The Agriculture Rebel (2001)

Directed by Bertram Verhaag. Introducing Sepp Holzer, the permaculture farming genius, who grows top and soft fruit plus polycultures of vegetables on his forest farm at 1500m in the Austrian Alps. He demonstrates permaculture in terms of broadscale farming and horticulture, and shows how he integrates domesticated and wild animals, heritage grain crops plus aquaculture systems.This is permaculture and forest farming at its very best. (43 Minutes)


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The Natural History of the Chicken (2000)

Broken into sections highlighting individuals' experiences with their feathered friends, the film is interspersed with striking footage of what goes on inside a poultry-harvesting factory. We are introduced to a variety of folks, from a woman in Maine who gave her ailing chicken CPR to one in Florida whose chicken lives in her home and wears panties. Through these anecdotal tales, we come to realize how attached people can become to these often-overlooked creatures. On the opposite side of things, we meet a group of citizens who are up in arms over the noise created by roosters raised for cockfighting in their otherwise-tranquil community.(56 Minutes)



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The Genetic Takover - Mutant Food (2000)

The Genetic Takeover - Mutant Food; Have North Americans become unwitting guinea pigs for multinationals that are blithely disregarding millions of years of evolution? In just a few short years, genetically modified plants have become part of the daily diet and are already found in 75% of processed foods. This revolution has occurred without consumer awareness and without the knowledge of the potential risks to human health and to the environment. Many scientists and farmers vigorously condemn the absence of adequate independent testing.


The Genetic Takeover takes a sober look at a potentially explosive situation. In response to consumer demands, many European and Asian countries have instituted mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods. North America, however, has not. In their relentless fight for profits, the industrial giants seem willing to ignore basic safety rules. Can food crops, a vital element of the collective wealth of this planet, remain at the mercy of private interests? (52 Minutes)


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The Global Banquet - Politics of Food (1999)

The Global Banquet - Politics of Food; exposes globalization’s profoundly damaging effect on our food system in terms that are understandable to the non-specialist. It debunks several underlying myths about global hunger:

That hunger results from scarcity;
That small countries don’t know how to feed themselves; and
That only market-driven, chemically-based, industrial agriculture can feed the world.
This film reveals how agribusiness squeezes out small farmers and how trade liberalization undercuts subsistence farming—in the U.S. as well as in the developing world. It demonstrates how food security is linked to social development and how women, in particular, are affected by that. And it links factory farming and the alteration and patenting of life forms to degradation of the natural environment.

Through interviews with farmers, policy analysts, and international activists, The Global Banquet examines the ethical questions at the heart of the globalization debate. Beyond that, it shows how farmers, laborers, environmentalists, animal-rights activists, church groups, and students—worldwide—are mobilizing to address the situation. (56 Minutes)

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This Is Modern Eating (1998)

 This is Modern Eating   (30 Minutes)


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My Father's Garden (1996)

 My Father's Garden follows Fred's story as it unfolds through the changing seasons. The differences between organic agriculture and conventional agribusiness are clearly demonstrated. The issues of farm history, industry, and ecology are all addressed in a simple and direct manner. Beyond the machines and methodology of food production lies another drama, that of Fred's neighbors. In sharp contrast to the robust successes of the Kirschenmanns, these family farms are slowly being erased by market forces beyond their control. The consequences of this loss are sadly witnessed, both for the men and women of the Midwest and for those of us who would eat the food they grow. 


More than a cautionary tale, My Father's Garden is a one-hour documentary that tells a story of hope. The memories of the past serve to teach us that we do not have to repeat the mistakes of our fathers. The present is given direction through the explanation and practice of the philosophies of sustainability. Food cannot grow forever on a damaged earth, but Fred's lesson is that we can bring health and beauty back into the Garden, if we are willing to cooperate with nature's infinite intelligence. This wisdom holds the secret to our children's future.  (56 Minutes)


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Global Gardener (1996)

BILL MOLLISON is a practical visionary. For three decades he has traveled the globe spreading the word about permaculture, the method of sustainable agriculture that he devised. Permaculture weaves together microclimate, annual and perennial plants, animals, soils, water management and human needs into intricately connected productive communities. Mollison has proved that even in the most difficult conditions permaculture empowers people to turn wastelands into food forests.
GLOBAL GARDENER is a series of four half-hour programs on a single VHS or DVD. Each episode looks at examples in different bioregions:


IN THE TROPICS - Mollison introduces the basic principles, and shows results in Australia, India, and Zimbabwe.


ARID LANDS - Reversing desertification in Arizona, Botswana and Australia.


COOL CLIMATES - Europe, Tasmania, and the San Juan Islands in Washington State.


URBAN - New York City and Harare, Zimbabwe.  (112 Minutes)


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