Ashley at Trill Farm

Seed saving is a skill that has largely disappeared from commercial agriculture. Ashley Wheeler at Trill Farm in the UK describes the many benefits of reviving this fundamental practice. [2:50]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by Gaia Foundation

Irish Seed Savers and the Gaia Foundation

Jo Newton of the Irish Seed Savers Association shares the vision of expanding networks of skill-sharing around seed and food that motivates her work. [3:41]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by Gaia Foundation

RUCID a Farm School in Uganda

Ssebadduka Elisha Bireke of RUCID advocates for youth-driven sustainable agriculture in Uganda, emphasizing innovation to ensure food security and combat climate challenges. [3:06]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Produced by A Growing Culture

Tanya Hawkes and Bees

Bees are a key indicator of environmental health, requiring highly diverse plant communities that in turn benefit all other species, including our own. Beekeeper and entrepreneur Tanya Hawkes explains. [1:09]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by Soil Association

Brock at Loves Lane Biodynamic Farm

Why choose Biodynamic? For Farmer Brock at Loves Lane Biodynamic Farm in the UK, it’s because how our food is grown affects all the important dimensions of well-being, including our mental, physical, community and environmental health. [3:42]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by the Biodynamic Association UK

Esiah and Sharing Seed

SeedsShare founder Esiah Levy describes the unlimited potential of seed, not only for growing food and producing more seed, but also for building the human relationships that continue and amplify this positive cycle. [2:21]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by the Biodynamic Association UK

Fred at Embercombe Farm

Connecting with both the depths of the ancestral past and future generations to come, seed saving is a uniquely powerful and satisfying point of engagement with the food system. Fred Groom of the UK’s Embercombe Farm shares his experience. [2:22]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by Gaia Foundation

Fergal Cut

With both inner satisfactions and practical benefits to the grower, seed saving can be a starting place for building a better world. With Fergal Smith of Moy Hill Farm in Ireland. [3:09]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by the Gaia Foundation

Bokashi Bio Fertilizer

When farmers make their own biofertilizers they regenerate their soils, nourish their plants and are no longer dependent on expensive chemical inputs. [1:45]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa

Ben and Genetics in an F1 Seed

Ben Gabel of Real Seeds in the UK explains the limitations and drawbacks of F1 hybrid seed from a seed-saving perspective, using hybrid squash as an example. [2:44]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by Gaia Foundation

A Seed Saving Workshop

Seed saving is fairly easy to start doing. Learning together with others makes it even easier and can multiply our impact. With Kate McEvoy of Real Seeds, UK. [1:35]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by Gaia Foundation

Gerald: The Need for Seed

Gerald Miles of Caerhys Organic Farm in the UK describes how changing climate conditions affect growers and how new crops and new varieties can be part of the solution. [2:36]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by Gaia Foundation

A Seed Cooperative for Gaia

Seeds are the foundation of our food system. Farmers need to be able to control the seeds we rely on. Local seed cooperatives empower everyone to participate. David Price of the Seed Cooperative at Gosberton Bank Nursery explains. [3:21]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by the Gaia Foundation

Sebastian Pole for Pukka Tea and the Soil Association

Plant diversity and insect diversity reinforce one another. A diverse plant population on your farm will ensure a healthy population of beneficial insects. Sebastian Pole of Pukka Herbs shares about the role of bees in a diverse, life-sustaining community. [1:00]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by Soil Association

Richard at Yatesbury House Farm

Richard Gantlett of Yatesbury House Farm, a 673-hectare (1663-acre) family-run grain and cattle operation in the UK describes his motivation to bring life and vitality back to the soil by transitioning from conventional to biodynamic farming. [4:39]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by Biodynamic Association UK

Liz at Nantclyd Farm

UK farmer Liz Findlay introduces the integrated biodynamic farm enterprise model at Nantclyd Farm, which features rotational grazing of chickens, sheep and cattle on a 38-hectare (94-acre) self-contained farm that also produces grains, pulses, and vegetables. [2:57]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by Biodynamic Association UK

Biodynamic Rupert

Bread is life. Rupert Dunn of Torth Y Tir in the UK describes how it is possible to grow, mill, bake and distribute nutritious bread at a fair cost for the local community with the support of local heritage wheat growers and millers, using organic, biodynamic methods. [2:30]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by Biodynamic Association UK

Robin at Plaw Hatch Farm

Community connection, healthy animals and meaningful work are all part of the vision presented here by Robin Hall of Plaw Hatch Farm, a 200-acre community-owned biodynamic farm and farm shop raising sheep, pigs, beef, dairy cattle, chickens, fruit and vegetables in the UK. [4:42]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by Biodynamic Association UK

About the Nature Institute’s Mission

New approaches come from new ways of seeing. Here Craig Holdrege, executive director of The Nature Institute shares about the importance of renewing our ability to perceive and engage with the world. Video filmed during the making of Jonathan Stedall’s film “The Challenge of Rudolf Steiner.” [4:07]

Video by Cupola Productions.

Biodynamic Farming

An introduction to the philosophy of biodynamic agriculture, a regenerative, organic practice that seeks to optimize harmonious relationships with nature. [4:51]

Video by Zephyr Visuals.

Winter Green Farm

Exploring the operations of Winter Green Farm – an organic farm in Lane County Oregon. [2:21]

Video by Cliff Etzel | the Closer to Home project.

Leigh Court Farm

A farmer shares about the personal satisfactions and community-building potential of direct-to-consumer vegetable farming. [4:20]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.

Rupert – Torth y Tir

Rupert Dunn describes why the community-supported Torth y Tir peasant bakery maintains over 100 heirloom varieties of wheat as a strategy for adaptation through diversity. [3:09]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by the Gaia Foundation

Hunting for Seed

How collecting and seed-saving of wild alpine herbs by this Scottish nursery helps protect overharvested plants and encourages regional self-sufficiency. Duncan Ross of Poyntzfield Herb Nursery describes. [2:33]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by the Gaia Foundation

BIOGI the Kenyan way

How one captures the synergies of biodiversity—from the microbiome all the way up to plant and animal communities—for farm productivity and human health. [4:18]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.
Sponsored by Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa

Upendra and Worms

This vignette captures one farmer’s story of his return to organic methods, using vermiculture (worms) to renew chemically damaged soil tilth and productivity. [2:10]

Video by Jason Taylor | the source project.

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