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Fire Ants: Coping with These Invasive Insects - Science Nation
Invasive animals are often most abundant in habitats impacted by humans, especially man-made habitats, such as roadsides, suburban and urban developments, and areas of intensive agricultural activity. Understanding why this is true may...
Food Farmer Earth
Cultivating the Elusive: Inside the World of Wasabi Farming
A wasabi farmer describes the unique cultivation of wasabi, a plant that thrives in cool, creek-bed-like conditions, emphasizing the labor-intensive process of hand-harvesting and the plant's full edibility. Highlighting the farm's...
Food Farmer Earth
Strategies for Successful Biodiesel Crop Cultivation
The video offers practical advice for farmers interested in growing biodiesel crops like sunflower and canola, emphasizing starting small on the best land for optimal yields. Key tips include experimenting on a small scale, asking lots...
Food Farmer Earth
Cultivating Curiosity: A Journey Through the World of Artisan Cheese
Sasha Davies and Michael Claypool journey across America to share stories of artisan cheese makers — one cheese at a time. Inspired by a gap in consumer knowledge about artisan cheeses, embarks on a project called Cheese by Hand, aiming...
Food Farmer Earth
Winter at Penner-Ash Wine Cellars: A Season of Preparation and Reflection
Lynn Penner-Ash and Ron Penner-Ash detail the off-season activities at Penner-Ash Wine Cellars, from assessing vineyard sites for water drainage issues to cleaning and maintaining equipment. Despite common misconceptions of downtime,...
Food Farmer Earth
The Whisk - An Essential Kitchen Tool Explored
The importance of the whisk is celebrated through the perspective of a chef who relies on it for making sauces and gravies without lumps, highlighting its necessity in both home and professional kitchens. The manufacturing process of...
The Wall Street Journal
The Consolidation Game
Technology is reshaping the troubled U.S. farm economy, forcing mid-sized farms to merge into much bigger operations. How is this changing the agricultural economy - and what determines which farms will survive?
Food Farmer Earth
Sustainable Practices: The Journey of GNC Farms Towards Food Alliance Certification
Doug Roth of GNC Farms shares their transition towards sustainable farming practices, becoming Food Alliance certified to enhance the market value of their green beans while maintaining environmentally friendly farming methods. This...
US Department of Agriculture
USDA Assists Kickapoo Indian Tribe
A USDA program is helping an American Indian tribe in Texas get more water for agriculture production and to grow organic crops.
Food Farmer Earth
Precision and Tradition: The Craft of Butchering a Pig
This detailed guide covers the intricate process of butchering the midsection of a pig, focusing on the importance of precision in separating primal cuts and the use of specific tools like boning knives and saws. It emphasizes the skills...
Food Farmer Earth
Crafting Chèvre at Home: A Step-by-Step Guide to Soft Goat's Milk Cheese
Two Sentence Summary: This tutorial provides a comprehensive guide to making Chèvre, a soft goat's milk cheese, starting with fresh, raw goat milk warmed to a specific temperature to cultivate the right microbial environment. The process...
Food Farmer Earth
Michael Pollan: Toward a Healthier Food System and Society
Michael Pollan articulates a hopeful vision for reforming the food system, emphasizing the power of consumers to influence change through informed choices and advocating for policy shifts to support healthy, sustainable food practices....
Food Farmer Earth
Sharpening Skills: The Craft of Forging Chef Knives
A knife maker shares his journey of learning to make knives in Japan, emphasizing the balance between functionality and aesthetics in crafting kitchen knives. He cites a famous Japanese swordsmith's philosophy that a knife's beauty lies...
Food Farmer Earth
Fostering Young Farmers: Overcoming Land Affordability Challenges
Ken Meter discusses the challenge young aspiring farmers face due to the high cost of land, which is inflated by investors and subdivision developers beyond what farming can sustainably afford. He emphasizes the importance of creating...
Food Farmer Earth
Truffle Essence: Innovations in Capturing Authentic Flavor
The video discusses the complexities of reproducing the authentic flavor of truffles in oil, highlighting the differences between synthetically infused and naturally infused truffle oils. It explains how traditional methods, focusing on...
Food Farmer Earth
Bridging the Gap: Turning Food Waste into Nutritional Opportunities
The monumental issue of food waste in the United States is spotlighted, underscoring the environmental impact of methane gas from landfills and the missed opportunities to feed those in need. Advocating for a shift in societal...
Food Farmer Earth
The Raw Milk Renaissance: A Farmer's Advocacy for Natural Dairy
A farmer elaborates on the benefits of raw milk, emphasizing its nutritional advantages over processed alternatives and debunking common misconceptions about safety. He highlights the historical context of milk pasteurization and argues...
Food Farmer Earth
Sustainable Dairy Farming: The Journey of a Small Scale Dairy
A small-scale dairy farm focuses on sustainable practices and energy efficiency, operating off the power grid and producing raw aged cheese from a herd of Nigerian Dwarf goats. The farm's size and operations are intentionally designed to...
Food Farmer Earth
Bone Broth Revival: Embracing Traditional Nutrition for Modern Health
The video highlights the cultural and nutritional significance of bone broth, a traditional food praised for its nutrient density, including proteins and minerals. It delves into how bone broth has been used historically for food thrift...
NASA
NASA | Science for a Hungry World: Part 5
This episode discusses dwindling groundwater resources in India.
The March of Time
Secretary Claude R. Wickard
MOT 1944: SECRETARY WICKARD: EXT US Department of Agriculture building. Secretary Claude R. Wickard (1893-1967) dictating to secretary SOT saying number of veterans placed on farms relies on number willing to leave million & 1/2 farm...
Food Farmer Earth
Food Club: Know Thy Food
The Know Thy Food buyer's club began with a small parenting group in 2008, and has grown into a 900-member food buyer's club, with hundreds of fresh, sustainable and organic foods available from local farmers, and specialty food...
Food Farmer Earth
Pear Eau de Vie: Preserving Land and Tradition Through Distillation
he video features the making of Eau de Vie, a French "water of life," distilled from fermented pear mash, emphasizing its role in supporting local farmers and preserving open land in Oregon. It showcases the surprising dryness of the...
Food Farmer Earth
Animal Welfare on Factory Farms - No Legal Protections
From the archives: Kathy Hessler, Director of the Animal Law Clinic at Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland (Oregon), discusses the important subject of factory farms in relation to animal welfare protections under existing federal and...