The REEL: Investing in our future food systems
As we consider the Future of Food we question, “what will it take to shift food systems towards greater sustainability, security, and equity?” Documentaries, videos, and talks are part of our research process for each theme here at Battery Powered. Below are a few videos we found meaningful in our research into this theme. These videos share the many systemic challenges of access, distribution, and equity in local and global agriculture. The power of learning is at our fingertips. We hope you enjoy it! For more on this theme, check out our Future of Food Issue Brief.
TEDTalk: A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food
Length: 11 minutes 55 seconds
In this TEDTalk, Lisa Dyson makes the case for how climate change and food scarcity have fueled food ideas like air proteins. Created by an innovative California company, the closed carbon food cycle has the potential to create new food systems. Watch to learn more about this up-and-coming space-age idea.
TEDTalk: It's not the cow, it's the how
Length: 17 minutes 41 seconds
Bobby Gill is the Director of Development and Communications for the Savory Institute. He works to create holistic solutions that accelerate the adoption of regenerative farming. We felt the conversation around agriculture's past, present, and future are represented in both this and the prior TEDTalk which each offer different promising solutions.
Length: 1 hour and 14 minutes
Gather explores the Native American lived experience of fishing, agriculture, and capitalism. Tribes discuss identity and reclaim sovereignty through ancestral foods. Directed by Sanjay Rawal and released in 2020. New York Times stated, "Rawal covers a substantial amount of ground and deftly balances the dense material without losing sight of the mission driving the bigger story: Healing from generational trauma sometimes starts with just one person."
Length 1 hour 24 minutes
Featured on Netflix, Kiss the Ground is a call for radical change in the farming industry so that agriculture can transition toward sustainable forms of production and distribution. We are reminded of the United States checkered past and their call to action is supporting biodiverse soil and the need for more regenerative agriculture. Battery Powered suggests Kiss the Ground and sees its educational value while acknowledging the film's shortcoming in equitable narratives. We suggest pairing this viewing with Civil Eats' article, "Does Regenerative Agriculture have a Race Problem?" which talks with the producers of Kiss the Ground and discusses the lack of diverse voices and faces in their documentary.
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