By Katharine Priegues, vice president of the
Suwannee Democratic Environmental Caucus
1. What is Regenerative Agriculture? (3:53)
By Jimi Sol
Regenerative agriculture is an effective way to restore biodiversity and stabilize the climate, but what exactly is it? This video explores three different regenerative practices that have great potential both in food production and in healing the land. (No-Till, Regenerative Grazing & Agroforestry).
2. What is Regenerative Agriculture? (1:14)
An exclusive clip from Common Ground film, released in late 2023. http://commongroundfilm.org While there are many ways to define it, Regenerative Agriculture represents a new/old approach to farming and ranching in harmony with nature to restore life in the soil by utilizing and building upon these four core practices: 1. No Tilling 2. Planting Cover Crops 3. No Chemicals 4. Integrating Grazing Animals
Learn more about Regenerative Agriculture by watching our previous film, ‘Kiss the Ground’ (available on Netflix or Vimeo): http://kissthegroundmovie.com. This follow up documentary shares more case studies and goes into depth about how the systems, policies, and big businesses have created and grown these high-scale industrial practices that are so ingrained in our modern food and agricultural industries…and why they are so toxic to our health and the health of our planet.
3. Peter Lehner presents on the Food-Climate Connection (17:03)
Peter Lehner, Senior Strategic Advisor at Earthjustice, presents on the Food-Climate Connection. Watch this clip, from the PPC’s Food-Climate Connection webinar, about “Corn, Cows, and Crap”. Learn more about the numerous consequences of animal agriculture on our oceans, rainforests, farmland, and environment in general. Peter talks about greenhouse gasses, food waste, climate change, solutions, and more.
4. Carbon Farming: A Climate Solution Under Our Feet (49:05)
Meet carbon farming pioneers like Gabe Brown, and Ray Archuleda, in the US, Toshimichi Yoshida in Japan and more.
5. Treating the Farm as an Ecosystem with Gabe Brown, Part 1, The 5 Tenets of Soil Health (2:30:59)
Gabe Brown of Brown's Ranch in Bismarck, ND, shares his transformative journey of cultivating his farm from modern conventional use to a thriving living ecosystem. Through no-till and extensive cover crop usage, Gabe and his family are able to support a diverse array of farm and ranching enterprises that are both profitable and models of sustainability in regenerative agriculture. Learn more at www.brownsranch.us
6. Reviving Rural America With Regenerative Agriculture: Lessons From White Oak Pastures & Will Harris (25:05)
Sowing Prosperity's "Lessons From Bluffton" is a captivating mini-documentary that takes you on an inspiring journey to the small town of Bluffton, Georgia. This film, a testament to the power of regenerative agriculture, showcases the remarkable story of renewal and prosperity through the lens of this innovative approach to farming centering on regenerative land manager Will Harris.
7. From the Ground Up – Regenerative Agriculture (13:14)
By festival21
'From the Ground Up' is a story of genuine change and inspiration - tracing the steps of individuals who transformed their practices following the life-changing realisation - that farmers have a unique opportunity to heal the planet. Inspired by Charles Massy'sbest-selling book "Call of the Reed Warbler", filmmaker Amy Browne set out across the dry farming country of South East NSW to meet Massy and the other trailblazing farmers bringing new life to their land.
8. Regenerative Agriculture on a Small Scale | What it Looks Like (17:31)
Answered: What is regenerative agriculture, what does regenerative agriculture look like, what is small scale regenerative agriculture, using animals on a small scale, and more!
9. Into the Soil | The Wisdom of Regenerative Farming (31:26)
In the documentary ”Into the Soil” we follow Brigid LeFevre, who runs a community supported agriculture operation (CSO) in Järna, Sweden. In her biodynamic vegetable garden she focuses on fermenting the harvest in order to enrich it with nutritious lactic acid bacteria.
10. REGENERATIVE GRAZING: Using Cows to Rebuild Soil After a Century of Tillage (15:15)
This episode shares the story of Stephen Brass of Walnut Grove Brass Family Farm in Stillman Valley, Illinois, and how he successfully transitioned his 160 acre farm from a chemical intensive, commodity crop operation to a regenerative 100% grass-fed beef operation. He shares the methods he is using to regenerate soil after a century of tillage and decades of chemical usage.
11. Farmer's Footprint: Regeneration - The Beginning (Full Film) (20:18)
This film series explores scientific findings from Dr. Zach Bush and soil health expert Dr. Allen Williams of Soil Health Consultants, LLC that identify the root cause of the current chronic disease epidemic and its connection to chemically dependent agricultural practices.
12. Environmental Impacts of Food Systems FT. Peter Lehner (1:03:17)
Leading voice in environmental law and a champion for sustainable food systems, Mr. Peter Lehner. Mr. Lehner currently directs the Sustainable Food & Farming Program at Earthjustice, a renowned non-profit environmental law organization. Throughout his career, he has tackled critical environmental challenges, from directing the clean water program at the Natural Resources Defense Council to authoring books exploring the connection between agriculture and climate change. Mr. Lehner will share his expertise on Environmental Impacts of Food Systems.
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