Permaculture Soils (2010)
"It’s not the soil itself—it’s the soil life that is the most important element." – Geoff Lawton
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 1時間 37分
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We’ve all seen environmental problems highlighted everyday on the media. Now comes the solution. From the man who said, “You can solve all the world’s problems in a garden” comes Geoff Lawton’s Permaculture Soils DVD. 137 minutes of Permaculture soil creation strategies that really work! Even if you have never built a garden or got your hands dirty before, you will learn the secrets of real soil creation – partnering with the life in the Soil! Geoff will take you through every step of the process and explain in detail how to do it yourself. From Compost creation to larger Kitchen Gardens and then to broad acre farming – this is the future of biological agriculture.
Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the farms where our food is grown to the chain restaurants and supermarkets where it's sold. Narrated by author and activist Eric Schlosser, the film features interviews with average Americans about their dietary habits, commentary from food experts like Michael Pollan and unsettling footage shot inside large-scale animal processing plants.
Sheds light on an alternative approach to farming called “regenerative agriculture” that could balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world.
A young woman leaves the city to return to her hometown in the countryside. Seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, she becomes self-sufficient in a bid to reconnect with nature.
都会に出たものの馴染めないでいたいち子（橋本愛）は、故郷である東北地方の小さな集落・小森に戻ってくる。山に囲まれた小森の周辺にはスーパーやコンビニはないため、畑で農作物を作ったり、野山で季節のものを採ってきたりして、自給自足に近い生活をしなければならない。山の恵みを使って、夏にはグミジャムや岩魚の塩焼き、秋はくるみごはんや栗の渋皮煮などを作るいち子。もちろん自然には厳しさもある。季節の移ろいを感じ、ふと立ち止まって自分自身と向き合いながら、いち子はおいしいものを食べて次の一歩を踏み出す勇気を得ていく。
King Corn is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ultra-industrial, pesticide-laden, heavily-subsidized commodity dominates the food pyramid from top to bottom – corn. Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naiveté, two college buddies return to their ancestral home of Greene, Iowa to figure out how a modest kernel conquered America. With the help of some real farmers, oodles of fertilizer and government aide, and some genetically modified seeds, the friends manage to grow one acre of corn. Along the way, they unlock the hilarious absurdities and scary but hidden truths about America’s modern food system in this engrossing and eye-opening documentary.
“小森”は東北のとある村の中の小さな集落。いち子（橋本愛）は、一度街に出て男の人と暮らしてみたものの、自分の居所を見つけられずに、1人でここに戻ってきた。“言葉はあてにならないけど、わたしの体が感じたことなら信じられる”と、何事も自分でやってみないと気が済まない性格のいち子は、稲を育て、畑仕事をし、周りの野山で採った季節の食材を料理して食事を取る毎日を過ごしている。そんな静かなある日、彼女の元に1通の手紙が届く。それは、5年前の雪の日に突然失踪した母・福子（桐島かれん）からだった。甘酒とカボチャを使って作った3色ケーキ、子供の頃から大好きな出来立てアツアツの納豆もち、ふきのとうでつくるばっけ味噌……。母のレシピを料理しながら思う。“私は母さんにとって本当に家族だったろうか……。”今までの自分、そしてこれからの自分を思い、心が揺れ始める。親友キッコ（松岡茉優）との小さな口げんかでは、“私は、ちゃんと向き合えなくて、それで小森に帰ってきたんだな……”と落ち込む。さらに、小森のこれからを真剣に考えるユウ太（三浦貴大）からは、“いち子ちゃんは1人で一生懸命やっててすごいなと思うけど、本当は逃げてるんじゃないの”と指摘され、言葉を返せない。長かった冬も終わりに近づき、雪解けが進んできた。少しづつ畑の準備を進めてきたものの、いち子は春一番で植えるジャガイモを、今年は植えるかどうか迷っていた。来年の冬、ここにはいないかもしれないから……。自分の本当の居場所を探すいち子が、春の訪れと共に出した答えとは……。
With dazzling nature photography, Academy Award®–nominated director Markus Imhoof (The Boat Is Full) takes a global examination of endangered honeybees — spanning California, Switzerland, China and Australia — more ambitious than any previous work on the topic.
For ancient Mayans, cocoa was as good as gold. For subsistence farmer Eladio Pop, his cocoa crops are the only riches he has to support his wife and 15 children. As he wields his machete with ease, slicing a path to his cocoa trees, the small jungle plot he cultivates in southern Belize remains pristine and wild. His dreams for his children to inherit the land and the traditions of their Mayan ancestors present a familiar challenge. The kids feel their father's philosophies don't fit into a global economy, so they're charting their own course. Rohan Fernando's direction tenderly displays a generational shift, causalities of progress in modern times and a man valiantly protecting an endangered culture. Breathtaking vistas of lush rainforests contrast with the urban dystopia that pulled Pops children away from him. Will one child return to carry on a waning way of life
At the focal point of this movement, and of this film, are the farmers and chefs who are creating a truly sustainable food system. Their collaborative work has resulted in great tasting food and an explosion of consumer awareness about the benefits of eating local. Attention being paid to the local food movement comes at a time when the failings of our current industrialized food system are becoming all too clear. For the first time in history, our children's generation is expected to have a shorter lifespan than our own. The quality, taste and nutritional value of the food we eat has dropped sharply over the last fifty years. Shipped from ever-greater distances, we have literally lost sight of where our food comes from and in the process, we've lost a vital connection to our local community and to our health.
Sepp Holzer explains some of the innovative, labour-saving agricultural techniques he applies at his farm in the Eastern Alps of Salzburg, Austria.
Permaculture teacher Geoff Lawton designs and builds a dam and water harvesting system on a farm.
