal welfare...
Food Farmer Earth
Organic Farming's Role in Global Nutrition: Fred Kirschenmann's Perspective"
Fred Kirschenmann challenges the notion that organic farming cannot feed the world, arguing that it's not about yields but about access to food, sustainable practices, and efficient use of resources. He emphasizes that the real issue...
US Department of Agriculture
Hatch Act & Social Media
This video provides guidance on the Hatch Act and social media. We describe what actions are permitted and prohibited for ‘less restricted’ employees.
US Department of Agriculture
NRCS: Sacred River
NRCS in Washington State works with Tribes and other salmon recovery partners to restore salmon habitat in the South Fork Nooksack River (Whatcom County, WA). NRCS has contributed almost $1M in funding through the Environmental Quality...