Discover how communities in Tajikistan, supported by FAO, are restoring their ancestral seed heritage and safeguarding vital agrobiodiversity. This video showcases farmers, women’s groups, and local seed banks as they revive traditional crops, strengthen livelihoods, and build a resilient future.

Watch the full video on the FAO YouTube channel. Subscribe to FAO on YouTube and follow us on social media:

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Producer Ian Kibbe discusses "Greener Pastures," a compelling PBS documentary, in this podcast. The film delves into the struggles, hopes, and resilience of America's family farmers, addressing the urgent challenges shaping agriculture today.

The interview highlights key voices such as Jeff Ditzenberger, a veteran corn and soybean farmer and founder of Rural Minds and TUGS, alongside Chris Petersen, a sustainable agriculture advocate and board member of the Organization of Competitive Markets.

Produced by Bob Trench and interviewed by Paul Steinbroner, this podcast is presented by Sustainability Action Media, an EarthSayers project.

The Independent Lens documentary "Greener Pastures" premieres March 25, 2024, on PBS.

This film addresses the mental health crisis facing American farmers, intensified by climate change, the pandemic, economic uncertainty, and isolation. It follows four Midwest family farms over several years, highlighting their perseverance and survival within the heartland's farming industry.

For more information, visit pbs.org/greenerpastures. Produced by Ian Robertson Kibb.

Converting food waste from landfills into electricity, once a sci-fi concept, is now a reality. William Brangham visited Ben & Jerry's Vermont ice cream factory and its adjacent operations to investigate how this innovative process works.

Tune into PBS News for daily, breaking, and live coverage, along with special reports. PBS News is proud to host the PBS NewsHour, widely recognized as the most credible and objective TV news program.

This episode of "The Brain Health Revolution" features John Robbins, son of the Baskin-Robbins founder. He famously chose to forgo immense wealth, instead pursuing a "deeper American Dream" focused on a society at peace with its conscience, living in harmony with all life, and practicing compassionate ecosystem stewardship.

A powerful advocate for a sane, ethical, and sustainable future, Robbins has spoken at major conferences, received prestigious honors like the Rachel Carson Award, and appeared on national shows. He co-founded and presides over the Food Revolution Network, which empowers over 600,000 members to transform food systems for healthy people and a healthy planet.

This documentary highlights the burgeoning Native American food sovereignty movement. It explores efforts to reclaim spiritual, political, and cultural identities, confronting the profound trauma of centuries of genocide.

Directed by Sanjay Rawal, the film features Executive Producers Jason Momoa, Brian Mendoza, and the First Nations Development Institute, among others.

Tanya Meillier, Sanjay Rawal, and Sterlin Harjo produced the feature, with cinematography by Renan Ozturk and music by Michael Levine, featuring songs by Raye Zaragoza.

The food industry significantly contributes to biodiversity loss and global greenhouse gas emissions. However, food can be designed to allow nature to thrive.

Circular design for food rethinks ingredients and production, empowering brands and supermarkets to create a system that benefits nature and climate. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, an international charity, champions this circular economy concept—eliminating waste, circulating materials, and regenerating nature.

For more information on circular design and the circular economy, visit the Ellen MacArthur Foundation website or subscribe to our YouTube channel.

Award-winning Oglala Lakota chef Sean Sherman discusses his James Beard Award-winning book, "The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen." He creates vibrant, healthful, and authentic indigenous cuisine, featuring ingredients like venison, trout, and wild rice. The book was recognized as one of the best cookbooks of 2017 by NPR, Smithsonian Magazine, and others.

Born in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, Sherman has cooked for 27 years. Through his business, The Sioux Chef, he works as a caterer and food educator, earning acclaim from National Public Radio and The New York Times.

Get the book here: https://goo.gle/3Ydj9CX. Moderated by Ida Shen.

North Coast Opportunities (NCO) is a Community Action Agency dedicated to serving northern coastal California. This video highlights how NCO operates various programs and fosters collaborations to meet the community's evolving needs, particularly in disaster response, addressing homelessness, poverty, and food scarcity.

While the video showcases some key initiatives, NCO's comprehensive work extends further to support local communities. Discover more about their vital services at NCOinc.org.

SustainablePR's Tony DeFazio interviews Adam Reed, founder of Tangleroot Farm, to discuss their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.

This interview explores the sustainability benefits of local agriculture. It details how CSA, a farm share providing monthly certified organic produce to consumers and markets, strengthens local economies by shortening food supply chains.

The San Francisco Foundation and The Commonwealth Club of California hosted a discussion on Black communities' complex relationship with American land. This conversation explored systemic racism, "food apartheid," and the vital role of the Black farming movement in fostering environmental sustainability and worker cooperatives to ensure healthy, local food access for all.

Executive Director Doria Robinson (Urban Tilth) and Andrea Talley (Mandela Grocery Cooperative) shared insights on farming and food access for BIPOC communities. Noted author Natalie Baszile (*Queen Sugar*, *We Are Each Other's Harvest*) moderated. This program was supported by San Francisco Foundation's Bay Area Leads donors. Become a member: https://www.commonwealthclub.org/membership

COVID-19 has profoundly impacted our food system, causing outbreaks in food markets and plants, increasing food insecurity, and straining supply chains for farmers. Meanwhile, food banks have seen a surge in demand, highlighting critical vulnerabilities.

Explore these challenges and their implications for agriculture, food supply, and diets in a conversation with Lisa Held, senior reporter at Civil Eats, and Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

For more information or to support, visit www.commonwealthclub.org/covid19support. Subscribe for more videos here.

This webinar, originally held on April 29, 2020, explores whether sustainable protein can create a future-fit food system, as reviewed in our Future of Food report. It also examines how the pandemic is straining the current system and what the food industry can do to shape better long-term outcomes.

This recording is valuable for food industry professionals, particularly those in sustainability, nutrition, sourcing, innovation, or strategy. Watch to leverage Forum's futures and system change expertise in navigating today's rapidly evolving context.

Fourteen-year-old Asha O'Reilly encourages families to adopt meatless dinners as a positive collective climate action. She addresses Americans' strong association with meat, advocating for simple changes at the dinner table to combat the macro-level impacts of industrial meat production.

Asha, a 9th-grade expert on the meat industry, delivered a TEDx talk on this topic, empowering families to be part of the solution. Learn more about TEDx events: https://www.ted.com/tedx.

The World Bank Group supports a sustainable cattle ranching program in Colombia's Orinoquía region. This initiative uses silvopastoral methods, integrating trees, forage, and livestock, to help farmers adapt to climate change. As a leading source of funding and knowledge for low-income countries, the World Bank Group is dedicated to reducing poverty and promoting sustainable development.

For more information on this program and other development stories, visit the World Bank Group website, subscribe to our newsletter, or follow us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn.

Facing climate change, a global disaster, experts Arielle Crawford, Gene Baur, Jodi Monelle, and Liz Dee convened to inspire sustainable solutions. Moderated by Deepika Phakke, they shared insights on combating this urgent threat through everyday actions.

Arielle Crawford, founder of ARIELLE, champions sustainable apparel with regenerative materials. Gene Baur, hailed as the "conscience of the food movement," campaigns against factory farming and influenced animal welfare laws. Jodi Monelle's LIVEKINDLY empowers plant-based living for positive global change. Liz Dee, Co-President of Smarties and CEO of Baleine & Bjorn Capital, invests in solutions to outdated animal products and founded Vegan Ladyboss.

The global distribution of heavy wine bottles, primarily relying on diesel, significantly contributes to the wine industry's environmental footprint.

Napa winemaker Dan Petroski states that this process alone accounts for 40-45% of the sector's total greenhouse gas emissions.

Civil Eats author Twilight Greenaway highlights a profound irony: those who grow our food are among the most vulnerable to climate change's impacts.

Farm workers face significant threats, including extreme heat and soil-borne illnesses, underscoring the severe risks to this essential labor force.

John Wick and the Marin Carbon Project are pioneering carbon farming, a practice that sequesters atmospheric carbon in soil. This research-backed approach enhances soil fertility, increases crop yields, and makes farms more resilient to drought. Adopted globally, carbon farming offers a powerful solution to the climate crisis.

Learn more about carbon farming at Bioneers.

Aclima CEO and Co-founder Davida Herzl discusses the critical role of agriculture and food in feeding the global population and combating climate change.

Learn more about her insights on the Climate One Cool CleanTech event page.