This video demonstrates horse-drawn farming implements and the use of steam power in early American crop harvesting. This is the time in over 100 years that the "champion" reaper has been made operational
AgChat is an organization whose mission is to "Empower farmers and ranchers to connect communities through social media platforms."
Recently, during a conversation with a AgChat Board member about the importance of farmers sharing their stories with consumers, we were asked to put together an instructional video.
Subsequently, About Harvest and RMediA.tv created this 3 minute video with quick tips for farmers to get started making videos and start telling us the stories we all want to know.
Dr. Marco Ferroni of the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture discusses the role that agriculture can play in addressing climate change. He also highlights two programmes currently underway by the Syngenta Foundation.
The first looks to provide insurance services to smallholder farmers; the second looks to develop new varietals resistant to the wheat rust pest.
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“My hope is that my children will have the same passion for this as I do…”
Meet Larry Althiser, the owner and head meat cutter for Larry’s Custom Meats in Hartwick, NY, a small farming community in the Northern Catskills. Larry takes pride in his slaughterhouse. He’s been butchering and processing animals for over 30 years, learning through hard work his philosophy on the right way to slaughter animals so we can eat.
I spent two days upstate with Larry at his brand new processing plant to learn firsthand how animals become food – a rare opportunity to tell the story of transparency in the meat industry. Truth be told, I was very, very anxious going into this shoot. The night before, I tossed and turned in my bed, restless for hours. I just wasn’t sure if I was ready to see the whole process, to film what I’d been shy to film for years. But, I had to do it. It’s a story I wanted to tell, a good story about a proud butcher open to teaching his trade, and a story I felt compelled to share…
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