The March of Time
1938: ULSTER COUNTY: Men raking in field. Men picking field crop. People loading hay wagon. Horse & wagon on 'Peace' farm road w/ livestock BG. VS Men working in 'Peace' gas station. Father Divine's Peace Mission movement.
MOT 1938: ULSTER COUNTY: Men raking in field. Men picking field crop. People loading hay wagon. Horse & wagon on 'Peace' farm road w/ livestock BG. VS Men working in 'Peace' gas station. Father Divine's Peace Mission movement.
Curated Video
The Buzz on Pollination: How Honey Bees Power Agriculture
This segment explores the vital role of honey bees in pollinating a wide variety of foods and producing honey. It highlights the threats to bee populations, known as the Four P’s: pesticides, pests, pathogens, and poor nutrition....
Food Farmer Earth
The 12 Aprils System: Revolutionizing Dairy Farming with Crop Rotation
Tom Trantham's Dairy Farm utilizes the 12 Aprils Nutritional Crop Rotation System to support sustainable dairy farming by rotating different forages in 29 paddocks, allowing cows to graze on a variety of crops year-round. This innovative...
Financial Times
On the ground with farming's robot revolution
The FT gets hands on with smaller bots that promise to protect soil quality, reduce the use of pesticides and boost agricultural productivity. They could eventually change the industry and the landscape beyond recognition.
NASA
NASA Satellites Keep Watch on U.S. Food Supply
Since 2008, the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, or NASS, has drawn on Landsat data to monitor dozens of crops in the lower 48 states as part of NASS's Cropland Data Layer program. The Cropland Data layer uses Landsat and...
TED Talks
TED: A drone's-eye view of conservation | Lian Pin Koh
Ecologist Lian Pin Koh makes a persuasive case for using drones to protect the world's forests and wildlife. These lightweight autonomous flying vehicles can track animals in their natural habitat, monitor the health of rainforests, even...
Curated Video
Missing Mum
Izzy misses her mum so Maggie takes her out for the day to cheer her up while Shane offers to do Maggie’s chores on the farm. But he soon finds it’s not that easy.
SciShow
Viroids: Possibly the Smallest Pathogens on Earth
Potato spindle tuber disease wasn't a life-or-death situation, but it led to the discovery of viroids: infectious, replicating bits of RNA
The March of Time
MOT 1948: REPUBLIC OF CHINA: AGRICULTURE: VS Chinese farmers, workers spraying farm crop, plants in rows, postwar farming. IMPORTS: WS Large packages carried on poles by men walking down railroad yard. PESTICIDE INDUSTRY VS Chinese workers inside warehouse
MOT 1948: REPUBLIC OF CHINA: AGRICULTURE: VS Chinese farmers, workers spraying farm crop, plants in rows, postwar farming. IMPORTS: WS Large packages carried on poles by men walking down railroad yard. PESTICIDE INDUSTRY VS Chinese...
The March of Time
US Witham farm corn crops
MOT 1939: U.S. WITHAM FARM: CORN CROPS: WS Corn field. VS Horse drawn cart cutting corn. WS Farmers loading corn onto carriage. MS 'Ernest Witham' sacking corn crops. XWS Corn stacks on field.
NASA
NASA's Curious Universe: From Space to Farm
Farmers rely on the accuracy of a crucial NASA and USGS mission, Landsat, to make decisions about crops. Those decisions have far-reaching implications that can impact what you see on your dinner plate!
Food Farmer Earth
Revolutionizing Harvest: The Comfort-Focused Crop Picker
The Easy Pick machine revolutionizes farm labor by providing a comfortable platform for workers, allowing them to pick crops like strawberries and beans without crawling on their hands and knees. This innovative device offers protection...
Curated Video
Permaculture Keyline Water Systems: Tom Ward @ Wolf Gulch Farm
Permaculture Elder Tom Ward takes us on a 10 minute animated tour of Wolf Gulch Farm in Southern Oregon, USA. It was designed using Permaculture principles and laid out using Keyline patterning. Tom's narrated journey explores water...
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...
The March of Time
1953: CALIFORNIA COTTON: HA WS Rows of cotton plants on San Joaquin Valley farm. VS Spring being used for irrigation, water flowing between plants, MS Harvested cotton plant, men loading cotton bales onto hoist at dock, hoisting upward toward ship deck.
MOT 1953: CALIFORNIA COTTON: HA WS Rows of cotton plants on San Joaquin Valley farm. VS Spring being used for irrigation, water flowing between plants, MS Harvested cotton plant, men loading cotton bales onto hoist at dock, hoisting...
Food Farmer Earth
Peek Inside An Organic Farm Supply Store
After moving to the Big Apple in 2001, Naomi Montacre quickly figured out that she preferred the countryside more than the urban lifestyle. After living in an inexpensive loft in Brooklyn for five years, working odd jobs to save money,...
Curated Video
Practical - Light Intensity and Photosynthesis Rate
Practical - Light Intensity and Photosynthesis Rate
SciShow
Engineering Plants That Fertilize Themselves to Save the World
Humans have relied on fertilizers to grow their plants for thousands of years. But the production of synthetic fertilizers also requires an immense amount of energy that comes primarily from fossil fuels and therefore contributes to...
SciShow
Beware the Bug Spit: How Spittlebugs Accidentally Doom Plants
Ever wondered what makes those balls of white foam you sometimes find clinging to plants? Spittlebugs create these bubbly cocoons after feeding on a plant’s fluids; but unfortunately, their eating habits help transmit a deadly bacteria...
SciShow
Beware the Bug Spit: How Spittlebugs Accidentally Doom Plants
Ever wondered what makes those balls of white foam you sometimes find clinging to plants? Spittlebugs create these bubbly cocoons after feeding on a plant’s fluids; but unfortunately, their eating habits help transmit a deadly bacteria...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Are we living in a simulation? | Zohreh Davoudi
All life on Earth— living and inanimate, microscopic and cosmic— is governed by mathematical laws with apparently arbitrary constants. And this opens up a question: If the universe is completely governed by these laws, couldn't a...
Food Farmer Earth
Sustainable Chestnut Farming: A Low-Tech Organic Approach
This document profiles an organic chestnut farmer who emphasizes the sustainability and low environmental impact of cultivating chestnuts as a perennial crop. Through innovative, low-tech methods and a focus on diverse cultivars, the...
FuseSchool
BIOLOGY - Environment - What is organic farming
As populations have grown, farming practices have become more intensified to maximise crop yields and ensure we can feed the ever growing population. Fertilisers and pesticides are used on crops, and animals may be kept inside in more...
Food Farmer Earth
Wheat Harvest
The day we visited David Brewer of Emerson Dell Farm in late July, he was nearing the end of his wheat harvest on about 1200 acres of dry-land crop. Brewer's soft white winter wheat has low gluten strength, and most of it is shipped to...