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The Real Irish-American Story Not Taught in Schools
The Real Irish-American Story Not Taught in Schools
“Wear green on St. Patrick’s Day or get pinched.” That pretty much sums up the Irish-American “curriculum” that I learned when I was in school. Yes, I recall a nod to the so-called Potato Famine, but it was mentioned only in passing.
Bill Bigelow · 10,648 views · unrated
50 Non Profits I Support
50 Non Profits I Support
There are over 1.5 million non profits registered in the USA.  That is awesome!  Well sort of awesome actually.   It seems to me that if we have that many non profits we shouldn’t have as many problems as we do.  I really admire anyone who is going out of there way to make a...
Rob Greenfield · 1,810 views · 4.8 stars
5 Ways Coronavirus Could Help Humanity Survive the Ecological Crisis
5 Ways Coronavirus Could Help Humanity Survive the Ecological Crisis
The human tragedy of the coronavirus is immense. Thousands have died, hundreds of thousands have been infected globally, and millions more have been affected. Whilst infectious disease has always been a part of the human experience, the expansion of industrial civilization...
Matt Mellen · 6,294 views · unrated
Permaculture and the Myth of Scarcity
Permaculture and the Myth of Scarcity
At a conference a couple weeks ago an activist who does work in Africa recounted an encounter she had with the minister of agriculture of a certain African country. The minister spoke with excitement about the high-tech agricultural technologies he was bringing into the...
Charles Eisenstein · 8,751 views · 4.5 stars
Egg Producers Caught Conspiring to Shut Down a Vegan Mayo Startup
Egg Producers Caught Conspiring to Shut Down a Vegan Mayo Startup
Katie Herzog · 2,545 views · 2 stars
Connecting the Dots: Insane Trade and Climate Chaos
Connecting the Dots: Insane Trade and Climate Chaos
Imagine a world where food routinely gets shipped thousands of miles away to be processed, then shipped back to be sold right where it started. Imagine cows from Mexico being fed corn imported from the United States, then being exported to the United States for butchering...
Local Futures · 1,606 views · unrated
The Need to GROW
The Need to GROW (2019)
With an estimated 60 years of farmable soil left on Earth, The Need To GROW offers an intimate look into the hearts of activists and innovators in the food movement - an 8 year old girl challenges the ethics of a beloved organization - a renegade farmer struggles to keep his...
96 min · 21,960 views · 2.8 stars
Rebuilding New Orleans Lower 9th Ward One Store at a Time
Rebuilding New Orleans Lower 9th Ward One Store at a Time
In the wake of Katrina, New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward was one of the few neighborhoods where relief came slowly. Less than 25% of its pre-Katrina population has returned and many houses have been abandoned or mowed down. As a result, the USDA officially listed the...
6 min · 1,586 views · unrated
The Invisible Vegan
The Invisible Vegan (trailer)
The Invisible Vegan is a 90-minute independent documentary that explores the problem of unhealthy dietary patterns in the African-American community, foregrounding the health and wellness possibilities enabled by plant-based vegan diets and lifestyle choices. Over the past...
5 min · 5,038 views · 5 stars
Nestle CEO Makes Case Against Capitalism Clear
Nestle CEO Makes Case Against Capitalism Clear
Nestle is one of the world's largest and most profitable corporations... but at what cost? Here the Chairman (formally CEO) Peter Brabeck clearly states the beliefs which drive his business and underlie global capitalism. He calls the idea that water should be a human right...
6 min · 6,576 views · 1.5 stars
Seeds Of Hope
Seeds Of Hope (trailer)
Seeds of Hope, produced, directed and edited by Danny Miller (Turning the Canoe, Changing Tides) is a documentary that explores the food and agriculture industry in Hawai'i and problems resulting from land use, importing foods and GMO test sites.  For more information about...
5 min · 2,530 views · 4 stars
Down To Earth: Small Farm Issues In a Big Farm World
Down To Earth: Small Farm Issues In a Big Farm World (2013)
In the midst of our nation's commercialized food system, a small family farm fights for a sustainable future by growing food, growing relationships and growing communities.  
35 min · 11,921 views · 4.3 stars
Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead
Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead (2010)
100 pounds overweight, loaded up on steroids and suffering from a debilitating autoimmune disease, Joe Cross is at the end of his rope and the end of his hope. In the mirror he saw a 310lb man whose gut was bigger than a beach ball and a path laid out before him that wouldn't...
97 min · 157,880 views · 4.6 stars
Win7 Economics: Restoring Natural Order as If People Mattered | Gary Hirshberg
Win7 Economics: Restoring Natural Order as If People Mattered | Gary Hirshberg
If we can make radical changes in how we think about our relationship to nature and economic growth, we will see restored, vibrant ecosystems and healthy, prosperous farmers, cows, consumers, employees, investors and future children. So says the iconic food entrepreneur Gary...
33 min · 5,452 views · 3.7 stars
Become a Farmer
Become a Farmer
The last 30 years have seen a protracted crisis in American agriculture. We have fewer farmers, less land, a degraded soil base and intensifying corporate control over production, processing and technology. With 58 being the average age of farmers in America, there is a...
Tim Hjersted · 7,995 views · 4 stars
The War in Yemen is Now World's Largest Humanitarian Crisis
The War in Yemen is Now World's Largest Humanitarian Crisis
The world's largest humanitarian crisis is not in Syria. It's in Yemen. So says the United Nations, highlighting the grave consequences of a conflict that has left 18.8 million people in need of humanitarian or protection assistance, including 10.3 million who require...
3 min · 3,212 views · unrated
Open Sesame - The Story of Seeds
Open Sesame - The Story of Seeds (trailer)
One of the world's most precious resources is at risk. This timely and emotionally moving film illuminates what is at stake and what can be done to protect the source of nearly all our food: SEEDS. Seeds provide the basis for everything from fabric, to food to fuels. Seeds...
3 min · 1,846 views · 4.5 stars
Opposition to GMOs Is Neither Unscientific Nor Immoral
Opposition to GMOs Is Neither Unscientific Nor Immoral
The pro-and anti-GMO positions will remain polarized until larger questions about the future of food production are addressed.
Charles Eisenstein · 5,051 views · 5 stars
Way Beyond Greenwashing: Have Corporations Captured Big Conservation?
Way Beyond Greenwashing: Have Corporations Captured Big Conservation?
Imagine an international mega-deal. The global organic food industry agrees to support international agribusiness in clearing as much tropical rainforest as they want for farming. In return, agribusiness agrees to farm the now-deforested land using organic methods, and the...
Jonathan Latham · 2,878 views · 5 stars
Can Meat Actually Be eco-friendly?
Can Meat Actually Be eco-friendly?
Should we eat meat? That’s the big question, which — for this series — I’m asking three different ways: in terms of environmental sustainability, morality, and practicality.
Nathanael Johnson · 1,974 views · 4.2 stars