Curated Video
Robotics and Agriculture
“Robots and Agriculture” discusses the field of robotics and how it applies to medicine, industry, and, specifically, agriculture.
Curated Video
The New England Colonies
This video will discuss the establishment of the New England colonies and early colonial life there.
Curated Video
Why California's five-year drought pits almonds against salmon
Managing California's drought-striken water supply is a precarious balancing act. Water is being channeled south to aid the almond farmers, but where does this leave the wild salmon population in the north? Featuring interviews with...
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...
US Department of Agriculture
USDA Researchers Help Honeybees Keep Pollinating Our Food Crops
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture are studying ways to keep honeybees stress-free and healthy. These pollinators are important to American agriculture and our nation’s food crops. USDA’s Patrick O’Leary reports from...
Red Rock Films
Ecosystem Activator: Streams and Rivers. Age 7 - 10.
Highlighting the life and movement of freshwater rivers and streams. Animals and their aquatic interactions with the ecosystem. Why streams and rivers are important and should be protected.
Science360
Withering Crops -- Changing Planet
As the global population continues to increase, scientists and farmers are concerned about the impacts that climate change could have on the world's crops. To better understand the process of photosynthesis and how plants use water and...
60 Second Histories
Saxon farming - part 1
Part one of the farming series describes a thegn and explains his position within the Saxon community. He explains how ceorls and slaves help farm his land and talks about the food they grow and animals they keep.
60 Second Histories
What happened to the Ancient Maya?
An explorer discusses some of the reasons why the Maya civilization may have disappeared
The Wall Street Journal
World Wildlife Fund Scientist on Agricultural Water Management
World Wildlife Fund scientist and policy adviser Melissa Ho discusses the impact of expanding water stress on our ability to feed the world with WSJ's Jesse Newman.
Science360
Human Water Cycle - Agriculture
Water. It's an essential building block of life, constantly moving in a hydrologic cycle that flows in a continuous loop above, across and even below the Earth's surface. But water is also constantly moving through another cycle -- the...
Science360
Ancient shark in 3D, scary robofish, skin cancer answer, crops in deep water: 4 Awesome Discoveries
Ancient shark in 3-D, scary robofish, skin cancer answer, and crops in deep water. It’s 4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About. 3-D reconstructions show how ancient sharks found an alternative way to feed...
The Wall Street Journal
ADM CEO Juan Luciano on Global Food Supply Chain Sustainability
ADM chief executive Juan Luciano discusses how one of the biggest agriculture enterprises in the world is addressing growing demands for sustainability up and down the global food-supply chain with WSJ Chicago Bureau Chief Joanna Chung.
Cerebellum
Colonization Of North America: English Settlements - The Lost Colony
Examines the establishment of Roanoke in 1585; the successful settlement of Jamestown, Virginia; the roles of Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and Chief Powhatan; the settlement of Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620; Plymouth Rock and the...
The Wall Street Journal
Silicon Valley's Green Thumb
Entrepreneurs who want to deploy tech-industry tools in the Farm Belt are getting billions of dollars in investment from venture capital firms and food companies. But profits are elusive.
Curated Video
The Skidi Star Chart: Native American Horoscope Par Excellence
A map of the heavens, the stunning Skidi Star Chart acted as a clock, a calendar, a compass – and shaped the cultural and spiritual lives of its creators, the Pawnee Tribe.
US Department of Agriculture
Prince & Son's Farms
Prince & Son’s Farm, located near Statesboro, Georgia grows a variety of traditional crops, ranging from cotton, peanuts, soybeans, to wheat. Mr. Edgar Morris Prince Jr., owner and operator, is a 3rd generation farmer who had the dream...
Curated Video
Communicating Change: Strategies for Effective Implementation in a Business Environment
The video discusses the importance of effective communication when implementing strategic change within a business. The speaker highlights potential pitfalls that can occur when poorly communicating strategic change to lower levels of...
AllTime 10s
10 Ways Global Warming Is Already Killing You
Floods, Wildfires... 'Zombie Anthrax'?! If you thought it was just your Grandkids who'd have to deal with the effects of climate change, have we got news for you. Here's 10 Ways Global Warming is Already Killing You.
US Department of Agriculture
Climate Change And Soybean Research
USDA researchers are studying which soybean varieties react the best to a changing climate.
Next Animation Studio
Beekeepers in the U.S. lost 44 percent of their hives over the 12 months
The Bee Informed Partnership has released its annual survey of the national health of bees in America, and yet again the number of colonies is shrinking. Bee hive losses have increased, according to the survey, which said U.S. beekeepers...