Category: Video

Let’s Get ‘Plant This Movie’ to Bloom!

Urban farming is grabbing headlines from Los Angeles to New York and everywhere in between. Everyone from retiring baby boomers to twenty-something hipsters are getting excited about growing their own food. What fewer people realize is that urban agriculture has a history that stretches back thousands of years, and that in many places in the developing world, people are producing a significant portion of their fruits and vegetables inside cities. Plant This Movie, then, will highlight the successes of urban farmers around the world and will also serve as a public policy film to ignite the debate around this vital topic.

Urban Roots – Farming in Detroit

Urban Roots is a documentary about farming within the city limits of Detroit, and as such, it’s a handy way to get an education on the subject in something like 90 minutes. Dedicated Detroiters are working tirelessly to fulfill their vision for locally-grown, sustainably farmed food in a city where people – as in much of the county – have found themselves cut off from real food and limited to the lifeless offerings of fast food chains and grocery stores stocked with processed food.

Doing Well By Doing Good – Theo Chocolates

Joseph Whinney founded Theo Chocolate to realize his passion for chocolate, sustainability and economic justice. As one of the only artisan chocolate makers in the United States, Theo Chocolate is committed to product excellence, supporting sustainable agriculture and improving the lives of farmers and their families.

Micheal Pollan’s Food Rules – Animated

Based on Michael Pollan’s talk “Food Rules,” this animation was created using a mixture of stop-motion and compositing. The challenge was to convey the topic in a visually interesting way using a variety of different food products.

“Formed Meat Products” – Who’s gluing your steak together?

A growing trend among restaurants, food producers and butchers has some consumers scratching their heads and wondering “what’s in the beef?” It’s not what you’d expect to be on the menu, but chances are you have eaten meat that’s been bonded together with a product called “meat glue.” Or even more descriptive: “blood glue.”