Agriculture and Livestock

Food Water Waste

2020 Nature

Across the world, rising demands for food, water and materials have pushed resources to the limit. Many parts of the world have major challenges over fresh water. A lot of soils have a lot of residual pesticides and herbicides. At the same time waste is piling higher. All this demands a new wave of innovation. The challenge is to make more of ... the things we need without the environmental cost. Show More

Series: The Great Acceleration

Vavilov

2020 Nature

The fourth episode sees host Neil deGrasse Tyson exploring our eternal quest to end hunger and honoring Nikolai Ivanovic Vavilov, pioneer of modern plant breeding, who risked his life for a discovery that would change the history of science. Vavilov's story is marked by both the tenacity and creativity and is particularly tragic. Interwoven i ...nto Vavilov's somber narrative are warnings and treatments of science and its ethical implications, especially when science itself comes under attack from political forces. Show More

Series: Cosmos: Possible Worlds

Apocalypse Cow

2020 Nature

In a provocative documentary, environmental campaigner George Monbiot examines the disastrous impact that farming animals for meat has had on the planet. He argues that the biggest problem driving us towards global disaster is how we feed ourselves, particularly on meat
George looks at alternative food sources, including synthetic meat, a ...nd a process that produces protein from just bacteria and air, and also explores revolutionary ideas that could change agriculture as we know it. Show More

Cod is Dead

2018 Nature

In the last 50 years, we have doubled the amount of fish we consume. Globally, billions of people rely on seafood as their primary source of protein. But the oceans can't keep up with so much demand. Around the world, fish stocks have plummeted and fisheries are crashing. People lost out. There was an industry just completely ravaged.
As ... the global fish supply dwindles, the industry faces a crisis on all sides - including crooked moguls, dubious imports and divisive regulations. Show More

Series: Rotten

Milk Money

2018 Nature

Changing diets and dramatic price swings have put dairy farmers on the ropes and fueled a surge in lucrative but controversial raw milk sales. Proponents of raw milk have stated that there are benefits to its consumption, including better flavour, better nutrition, and the building of a healthy immune system. However, the medical community ha ...s warned of the dangers, which include a risk of infection, and has not found any clear benefit Show More

Series: Rotten

Garlic Breath

2018 Nature

Cooking shows turned the humble garlic bulb into something that's essential to cuisines and into a multi-billion-dollar crop. Every year, humans consume nearly 50 billion pounds of garlic, and most of it comes from one country: China. But a lawsuit raises troubling questions about suppliers.

Series: Rotten

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