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How does that natural sap get from the tree to your table? Meet the Gihring Family, tour their maple syrup operation, and find out!

Grades: 3 - 8

Duration: 3:54

Pasturebox: The Future of Livestock Feed

New April 2023! Is Pasturebox, a fully-automated hydroponic systems using only water, electricity, and seeds the future of livestock feed? Find out in this video.

Grades: 7 - 12

Duration: 2:50

Feeding the World with More Resilient Cassava

New March 2023! Cassava is a staple food for much of the world and is being threatened by a DNA geminivirus pathogen, but scientists have promising leads for stemming the problem.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 4:30

Foodscaping

New January 2023! Foodscaping is similar to landscaping. However, the focus is on growing native plants that are edible or have medicinal uses.

Grades: 3 - 8

Duration: 4:34

Seeking Sunflowers as a Source for Rubber

Could sunflowers actually become a viable source for natural rubber? Edison Agrosciences thinks so and is working to bring the process to market.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 3:36

Covercress: Developing a New Cover Crop

New November 2022! A weed named field pennycress has been bioengineered into a rotational crop that fits between a corn and soybean crop, which gives farmers a third cash crop per year.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 4:56

The Value of Local and Sustainable Agriculture

New November 2022! Learn the many ways that growing local and sustainable agriculture helps communities.

Grades: 3 - 8

Duration: 6:43

The Power of Pig Poop: Creating Renewable Energy from Manure

See how Roeslein Alternative Energy produces renewable natural gas (RNG) from the anaerobic digestion of swine manure, turning pig poop into power.

Grades: 3 - 5

Duration: 3:49

Operating a Farm

Meet Dave Thies, owner of Theis Farm and Greenhouses, to learn what it's like to be a farmer. See his farm and learn what it takes to grow crops and get them to market.

Grades: 3 - 8

Duration: 8:24

Smart Crop – Monitoring Platform Alerts Farmers and Growers About Their Crops

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center researchers have created a crop phenotyping station called the PheNode. See how the system helps farmers better monitor their crops to get them to market.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 5:32

The Story of Chocolate

Brian Pelletier, owner and chief chocolatier at Kakao Chocolate shows how chocolate goes from plants in the field through harvesting, refinement, cooking, sweetening, and forming all the way to your...

Grades: 3 - 8

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Going Green in Agriculture – Anaerobic Digestion

How do you take an agricultural waste stream and convert it into an eco-friendly revenue stream? You use the digestion process of cattle to your advantage.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 9:54

Being a Farmer

Meet Dave Thies, owner of Theis Farm and Greenhouses, to learn what it's like to be a farmer. See his farm and learn what it takes to grow crops and get them to market.

Grades: 3 - 8

Duration: 8:24

Celebrating Native American Heritage

Learn how members of Native American tribes sustain unique aspects of their cultures through songs, dances, pow wows and oral history and honor the environment through sustainable agriculture.

Grades: 7 - 12

Duration: 57:03

Learn More About a Farmers Market

Take a tour of a farmer's market to learn more about what happens there.

Grades: 3 - 8

Duration: 4:32

Eco-Friendly Agriculture–Anaerobic Digestion

How do you take an agricultural waste stream and convert it into an eco-friendly revenue stream? You use the digestion process of cattle to your advantage.

Grades: 3 - 5

Duration: 9:54

Talking with Authors: Marie Mutsuki Mockett, American Harvest: God, Country and Farming in the Heartland

Marie Mutsuki Mockett follows wheat harvesters, seeking answers about the seeming cultural divide in America between those who live and work in cities and those who live and work in farm country.

Grades: 9 - 12

Duration: 29:14

Good Life Growing Sows Job Skills and Sustainable Agriculture

See how Good Life Growing brings "social entrepreneurship" to life through their aquaponics system for sustainable agriculture, donation centers, jobs program, and more.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 3:37

Can You Grow Micro Greens in Your Apartment Even if You Have No Yard?

Gibron Jones, founder of HOSCO Shift, talks about gardening with limited space.

Grades: 3 - 8

Duration: 1:52

What Makes a ‘Green’ a ‘Micro Green ‘Rather Than Just a ‘Green’?

Gibron Jones, founder of HOSCO Shift (St. Louis, Missouri), differentiates 'Greens' and 'Micro Greens'.

Grades: 3 - 8

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Do You Need to Use Pesticides or Herbicides When Growing Micro Greens?

Gibron Jones, founder of HOSCO Shift (St. Louis, Missouri), talks about the use of pesticides or herbicides.

Grades: 3 - 8

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Growing Micro Greens Hydroponically

Gibron Jones, founder of HOSCO Shift, demonstrates how you can grow micro greens hydroponically.

Grades: 3 - 8

Duration: 1:33

How to Grow Micro Greens

Urban farmer Gibron Jones, demonstrates how easy it is to grow your own micro greens.

Grades: 3 - 8

Duration: 16:57

Celebrate the Earth with Micro Greens – Reconnecting to the Food You Eat

Urban farmer Gibron Jones demonstrates the ease, importance, and value of growing nutrient-packed micro greens and discusses the importance of providing healthy food options in an urban environment.

Grades: 3 - 8

Duration: 39:14

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