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In this pair of films, designed for schools, Excellent Development provide case studies of their conservation driven development and community-led approach in semi-arid Kenya through the lenses of sustainable farming and sustainable development. These films and the series of mini-films which explore each individual element of the charity’s holistic approach to soil and water conservation offer a valuable insight into how communities can strengthen their long-term sustainability and make a positive grassroots contribution to fighting global climate change.

The sustainable farming case study demonstrates how farmers address problems of soil erosion and water availability using terracing, sand dams & trees as a first step towards sustainable farming. The terracing and trees massively reduce soil erosion and keep more moisture in the farms while the sand dams harvest rain water allowing farmers to dedicate more time to their farms, try out new farming methods like zero-grazing and inter-cropping, diversify the range of their crops and work towards achieving food security and generating incomes.
The sustainable Development case study explores why conservation of the environment has to be addressed first in order to make sustainable development possible in a semi-arid environment and looks at the impacts of soil and water conservation in terms of the improved availability of water and food, improvements in health, incomes and the positive contribution towards fighting climate change. The film also picks out the elements that make the development sustainable; the positive impact on the natural environment, Excellent Development’s bottom-up approach and the use of appropriate technology.

For more information please visit:

www.excellentdevelopment.com

to watch more films like this visit:

http://tv.oneworld.net

Duration : 0:2:19

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Sustainable Agriculture Education Association workshop at the 2010 Mid-West Organic and Sustianable Education Service (MOSES) Organic Farming Conference in La Crosse, WI.
For more information: www.sustainableaged.org

Duration : 0:10:59

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Also what are the three pillars of sustainable agriculture? Honest answers please

1. Economic-a farm that does not make a profit and stays in debt is not a healthy farm

2. Environmental-a farm should do little environmental harm and should be achieving an ecological balance

3. Social-a farm should practice social justice and not exploit it’s laborers not join with other who do. So organic farms will pay a decent wage to its’ workers

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Duration : 0:1:50

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A Biospharm is a sustainable agriculture mini farm capable of sustaining a family through solar power, rain water cisterns, complimentary animal ecosystems, small herds, fruit trees, and vegetable gardening. The name is a combination of biosphere and farm. The “ph” was kept, because this is not the kind of large scale farming that most people think of. It’s small scale agriculture for personal consumption, not for comercial purposes. Biospharm communities are under construction right now, and more videos will be coming soon. We’ve designed the entire community concept to be affordable for literally just about anyone. Subscribe to this chanel to keep up to date on the latest developments. We’ll be explaining the concepts and appropriate technologies in detail shortly. PM us if you think you may be a pharmer at heart, or if you have questions about any of the material we cover. We’d love to hear from you.

Duration : 0:5:29

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It’s all about cotton on this special episode of America’s Heartland. Cotton – It’s more than just a fabric. Think cattle feed. And for one spot in Texas it’s also cotton, chicken and catfish.

Duration : 0:24:9

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Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak of UC Davis and authors of Tomorrow’s Table kicked off the forum with a presentation about global agriculture trends and challenges, including the possible roles of organic agriculture and genetic engineering for feeding a growing global population. For more information visit the Cropland Policy page: http://www.bouldercounty.org/live/environment/land/pages/croppolicypart.aspx
Text Transcript: http://www.bouldercounty.org/find/library/avtrans/sustainagforum1.txt

Duration : 1:5:25

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Hoop Dreams: Sustainable agriculture comes to Lake Clifton Park. Tyler Brown, Tom Handwerker, Nzinga Oneferua-El.

Duration : 0:5:32

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is modern agriculture running at or above max sustainable yields?

well the way seasons have been, people havnt been able to hit the maximum yeilds but all the new varietys, it helps farmers get the maximum yields and makes them more resistant to diseases. But yer i would say were i bit below maximum, but as i said, it depends on seasons and climate

no, because in the neolithic age i really don’t think they were under the impression that anything would ever run out. this fact has only recently been discovered, actually