Feb27

Video Spotlight of the Week

Each week Nourishing the Planet features one of our favorite videos from our travels, research in the field and events where we share our findings with agricultural stakeholders around the world. You can watch all of our videos on Nourishing the Planet’s YouTube channel to see more.

In this past episode of Nourishing the Planet TV, Dane Kane reports on the innovative work of Dr. Eduardo Rapoport, Professor at the Universidad Nacional Del Camohue, in identifying edible invasive species in South America—especially in urban areas. These plants often go ignored, but many can be a good source of affordable nutrients if people know where to look and how to prepare them.

Or click here to watch the video on YouTube.

Posted by Nourishing the Planet in Agriculture, Nutrition, Urban Farming, Videos

0 Comments

Keep Reading →

Feb19

Video Spotlight of the Week

Each week Nourishing the Planet features one of our favorite videos from our travels and events where we share our findings with agricultural stakeholders around the world. Check out Nourishing the Planet’s YouTube channel to see more.

In this week’s video co-Project Director Brian Halweil discusses how reducing food waste has the potential to improve food security at our New York launch of State of the World 2011.

Or click here to watch this video on YouTube.

Posted by Nourishing the Planet in Food, Food Security, Videos, Waste

0 Comments

Keep Reading →

Feb13

Video Spotlight of the Week

Each week Nourishing the Planet features a video to give you the inside scoop on the different projects that are working to alleviate hunger and poverty. We showcase past favorites and some brand new videos you’ve never seen. Check out Nourishing the Planet’s YouTube channel to see more.

In honor of our trip to India, this week’s video highlights an episode of Nourishing the Planet TV on Bridges to Understanding, an organization working to empower students in Kalleda, a small village in the Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Or click here to watch this video on YouTube.

Posted by Nourishing the Planet in Africa, Agriculture, Education, Videos

0 Comments

Keep Reading →

Feb06

Video Spotlight of the Week

Each week Nourishing the Planet features a video to give you the inside scoop on the different projects we see on the ground that are working to alleviate hunger and poverty. We showcase past favorites and some brand new videos you’ve never seen. Check out Nourishing the Planet’s Youtube channel to see more.

This week’s video features Dale Lewis, Director of COMACO (Community Markets for Conservation) in Zambia.

Or click here to watch the video on Youtube.

Posted by Nourishing the Planet in Africa, Agriculture, Videos, Zambia

0 Comments

Keep Reading →

Jan30

Video Spotlight of the Week

This week’s video introduces a cassava processing center project lead by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, Nigeria that is helping to improve livelihoods and diets, particularly for women farmers.

You can also watch the video here on YouTube.

Posted by Nourishing the Planet in Africa, Agriculture, Nigeria, Processing, sub-Saharan Africa, Videos

0 Comments

Keep Reading →

Jan23

Video Spotlight of the Week

This week’s video features Stephanie Hanson of the One Acre Fund at our New York City Launch of State of the World 2011.

Or you can click here to watch on Youtube.

Posted by Danielle Nierenberg in Africa, Agriculture, Videos

0 Comments

Keep Reading →

Jan16

Video Spotlight of the Week

This video features Edward Mukiibi of Project DISC (Developing Innovations in School Cultivation) who will be joining us this Wednesday for the State of the World Symposium all the way from Uganda.

Posted by Nourishing the Planet in Africa, Agriculture, Videos

0 Comments

Keep Reading →

Jan09

Video Spotlight of the Week

Watch one of our very first episodes of Nourishing the Planet TV!

Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAAJNjRGdvQ

Posted by Nourishing the Planet in Africa, Agriculture, Videos

0 Comments

Keep Reading →

Jan02

Video Spotlight of the Week

To celebrate the new year we are sharing the very first video we posted in January of 2010, featuring an interview with Kristof Nordin at his permaculture garden in Malawi.

Posted by Danielle Nierenberg in Africa, Agriculture, Malawi, Permaculture, Videos

0 Comments

Keep Reading →

Dec25

Video Spotlight of the Week

In this week’s video Danielle Nierenberg, co-project director, interviews Terry-Lyn of ECHO Farm in Fort Meyers, Florida in the Rain Forest Eco-Agricultural Zone on the agricultural innovations they are working on.