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14 minutes
[ Culture ]
Putting the Future of Food in New Hands: Training Farmworkers to Become Farm Owners
By Sam Burns
Creating a new life for ourselves is always possible, and nonprofit ALBA is making that possible for countless people. They’re giving immigrant farmworkers the tools and the knowledge to improve their lives by helping them have organic farms of their own!
21 minutes
[ Culture ]
No Such Thing as “Unskilled”: The Super-Speed Farmworkers We Couldn’t Live Without
By Sam Burns
In a world of automation, there is still one central part of our lives that requires the skilled touch of the human hand: food. Your produce doesn’t just magically appear on your supermarket shelves, so it’s time we met the skilled people that make that fresh food possible!
10 minutes
[ Nature ]
Your Fuzzy Antidote to Sadness: Alpacas!
In a time when there is so much division, comfort can still be found in the world around us. We’re pulling our favorite sweater over our heads and coming out to the other side to celebrate an animal who has been gifting us relief for centuries! With an alpaca’s undeniably cute underbite and “super fiber” fleece, your hard day is about to become a little softer!
10 minutes
[ Thought Leaders ]
The Joy of Sharing! New Wisdom On An Age-Old Cycle
By Sam Burns
Whether you’re just starting out on your journey or you’ve become a master of your craft, you can be a part of a cycle that goes back millennia. What is this ancient cycle and how can it apply to our lives today? Let’s head to the hills of Colorado and find out!
11 minutes
[ Innovation ]
Can You Fit a 2-Acre Garden in a Shipping Container?
By Sam Burns
How do we increase access to fresh, nutritious foods in places lacking the land to grow it? Square Roots may be bringing us towards the solution by growing the equivalent of a 2-acre garden inside a shipping container!
13 minutes
[ Innovation ]
Re-Imagining Restaurants: Zero Waste and Endless Good!
By Sam Burns
What if we just eliminated trash bins? This restaurant did! And this one commitment has completely reshaped the traditional restaurant model; pointing to possibilities that can transform food systems around the world.
20 minutes
[ Innovation ]
Cow Burps are Warming our Planet, but Seaweed Could Change That!
By Sam Burns
A simple and ingenious solution has been found to the enormous problem of Methane gas produced by cows — which is 34 times worse for our planet than all the world’s vehicle emissions. Another brilliant idea that combines two things no one ever thought to put together!
18 minutes
[ Nature ]
What Ants Can Teach Us About Problem-Solving
Did you know that there is FAR more to the ant/human relationship than painful bites? Turns out, weaver ants have been used for centuries to help farmers protect their crops! And better yet, these remarkable problem-solvers have some tips that can teach us all about our own lives.
7 minutes
[ Thought Leaders ]
This Garden In a Pool Helps Put an End to Food Scarcity
By Sam Burns
What if an unused pool could be our blueprint to a more abundant future? It turns out that if we’re a little creative, we can breathe new life into almost anything and build everything we need in fascinating close-looped systems! Here’s one great example of a movement to revitalize our human ingenuity!
15 minutes
[ Innovation ]
Artificial Intelligence Meets Black Soldier Flies and Farming!
By Sam Burns
When it comes to saving the resources of our planet, we are all hoping for the next big idea to come along. Well, this one involves a very tiny creature that brings an amazing resume to the task. Let’s meet them!
16 minutes
[ Conservation & Sustainability ]
This Tiny Island Could Lead a Global Example
How could a tiny island change the way the world thinks about tackling the problems of balancing economic prosperity with the environment? What connection does deforestation have to clean water, food security, and education? Here are a few reasons why our climate future isn’t as bleak as we so often hear!
4 minutes
[ Culture ]
Sisal! The Plant that Points to Possibilities
This Kenyan farmer has invented machines that help this cactus-like plant give farmers across the world stability in a changing climate.
8 minutes
[ Business ]
Is Tradition the Secret Ingredient to Great Food?
By Sam Burns
If you want to have a really, really good tortilla, you’re going to need the best corn. Masienda is a company not only supporting Mexico’s small heirloom corn farmers but bringing the practices that enhance the nutritional powers of the grain back into the market.
24 minutes
[ Animals ]
Sheepdogs: the Brilliant Relationship of Man and Dog
The relationship between man and dog is a unique part of our shared evolutionary history. Here’s a look at beautiful way they continue to fit into that history from many perspectives…
4 minutes
The Farm for World Class Chefs
By Sam Burns
Who grows the food for some of the world’s greatest chefs? Meet The Chef’s Garden, a marvelous story of taking a disaster and turning it into success!
