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Hubert Boulet, Coordinator of the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme, details its impact across 15 countries during its first phase (2018-2024). SWM strengthens wildlife conservation and sustainable use, while improving rural well-being and food security. The video highlights updates from the Programme’s Summary Report.
Funded by the European Union, French Global Environment Facility, and French Development Agency, SWM is coordinated by FAO, CIFOR-ICRAF, CIRAD, and WCS. For more information, visit the SWM Programme website or FAO's main site. Follow FAO on social media.
FAO's emergency and resilience work prioritizes community engagement, especially in anticipatory action. Early, inclusive community participation is crucial for timely, effective interventions that save lives and protect livelihoods before disasters strike.
This animated film highlights how combining humanitarian aid with local knowledge empowers communities to lead culturally appropriate, sustainable solutions. It advocates for meaningful engagement at every stage, recognizing local voices and leadership to build inclusive, locally-led disaster preparedness. The film aims to inspire people-centered approaches among humanitarian actors.
Discover more good practices on the Knowledge platform: https://www.fao.org/in-action/kore/home/en/.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched its first AI-powered HR Avatar, "Ms FAO AI." This virtual HR colleague marks a significant step in FAO's digitalization journey, assisting employees globally.
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Communities in Tajikistan are restoring ancient seed heritage and preserving valuable agrobiodiversity for global benefit. This video showcases farmers and local seed banks, supported by FAO, as they revive traditional crops, strengthen livelihoods, and build a sustainable future. Watch the full video on the UNFAO YouTube channel.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Thinking Game | Full documentary | Tribeca Film Festival official selection
“The Thinking Game” is the inside story of DeepMind's groundbreaking AI research, culminating in the Nobel Prize-winning AlphaFold breakthrough. Filmed over five years by the award-winning team behind "AlphaGo," this documentary explores co-founder Demis Hassabis's lifelong pursuit of artificial general intelligence and the rigorous scientific journey from mastering strategy games to solving the 50-year-old protein folding problem.
Following its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival, "The Thinking Game" is now available to watch for free. For those interested in hosting a screening for a classroom, community, or workplace, visit: rocofilms.com/films/the-thinking-game/.
