Jonathan Safran Foer, author of "Eating Animals", claims agribusiness is guilty of "the worst kind of manipulation." He says the lies range from leading people to believe there's a "well...
In this Earth Focus interview, Oxfam's Gawain Kripke discusses climate change and its effects on global food security.
Aside from more obvious, immediate effects, more insidious results of climate change will...
This Earth Focus special illustrates the impact of climate change today, on the eve of the Copenhagen talks. Was climate change avoidable, or is it the inevitable result of human...
In this week's climate change story, witness the devastating effects of climate change on agriculture and farming. In addition to heat waves, floods and droughts killing off cattle and crops,...
This film takes us from local farms to farmers' markets to kitchens to tables, celebrating one of the most influential pioneers and leaders in the organic and local-food movement, Nora...
(Part 1) This Link TV special brings you celebrated author Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food) as he takes on the industrialization of the U.S. food system,...
(Part 2) Author Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food) as he takes on the industrialization of the U.S. food system, and proposes dramatic solutions to America's addiction...
(Latin Pulse: September 1, 2009) In this episode of Latin Pulse we focus on the struggle between Argentine food farmers and transnational soy producers. The soy producers bribe landowners and...
"Estimates are between 10-15% of all atmospheric carbon could be returned to the soil with sustainable agriculture practices," says author Michael Pollan. He suggests developing a method to measure and...
Pucarumi lies at the foot of the Ausangate glacier in the uplands of Peru. Here, herders rely on pastures fed by glacier melt to feed their animals and irrigate...
Deborah Koons Garcia, director of "The Future of Food", outlines the problems with GMO crops, and the imbalances in our industrial food system. She describes how "little has changed" since...
Host Mark Hertsgaard and Deborah Koons Garcia, director of "The Future of Food", discuss how difficult it is to really know what one is eating, especially with the lack of...
In this interview with host Mark Hertsgaard, University of California at Berkeley biologist Ignacio Chapela discusses the dangers of genetically modified foods - not only the questionable science behind it,...
UC Berkeley biologist Ignacio Chapela discusses his discovery of genetically modified sequences inserted into the corn genome in Oaxaca, Mexico. His scientific paper was attacked and discredited - demonstrating the...
In the inner-city of Johannesburg, The GreenHouse Project is turning one urban park into a seedbed for sustainable communities. The program takes a holistic approach to the city's challenges, integrating...