Video: A Farm for the Future

August 9, 2011
By

The BBC describes the documentary A Farm for the Future as follows:

Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family’s farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature holds the key.

With her father close to retirement, Rebecca returns to her family’s wildlife-friendly farm in Devon, to become the next generation to farm the land. But last year’s high fuel prices were a wake-up call for Rebecca. Realising that all food production in the UK is completely dependent on abundant cheap fossil fuel, particularly oil, she sets out to discover just how secure this oil supply is.

Alarmed by the answers, she explores ways of farming without using fossil fuel. With the help of pioneering farmers and growers, Rebecca learns that it is actually nature that holds the key to farming in a low-energy future.

But this description doesn’t really do justice to this important documentary, which provides an analysis of the contemporary farming model [dripping with oil] and presents a picture of global food production in the post-fossil fuel era. The film can be viewed at the above link or again here.
 

Tags: , , , , ,

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Tags

Democracy Now