Instructional Video6:42
Food Farmer Earth

An Urban Farm Feeds Local Neighborhood with Help from Disabled

12th - Higher Ed
Tim Donovan, who calls himself "a farmer and maker," leads the agriculture team at Project Grow, a program of Port City Development Center, an arts and farming organization that works with adults with disabilities. The project brings...
Instructional Video4:18
Curated Video

Healthy Vegetarian - Happy Environment

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The wisdom of yoga revealed in Wai Lana Insights will inspire you on your journey towards a happier and healthier life. “The amount of farmable land and drinkable water on Earth are both limited. And farm land and drinking water are...
Instructional Video4:22
Food Farmer Earth

Building A Bridge To Somewhere Farm To School

12th - Higher Ed
This story is about a farmer that provides fresh wholesome food from his fields to the school lunchroom cafeterias. To read the entire story, <a href='http://cookingupastory.com/building-a...' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>visit</a>ef='http://cookingupastory.com/building-a...' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>visit
Instructional Video5:48
Food Farmer Earth

A 4th Generation Oyster Fisherman

12th - Higher Ed
In this episode, Bill Taylor, a fourth generation oyster farmer and President of Taylor Shellfish Farms, shares his family's century-old connection to the shellfish industry his great-grandfather helped develop, and to the South Puget...
Instructional Video3:24
Food Farmer Earth

Cherry Orchards in Full Bloom

12th - Higher Ed
Mike Omeg's family has farmed in The Dalles, Oregon area for five generations. As Omeg explains in the video, at one time the farm was a diversified operation with cattle, wheat, and the big cash crop in the early 1900's: watermelons. In...
Instructional Video3:37
Food Farmer Earth

A Look Inside A Modern Combine Harvester

12th - Higher Ed
Farmers across the country (and increasingly the world) rely upon technology as an integral part of their day to day farming operations. In The Dalles, Oregon, fifth generation farmer David Brewer shows us the insides of his John Deere...
Instructional Video3:31
Food Farmer Earth

Vandana Shiva on Hunger: Beyond Agricultural Inputs to Sustainability

12th - Higher Ed
Vandana Shiva articulates how the shift towards a high-cost, chemically-intensive agriculture has paradoxically led to increased hunger among agricultural communities, with a focus on the role of monocultures and international trade in...
Instructional Video1:46
US Department of Agriculture

Climate Change and Peanuts

Higher Ed
USDA researchers are studying how climate change could affect peanuts and how they are grown.
Instructional Video2:10
US Department of Agriculture

USDA Researches Year Round Strawberries

Higher Ed
A USDA research geneticist is working on a way to grow strawberries year round on the east coast. Dr. Kim Lewers is testing some strawberry cultivars in a new production system designed to extend the growing season in the northern and...
Instructional Video5:00
Food Farmer Earth

In Bloom: The Vibrant Life of a Lavender Farm

12th - Higher Ed
This narrative delves into the rich history and vibrant cultivation of lavender on a homestead farm established in 1898, where the owners nurture over 1300 plants across seven varieties. The text highlights the farm's dedication to...
Instructional Video3:49
After Skool

Is SeaWeed The Crop of the Future?

12th - Higher Ed
Despite its recently trendy, superfood status, seaweed has been used all over the world for thousands of years, but has most notably been a prominent part of Asian diets for the longest period of time, particularly in Japan, Korea and...
Instructional Video6:03
Curated Video

Israel, Acre- the Crusader city

12th - Higher Ed
Acre is the holiest city of the Baha'i Faith, and as such receives many Baha'i pilgrims. The city was known as Ptolemais during the Hellenistic and Roman-Byzantine periods. During the Crusades it was known as St. Jean d'Acre after the...
News Clip2:21
Curated Video

Moncton eyes selling city land for housing

9th - Higher Ed
The city is planning to sell off various pieces of municipal land to be developed as affordable housing, including a parcel near the Moncton Coliseum.
News Clip1:36
Curated Video

Bog, forest fire in North Dundas shrinks but could smoulder for months

9th - Higher Ed
Tony Fraser, mayor of North Dundas, says bog fires can last for months underground, but he's hopeful the wet weather will help extinguish this one.
News Clip1:38
Curated Video

India flood damage: Crops damaged and livelihoods destroyed

9th - Higher Ed
Over 10,000 evacuated in India’s capital after heavy monsoon floods.
Instructional Video2:14
Curated Video

How will skyrocketing farmland prices affect family farmers in Sask.?

9th - Higher Ed
According to Farm Credit Canada's 2023 report, the average price of farmland in the province shot up 15.7 per cent last year. Some operators of smaller-scale family farms say that's making it hard to expand their operations.
News Clip1:44
Curated Video

India's monsoon floods: Farmers stare at major losses

9th - Higher Ed
While average monsoon rains are ordinarily good for the farmers, uneven distribution this year has created new worries.
News Clip1:53
Curated Video

Governments pledge $228M for B.C. farm relief after floods

9th - Higher Ed
The B.C. and federal governments jointly announced $228 million in financial help for farmers devastated by November’s floods, but some are concerned it’s not going to be enough.
News Clip1:28
Curated Video

Floods in Brazilian state submerges entire neighbourhoods

9th - Higher Ed
At least 120,000 people are affected by flooding and a state of emergency has been declared after heavy rain in Brazil's northwestern state of Acre.
News Clip2:15
Curated Video

Why these chicken keepers could lose their feathered friends

9th - Higher Ed
Some chicken keepers in Stewiacke, N.S., want town council to change a bylaw that requires a minimum lot size to raise the birds and limits the number that can be kept on a property. Meig Campbell has the story.
News Clip2:11
Curated Video

Kashmir attack aftermath: stranded families, drought fears as India-Pakistan tensions escalate

9th - Higher Ed
Border closures and water disputes deepen India-Pakistan tensions, as farmers and families face looming disaster.
News Clip2:12
Curated Video

Proposed changes to P.E.I. Lands Protection Act raising concerns with some Island groups

9th - Higher Ed
A government amendment to some key legislation would lead to people who are not Island residents needing cabinet approval to buy properties of one acre or less that are located within municipalities with an official plan. CBC's Sheehan...
News Clip3:06
Curated Video

Why horse owners in Wood Buffalo want land use bylaw change

9th - Higher Ed
Some horse owners in regional municipality of Wood Buffalo believe the new land use bylaw, passed in March, limited too strictly the number of horses people can keep, especially on smaller plots. Now, after a public hearing, the bylaw...
News Clip1:18
Curated Video

Andrew Furey challenges Tony Wakeham to ‘be better’ at Liberal fundraiser

9th - Higher Ed
In a TikTok video, the Progressive Conservative Party Leader Tony Wakeham takes aim at the media and the Liberal government over what he calls ‘land deal scandals.’ The outgoing premier fired back, challenging Wakeham to change his...