Healthy and local is the focus of this special collection around the people who grow and
bring organic food to local markets and the people who shop at these markets. Topics also include how farmers grow organic food and the quality of our food supply around issues to include local economy, seeding, use of pestisides and fertilisers, water, food security, availability and pricing.

Curated by EarthSayer
Back to the Start sponsored by Chipotle |
The film, by film-maker Johnny Kelly, depicts the life of a farmer as he slowly turns his family farm into an industrial animal factory before seeing the errors of his ways and opting for a more sustainable future. Both the film and the soundtrack were Download the song now available on iTunes. Label and proceeds benefit The Chipotle Cultivate Foundation. View the video on how these creative, innovative folks made the film here. |
Sustainability and Wine-making

McDonald's Lettuce Supplier,"Field to Fork" by Dirk Giannini

Meatrix and the Lie We Tell Ourselves by Moopheus

A Threat to Living Communities by Medha Patkar

Quest for a Livable City: Portland, Oregon

Profit: Organic vs. Permaculture Farming by Helen Atthowe

The Value of Sustainability: Grgich Hills Estate

Monsanto wins landmark case in Supreme Court

Growing Farmers by Nathan McFall

Volunteers for Organic Farming by Ethan Schaffer

About My Life in Organic Farming by Eliot Coleman

Just Eat Organic by Gary Hirshberg

6 Week Volksgarden Test with Hydro Grow's Vertical Light
First Organic Heifer Born at UNH

A Conversation with Anna Lappe (Part I)

Connecting with Food: A Tool for Social Change by Nikki Henderson

Charlottetown Farmers Market

Food Machine, American Revealed, PBS

Food Safety by Richard Linton

Healthy, Local, Fresh: Farmers Markets and Community Wellness

Feeding Nine Billion: A Solution to the Global Food Crisis by Dr. Evan Fraser

Nourishing the Planet by Worldwatch

Tracking Food through the Supply Chain to Ensure Quality and Safety by IBM

The Future of (Sustainable) Agriculture:1/2:Fred Kirschenmann

Belonging to the Earth by Miguel Santistevan

Earth Focus Interview: Ana Sofia Joanes

Fair Food Code of Conduct by Lucas Benitez

300M Heads of Lettuce plus Community Building

Open-sourced blueprints for civilization by Marcin Jakubowski

Feeding Ourselves, Rich or Poor, Requires Investment by Michael Elliott

Prince Charles Talks Organic Farming on U.S. Visit

The Future of (Sustainable) Agriculture— Part 2 of 2

How to Shop at a Farmers Marketing

Fresh (Trailer)

What is Food Justice by Young Kim

Monsanto vs Percy Schmeiser

Increasing support for non-GM seeds for Organic Cotton

A New Farmer Perspective by Jen Henry

Skateboarding Guerrilla Gardener

How to Feed People without Destroying our Environment?
Who Brings Us Our Food?

2008 Goldman Prize: Jesus Leon Santos

The Organic Seed Alliance with Frank Morton

Fairfood Commercial 2010

Anna and Frances Moore Lappe with Raj Patel

Edible Education by Alice Waters

Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi

GAIAM One: Agriculture and Sustainaility:

Rethink What You Drink by Seth Goldman

What is BioDynamic Farming? by Paul Dolan

The Great Recycle 2012 - A project by Honest Tea

CIW Campaign for Fair Food with Gerardo Reyes-Chavez

Back to the Start sponsored by Chipotle

The Cost of Our Long Distance Food System

Urban Agriculture and the work of Tania Pulido

The Final Day of the March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food

NASA Science for a Hungry World: Part 4 Food Security

Fair Trade Movie (trailer) by Jamie Moffett

Seeding Deep Democracy - Vandana Shiva

Two Young Farmers by Brandon Mazur

How to Think About Food by Annemarie Colbin

Permaculture in Hawaii with Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton

TEDxFruitvale - Will Scott - Bring Back Black Farmers

A Thousand Suns

Children Feeding Children: A Thousand School Gardens

Rising Food Prices - Nearly One Billion Go to Bed Hungry