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60 Minutes, Fish Fuss
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produced by Karen M. Sughrue, fl. 2006-2013, Columbia Broadcasting System; interview by Lesley Stahl, 1941-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System, 2008), 13 mins
June 22, 2008 - The government's multi-billion dollar effort to save the salmon of the Pacific Northwest is failing, so residents there may soon have to choose between the fish or the dams that are killing scores of them. Lesley Stahl reports.
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produced by Karen M. Sughrue, fl. 2006-2013, Columbia Broadcasting System; interview by Lesley Stahl, 1941-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System, 2008), 13 mins
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60 Minutes, Cajun Ketchup
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produced by Sumi Aggarwal, fl. 2009, Columbia Broadcasting System; interview by Sanjay Gupta, 1969-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System, 2014), 13 mins
July 30, 2014 - The hot sauce industry is on fire with revenue of more than a billion dollars, but it all began with just one name: Tabasco. Sanjay Gupta reports.
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produced by Sumi Aggarwal, fl. 2009, Columbia Broadcasting System; interview by Sanjay Gupta, 1969-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System, 2014), 13 mins
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60 Minutes, Seaweed
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presented by Lesley Stahl, 1941-; produced by Shari Finkelstein, fl. 2001-2015; interview by Lesley Stahl, 1941-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2018), 13 mins
A report on seaweed farming, and the plant's surprising health and environmental benefits. Seaweed is a zero-input crop that does not require fertilizer or freshwater and also fights ocean acidification. Includes interviews with Bren Smith, seaweed farmer based in Connecticut; Dr. Charlie Yarish, marine biologist,...
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presented by Lesley Stahl, 1941-; produced by Shari Finkelstein, fl. 2001-2015; interview by Lesley Stahl, 1941-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2018), 13 mins
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Alma A Film By Patrick Rouxel
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produced by Patrick Rouxel, 1966- (Mill Valley, CA: Green Planet Films, 2011), 1 hour 5 mins
Beautifully shot, alternately joyful and horrifying, Alma captures the ecological, and even spiritual, cost of meat, dairy, and leather production in the Amazon
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produced by Patrick Rouxel, 1966- (Mill Valley, CA: Green Planet Films, 2011), 1 hour 5 mins
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American Wasteland How America Throws Away Nearly Half Of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It)
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written by Jonathan Bloom, fl. 2010 (New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 2011, originally published 2010), 392 page(s)
Grocery prices and the forsaken foods at the back of your fridge seem to increase weekly. After reading American Wasteland, you will never look at your shopping list, refrigerator, plate, or wallet the same way again. Jonathan Bloom wades into the garbage heap to unearth what our squandered food says about us, why...
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written by Jonathan Bloom, fl. 2010 (New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 2011, originally published 2010), 392 page(s)
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Beef Inc.
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directed by Carmen Garcia, fl. 1988; produced by Éric Michel, National Film Board of Canada (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1999), 50 mins
A struggle for control of the world food market is waging, and the battle promises to escalate in the 21st century. This documentary by Carmen Garcia examines how a handful of companies have come to dominate beef production and distribution in North America. This film gives a voice to independent cattle producers...
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directed by Carmen Garcia, fl. 1988; produced by Éric Michel, National Film Board of Canada (Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1999), 50 mins
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Betting the Farm
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directed by Jason Mann, fl. 2010 and Cecily Pingree, fl. 2006; produced by Jason Mann, fl. 2010 and Cecily Pingree, fl. 2006, Pull start pictures (Los Angeles, CA: FilmHub, 2012), 1 hour 24 mins
A group of Maine dairy farmers band together to launch a milk company. Will their gamble keep them in business, or lead to catastrophe?
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directed by Jason Mann, fl. 2010 and Cecily Pingree, fl. 2006; produced by Jason Mann, fl. 2010 and Cecily Pingree, fl. 2006, Pull start pictures (Los Angeles, CA: FilmHub, 2012), 1 hour 24 mins
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Biography, The Perdue Family
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in Biography (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2005), 49 mins
As a railway express agent, Arthur W. Perdue noticed that the poultry men loading their eggs and chickens onto the train seemed to be financially successful. In 1917, Arthur decided he was going to make poultry his business as well, and a Chicken Empire was born. From a backyard table-egg business that supported o...
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in Biography (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2005), 49 mins
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Bringing the Food Economy Home: Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness
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written by Todd Merrifield, fl. 2002, Steven Gorelick, fl. 2002 and Helena Norberg-Hodge (West Hartford, CT: Kumarian Press, 2002, originally published 2002), 160 page(s)
If the many social, environmental, and economic crises facing the planet are to be reversed, argue the authors of Bringing the Food Economy Home, local food economies must be rebuilt. Their thought-provoking analysis demonstrates how bringing food production to a local level revitalizes rural economies in both the...
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written by Todd Merrifield, fl. 2002, Steven Gorelick, fl. 2002 and Helena Norberg-Hodge (West Hartford, CT: Kumarian Press, 2002, originally published 2002), 160 page(s)
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By-products in the Packing Industry
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written by Rudolf Alexander Clemen, 1893-1969 (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1927, originally published 1927), 482 page(s)
This book, by Rudolf A. Clemen, is about utilizing the by-products produced by the meat-packing industry in order to turn waste into a source of revenue and increase profits. Some of the by-products discussed are hides and skins, wool and hair, fats, oils, and greases, soap, pharmaceuticals, glues, fertilizers, an...
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written by Rudolf Alexander Clemen, 1893-1969 (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1927, originally published 1927), 482 page(s)
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