Farming Movies

Geoff Lawton takes you into the world of Permaculture and explains the basic concepts for beginners.

Brothers Erik and Sigvard live by old traditions - they grow their own food and bake their own bread. The only time they leave their family farm is...

US Dept of Agriculture film that shows how cane sugar is harvested and processed for sale.

This 10-minute short documentary exploring the shifting state of the American poultry industry was preserved in 2015 from an original nitrate print....

Farm families in Lestock, Saskatchewan, have pooled their resources so that rising operating costs will not drive them off their land. By pooling...

How safe is the future of the world’s food? This documentary explores a growing crisis in world agriculture. Plant breeding has created...

A contemplative look at the achievements of large-scale farming practices on the Dutch Flevo polder, guided by Virgil's didactic poem Georgica.

In search of a simpler life, a young couple returns home to Alabama where they set out to eat the way their grandparents did – locally and...

This film, with an autobiographical flavor, was shot in part on the very premises where Father Proulx grew up and highlights the importance of...

Illegal aliens, a small rural community. Wisconsin?

Can there be a bleaker portrait of a life half-lived? Cinematic treatment of poet R.S. Thomas's story of Twm, the "shy soul" who lives and dies alone...

Panama is reimagining coffee, and driving new standards for both quality and economics. Explores variety, farming practice, and processing...

As development encroaches on a farming community, they struggle with the loss of their heritage and land.

Short documentary on the life of farming in Belgium in the mid fifties.

For centuries, rice farmers on the island of Bali have taken great care not to offend Dewi Danu, the water goddess who dwells in the crater lake near...

This short film serves as a cautionary tale to farmers who recklessly cut down trees on their land. When prairie farmers engaged in this practice to...

Chocolate of Peace depicts the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó's experiences of resistance, via a journey through their...

The farmers' busy summer is impossible to experience without personal experience. I always want to shoot a film recording the farmers' busy summer,...

In partnership with the MasterCard Foundation and local partner Mwanza Youth and Children Network, the young reporters produce and broadcast radio...

It’s showtime and Tractor Ted joins the children who all want to win first prize with their animals. They have cows, sheep, pigs, and more, but...