Nine films about food and farming

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A virtual film festival: Nine films about food and farming

July 22, 2015 by James North No Comments

Our recent virtual film festival, “9x9: Nine little films about food and farming”, has shown The Rules' community at work. A few months ago a member of the community - filmmaker Jason Taylor - approached us with some films he had made about farming that told a positive story about...

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The Keralan Cowboy: Conserving Indian Cows

July 19, 2015 by The Rules 3 Comments

The Keralan Cowboy is a film about the importance of bio-diversity and questioning the economically driven government policy that will have a profound effect on our society and environment.

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A Forest of Fortune: Picking Community over Corporations

July 18, 2015 by Swati No Comments

As a chief of his community, Ayal was offered $200,000 for the community land by one of Indonesia’s largest coal mining companies. He refused because he had seen other communities that had sold their land and heard their stories.

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A Shifting Culture: Thinking of the Past, Present and Future.

July 17, 2015 by The Rules No Comments

Watch Yousef remember the past, show us the present and think about the future of his community, the environment and humanity in this beautiful film by The Source Project.

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Mother‘s Earth: A Lesson in Subsistence Farming

July 16, 2015 by The Rules No Comments

In a remote area of Odisha, eastern India, small communities of subsistence farmers, have managed to return to a system of cooperative, zero-input agriculture.

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The Source Project: Looking Beyond Symptoms to What Causes Them

July 15, 2015 by The Rules No Comments

The Source Project is set up to work in a more holistic way within the so called development media as the likes of the World Bank and Bill and Melinda Gates foundation begin to transform the development sector into a business driven model.

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A Commons Sense: A Fight Against Biopiracy

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A Commons Sense, by The Source Project, is a film about Dr Debal Deb's fight against biopiracy. Watch how he uses the field and the farmers to grow and protect valuable indigenous varieties.

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Adolfo, the Future Farm: Sustainable Farming for a Changing Climate

July 14, 2015 by The Rules No Comments

Adolfo is possibly one of the most dynamic, progressive and positive farmers his district. Discover Adolfo’s farm and the philosophy behind farming in this poignant film by the The Source Project.

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Natural Systems and an Agricultural Philosophy: Reclaiming the Soil, food and farming

July 13, 2015 by The Rules No Comments

Amarjeet Sharma’s experience was not very different from that of other farmers in India. He just did one thing differently. He explains this in Natural Systems and an Agricultural Philosophies, a short film by The Source Project and the second film in the 9x9 online film festival.