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1) Simply Ming
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Simply Ming takes cooking at home to a whole new level! Award-winning host Chef Ming Tsai opens the door to his own kitchen as he and his son, Henry Tsai, prepare delicious and easy to follow recipes.
3) Decanted
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Look inside one of the most intimate wine-growing regions in the world, Napa Valley, as we follow the journey of new beginnings and mastering a craft.
4) Food Fight
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A fascinating look at how American agricultural policy and food culture developed in the 20th century.
6) Sacred Cow
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A film about the current debate on eating and raising cattle for food, showing that animal-sourced foods are nutritious for humans and can be raised in a way that is beneficial for the environment.
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Beer is the most popular beverage on the planet after tea and water. But there’s more to brewing than beer. At its heart is science - a mix of biology, chemistry and a touch of evolution - that we know as fermentation. Australia is at the forefront of exploring its possibilities, creating new medicines, cleaner fuels, even future foods.
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Grammy-winning singer-songrwriter Jason Mraz is gentleman farmer and nature enthusiast. Operating more than 10 acres in Oceanside, California, the artist runs Mraz Family Farms where, with the help of Kiss The Ground, they practice regenerative agriculture. The benefits of restorative farming include healthier soil, greater climate-change resilience, improved air and water quality and healthier communities and farming economies!
11) Meat
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MEAT traces the process through which cattle and sheep become consumer goods. It depicts the processing and transportation of meat products by a highly automated packing plant, illustrating important points and problems in the area of production, transportation, logistics, equipment design, time-motion study, and labor management.. "MEAT’s commonplace inferno is the most extraordinary visual material in any of Wiseman’s 10 films on American institutions."...
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Across America, small family farms are racing against climate change. Unpredictable weather and new diseases are destroying the very crops they depend upon. In New Jersey, when a devastating disease wipes out farmers' fields, growers turn to scientists for help. FIELDS OF DEVOTION follows the unique relationship between farmers and scientists as they work together over a decade to develop disease and climate resistant food crops.
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Narrated by Kate Winslet, this entertaining and surprising documentary will challenge the way you look at the food industry. What is the true cost of food? Who pays the price? Featuring shocking undercover footage and poignant first-hand accounts from indigenous people, this one-of-a-kind documentary will permanently change your perception of food and its connection to the future of our planet.
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By opening ten very different bottles, filmmaker Jason Wise examines the history of wine, including its production, the ageing process, and what makes some better than others. *"For anyone curious about the inner workings of the wine trade and the heritage of outstanding world wineries, Jason Wise's follow-up to his 2012 documentary Somm will help decipher many of these sometimes obscure topics." - Justin Lowe, **Hollywood Reporter*** *"We may never...
15) Milked
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Young activist, Chris Huriwai, takes on the giants of New Zealand’s multi-billion-dollar dairy industry. His journey uncovers alarming information about the industry's impact on the environment and our health, showing that we're on the edge of the biggest global disruption of food and agriculture in history. An international story told with a local eye, the film also points to what we can all do to change our fate.
16) Burgundy
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This documentary explores the vitality and joie de vivre lifestyle of the local people against the backdrop of the region’s oldest, traditional wine celebratory events of the annual Trois Glorieuses. Through a colorful mosaic of stories, this BURGANDY aims to demystify the world-famous French winemaking region and offers a rare insider glimpse into the lives of the passionate people working in Burgundy’s wine industry. Winner of Best Documentary...
17) A Year in Port
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In this superb documentary on everyone's favorite desert wine, renowned wine importer Martine Saunier is our guide as we journey into Portugal's spectacular Douro Valley to explore the mystery and complexity of the world of port. *"This film will appeal to novice and serious wine drinkers alike. It will rekindle for some and ignite for others an interest in and love for one of the world's great wines. And that's what a wine movie should do." - **Wine...
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Seven countries, seven popular markets, seven cultures. The first documentary of its kind, FROM THE LAND TO YOUR TABLE shows the perspectives of seven Ibero-American filmmakers as they capture the conditions and cultural diversity of popular produce markets in their individual countries.. Created collectively, each segment retains its own unique style and tone, highlighting the fascinating stories of the foods that eventually wind up on our tables....
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Awarded "5 Stars!" by the ***Financial Times***, this film follows seven wine-making families in the Burgundy region of France through the course of a full year, and delves into the cultural and creative process of making wine, as well as its deep ties to the land. What lies within the rhythm of a year, from vines to grapes to wine? The film is in four season-sections, and plays out against that backdrop: spring showers, drought, heat wave, hail and...
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"Most Americans now purchase organic food in some form, but don’t know what “organic” really means. In Organic We Trust follows filmmaker Kip Pastor on a journey to answer the essential questions about organic: What exactly is certified organic? Is it really better for us, or just marketing hype? Is organic the key to transforming our food system? The first half of the film digs deep to investigate what “certified organic” means and the...
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