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...
Curated Video
Africa through a lens: The history of colonial South Africa (2012)
National Archives: The history of colonial South Africa, presented by Daniel Gilfoyle, diplomatic and colonial records specialist at The National Archives and presented using primary sources from the archives as an insight to this history.
Let's Tute
Exploring the Growing Threat of Dead Zones in Our Oceans and Waterways
The video discusses the phenomenon of dead zones in bodies of water, which are regions with low oxygen levels due to an excess of nutrients from agricultural and industrial activity. The video explains the four types of dead zones and...
Curated Video
I WONDER - Are Swamps An Important Part Of The Ecosystem?
This video is answering the question of are swamps an important part of the ecosystem.
Curated Video
'Flash drought brings dread to southern farmers
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus124889
US Department of Agriculture
Hugh Hammond Bennett - The Story of America’s Private Lands Conservation Movement
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) presents a documentary on soil conservation pioneer Hugh Hammond Bennett, the history of our agency and the birth of the private lands conservation movement in the U.S.
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 Helps American Indian Tribe Restore Land
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is helping an American Indian tribe in West Texas restore the value of its traditional lands.
Mediacorp
The Harmony of Religions and Cultures in Malaysia
This video investigates the integration of Buddhism into Malaysian culture and the success of having religious harmony. The Heart of ASEAN: episode 4, part 4/11
Visual Learning Systems
The Water Cycle: the Many Uses of Water
Upon viewing the The Water Cycle video series, students will be able to do the following: Define the water cycle as the continual movement of water between earth and the air. Explain that the water cycle consists of three processes:...
Financial Times
French organic farming explores the unconventional
The FT’s Harriet Agnew visits what will be the world’s largest rooftop farm and a company growing strawberries and herbs in shipping containers. In the French countryside, she explores a chateau farm that shuns pesticides and ploughing,...
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...
Food Farmer Earth
David Korten: Assessing Capitalism's Impact on Democracy and Society
David Korten critiques the current capitalist system for exacerbating economic disparities and undermining the democratic process, suggesting that it operates counter to the interests of the broader society by prioritizing corporate...
Curated Video
What is a Conflict of Interest?
One of the primary concerns for all federal employees is the prevention of conflicts of interest, in order to increase the public’s trust in government. That’s also one of the most basic functions of the Office of Ethics. In this video...
Food Farmer Earth
The Paradox of Progress: The Complex Impact of Food Industrialization
Paul Roberts explores the unintended consequences of innovations in food production, starting with the post-World War II discovery that led to widespread use of antibiotics in livestock, which initially boosted production but later...
TMW Media
The Everglades Ecosystem: Learn how the everglades came to be
What are the different ecosystems that make up the everglades? What has compromised the health of the everglades? Where do the everglades begin? When and how did the everglades begin to form? What happened when settlers came to the area?...
US Department of Agriculture
USDA Working With Farmers To Improve Ecosystem Health Of Gulf Coast
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service has launched a water and wildlife conservation effort along the Gulf Coast of the United States. In the first of a five part series on five different states, the USDA's Bob Ellison has more...
TMW Media
The Everglades Ecosystem: Hamilton Disstons plan and the affects of a canal
What was Hamilton Disstons plan for the everglades? Did his plan work? What were the affects of building a canal? What were the affects after the canal was changed? The Everglades Ecosystem, Part 2
US Department of Agriculture
Efforts To Improve A Great Lake's Water Quality
To help protect or improve the quality of water resources throughout the U.S. is just one of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s missions. One of our Nation’s Great Lakes has been in trouble for years, and USDA efforts to expand...
US Department of Agriculture
Women are the Past, Present and Future of American Agriculture
A photo montage message from USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden in honor of The White House Rural Council Dialogue on Women Leaders in Agriculture, Washington DC, October 20, 2014
Food Farmer Earth
Reassessing Our Diet: Joan Dye Gussow's Perspective on Modern Food
Joan Dye Gussow discusses the transformative shifts in the U.S. food system, emphasizing the transition from natural, whole foods to nutritionally equivalent, processed alternatives. She critiques the impact of industrialization on food...
Mediacorp
Empowering Farmers Through Education
In this video, we meet farmers in Indonesia who use the extra money gained from selling roses to set up a non-governmental school to improve education in the local area to ensure these families are not left behind in this fast developing...
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...
Mazz Media
California
The exciting story of the State of California comes alive in this informational and entertaining video program. Filled with archival footage, rare photos and animated maps combined with brilliant HD video, this program will teach...