Agriculture Video

France to create bee research institute and “Bee Czar”

Collected by ylld

Added yesterday

Last week, France’s Agriculture Minister Michel Barnier unveiled a plan to create a scientific institute to conduct bee research aimed at stemming colony collapse disorder, as well as the appointment of a “Bee Czar”. Every year, 30-35 percent of the bee colonies do not survive the winter and the ...

agriculture, biodiversity, climate change, food

Indigenous grapes - swissinfo

Collected by swissjourno

Added October 10, 2008

For more than 20 years Swiss winemaker Stefano Haldemann has been producing wine with utmost attention to the environment. Currently he's testing an unknown kind of grape he discovered in an old vineyard. (Michele Andina, swissinfo)

wine, harvest, indigenous, agriculture, farming, swiss, swissinfo, switzerland, vineyard, winery

Alpacas in the Alps - swissinfo

Collected by swissjourno

Added September 29, 2008

In autumn, it's common in Switzerland to see herds of cattle decorated with bells and flowers being led down from the mountains to their winter stables. But these days, you might rub your eyes – surely those aren't cows marching down into the valley? No indeed: around 400 Swiss farmers now keep l...

farm, farming, agriculture, alpaca, animals, alps, andes, swiss, swissinfo, switzerland

Doomsday Vault Protects World’s Seeds in the Event of World Destruction

Collected by planetxing and 2 other people

Added April 11, 2008

Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened its doors on February 26, 2008 to the world. This ‘Doomsday Vault’ is part of an effort to protect the planet’s diminishing biodiversity. The facility was dug deep into the frozen rock of an Arctic mountain on Spitsbergen, one of 3 Arpichelago I...

doomsday seed vault, svalbard, norway, seed bank, doomsday vault, agriculture, north pole, food supply, seeds, doors

Meet the Super Cow

Collected by amichelson and 2 other people

Added February 20, 2008

How man use tehcnology to fast manipulate breeding.

agriculture, man, news, hormones, super cow

Monsanto Indian Farmer Suicide

Collected by amichelson and 2 other people

Added February 14, 2008

agriculture

Genetically Modified Food - Panacea or Poison?

Collected by TodayYesterdayAndTo... and 10 other people

Added June 25, 2007

POISON!

food, dna, disease, health, farming, crops, biochemistry, monsano, agriculture, corn

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

Collected by ratbagradio and 1 other person

Added May 17, 2008

peak oil, cuba, community, sustainability, food, agriculture, organic, health, education, transport

Organic Dairyman- Part 1: A Family Tradition

Collected by Verda Vivo and 1 other person

Added March 25, 2008

work, farm, our, ranch, world, dairy, organic, agriculture, modern, food

Hino Nacional - CeasaMinas

Collected by amichelson and 1 other person

Added January 16, 2008

Brasilian state owned fruit and vegetable company.

agriculture

Genetically Modified Poison In The World's Food Supply

Collected by TodayYesterdayAndTo... and 3 other people

Added June 16, 2007

genetically modified food, gm, monsanto, allergies, asthma, ge, gmo, organic, cancer, agriculture

Working on the farm - swissinfo

Collected by swissjourno

Added July 12, 2008

Every year about 3,000 young people spend a working holiday on one of 1,200 Swiss farms. It's an opportunity to be close to nature, see where our food comes from and, for one Dutch girl, to practise French and German. (swissinfo, Raffaella Rossello)

work, labour, labor, farm, agriculture, summer, swiss, switzerland, swissinfo, student

Startling Live Call to Agriculture Canada (Part 2 of 2)

Collected by Shira79

Added July 04, 2008

CanadianBeaver confronts Agriculture Canada with some tough questions regarding the inhumane treatme

animal, rights, abuse, inhumane, agriculture, canada, spca

Startling Live Call to Agriculture Canada (Part 1 of 2)

Collected by Shira79

Added July 04, 2008

CanadianBeaver confronts Agriculture Canada with some tough questions regarding the inhumane treatme

animal, rights, welfare, slaughterhouses, abuse, inhumane, agriculture, canada

EU Commission & France: Partners in Propaganda

Collected by whitebull

Added July 04, 2008

Beware of propaganda… This video was posted on the European Commission’s eutube channel. It’s not about solving the world’s food and energy problems. It’s really about the EU’s farm policies, and about French farmers not wishing to give up EU subsidies, about France’s role in the world trad...

european union, agriculture, eu presidency, farming, france, propaganda

Dairy farmers dumping milk as boycott gets underway

Collected by whitebull

Added May 31, 2008

Rising global food prices are adding to poverty and hunger in Africa and elsewhere. But milk prices are not rising. European dairy farmers are getting none of it and they’re fed up. Dairy farmers in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland and Austria have ceased to su...

agriculture, european union, diary, farm, food prices, milk, news, politics, protest

Vanishing of the Bees

Collected by Verda Vivo

Added May 19, 2008

The Vanishing of the Bees takes a piercing investigative look at the economic, political and spiritual implications of the world wide disappearance of the honeybee, a mysterious ecological tragedy that could topple our food chain and forever change our way of life.

honeybees, bees, ccd, colony collapse disorder, agriculture, factory farming