On-Farm Research: Starter Fertilizer

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 3:52 Scholastic

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, Sam Custer, working with Darke County farmer, Aaron Overholser. Custer and Overholser created the trial to find if it pays to use starter fertilizer to grow corn more economically. They work together to measure the effect of adding starter fertilizer, sulfur and zinc to corn yields. The trial proved that it does not pay to use starter fertilizer to increase yields during these difficult economic times.

On-Farm Research: Starter Phosphorus

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 2:50 Scholastic

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, Eric Richer, working with
Fulton County farmer, Austin Arps. Richer and Arps created the trial to find if it pays to use starter phosphorus fertilizer if the soil is already in the maintenance range to grow corn more economically. They work together to measure the effect of adding starter phosphorus fertilizer to corn yields. The trial proved that it does not pay to use starter phosphorus fertilizer to increase yields if the soil is already in the maintenance range.

On-Farm Research: Stockpiling Forages

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 3:31 Scholastic

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, Chris Penrose, working on his family farm. Penrose created the trial to find the source of nitrogen to stockpile forages most economically. He worked together to measure the effect of Urea, Urea + Agrotain, and Ammonium Sulfate to forage yields. The trial proved that it does not matter the source, any nitrogen source increased the amount of forage available to stockpile.

One Egg

Director: Jefferson Miller

United States, Arkansas Runtime: 17:07 Student Film

In 2016, a team of University of Arkansas faculty and students, industry experts, missionaries, and non-profit charity organization representatives began developing a plan to build a commercial egg farm in Haiti. The group members, working with a charity organization called OneEgg, submitted
a grant proposal to Tyson Foods and its subsidiary, Cobb-Vantress, to fund the construction and launch of the egg farm in Haiti. The group adopted OneEgg’s mission of providing more eggs to more kids, one child at a time, to improve children’s protein intake, which research has shown is crucial for physical and cognitive development. The $341,000 grant was funded by Tyson Foods and Cobb Vantress, and the project resulted in the successful completion of the OneEgg-Haiti egg farm in Leogane, Haiti. The project also included a research component that evaluated the physical and cognitive development of a group of children living at a nearby orphanage. The farm has now been transferred legally to local Haitian ownership, and despite many difficulties with political and economic unrest in Haiti, is still operational and sustainable after two and a half years of production. The OneEgg-Haiti farm now stands as an excellent model of the Business as Mission approach to development in developing countries.

Pioneers

Director: Doug Armknecht

United States, Kansas Runtime: 2:20 A Short of Any Kind

A thoughtful and scenic perspective on the beauty of farming and rural living, set to a passage by pioneer author Willa Cather. Even though removed from Cather’s world by more than a century, the modern farmer embodies the spirit of the pioneers: Enjoyment of solitude, appreciation for nature, and stubborn independence.

Planet Milkweed

Director: Kirby Pringle

United States, Illinois Runtime: 14:01 Short Documentary

Common milkweed, a native flower of the tallgrass prairie, is teeming with life. The milkweed is best known as the host plant for the monarch butterfly. But milkweed is much more than that, with 450 known insects that live — and eat — on the plant.

Raising the Steaks

Director: Josh Comninellis

United States, Missouri Runtime: 46:36 Short Documentary

Leah Swindler was a vegetarian for years. Now she takes eating meat very seriously. For a year she and her husband Josh ate only the meat they killed and butchered themselves. Now they’re hitting the road to see how large-scale beef production operates. In one weekend, in one white van, they will see the life of the cattle from farm to meat case and meet the people whose lives are built on bringing that food to the masses.

Rendville: Across the Color Line

Director: Burr Beard

United States, Ohio Runtime: 18:18 Student Film

A new historical documentary running 18 minutes has been launched by Burr Beard, MFA student in Media Communication Arts at Ohio University. Under the tutelage of Professors Art Cromwell and Brian Plow, Beard completed this work during Spring Semester 2018. The documentary looks at the racially integrated mining town in southern Perry County whose founder welcomed African American and white immigrants from some seven European countries based on their abilities to endure the work of late 19th Century coal-mining.

Rethinking Coffee with Amy Meehan

Directors: Patrick Dengel, Duane Rigsby, and Sarah Swanson

United States, Ohio Runtime: 2:10 Scholastic

Saving Money and reducing Calories when Purchasing Coffee at a Local Coffee Shop

Sharing the Roadways in Amish Country

Directors: Dee Jepsen and Chris Dicus

United States, Ohio Runtime: 10:33 Scholastic

Ohio has one of the largest populations of Amish in the United States. In areas with the highest concentration of Amish, the number of horse-drawn vehicles in the county may equal that of motorized vehicles. Crashes between buggies and motorized vehicles have been a concern for some time, as both Amish communities and rural motorized traffic grow. A video was produced to create awareness about common roadway hazards. The goal of the OSU Extension Agricultural Safety Program is to positively impact roadway safety in the Amish and other Plain communities who have similar concerns when sharing the road.

SkyGrazers: A Story of the Flying Farmers

Directors: Annmarie Aronoff and Christopher Aronoff

United States, California Runtime: 1:14:00 Feature Documentary

A delightful ride in the sky! This uplifting documentary film celebrates a resilient group of rural aviators who show us that you’re never too old to fly! Shedding light on the root of the pilot shortage, and the importance of agriculture in our changing times, SkyGrazers illustrates the triumphant stories and struggles of the International Flying Farmers.

Soyalism

Directors: Enrico Parenti and Stefano Liberti

Italy Runtime: 1:05:00 Feature Documentary

In a world struck by climate change and overpopulation, food production control is increasingly becoming a huge business for a handful of giant corporations. Following the industrial production chain of pork, from China to Brazil through the United States and Mozambique, the documentary describes the enormous concentration of power in the hands of these Western and Chinese companies. This movement is putting out of business hundreds of thousands of small producers and transforming permanently entire landscapes. Launched in the United States at the end of the Seventies, the system has been exported across the world, especially in large-populated countries such as China. From waste-lagoons in North Carolina to soybeans monoculture developed in the Amazon rainforest to feed animals, the movie describes how the expansion of this process is jeopardizing the social and environmental balance of the planet

Thanks, Bob

Director: Brooke Beam

United States, Ohio Runtime: 5:36 A Short of Any Kind

A historical comparison of 16MM film of Clinton County and Wilmington, Ohio, from the early 1950s compared with modern scenes in 2019.

The Forage Files

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 1:22 A Short of Any Kind

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, Chris Penrose, working on his family farm. Penrose created the trial to find the source of nitrogen to stockpile forages most economically. He worked together to measure the effect of Urea, Urea + Agrotain, and Ammonium Sulfate to forage yields. The trial proved that it does not matter the source, any nitrogen source increased the amount of forage available to stockpile.

The Investigators

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 1:25 A Short of Any Kind

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, Sam Custer, working with Darke County farmer, Aaron Overholser. Custer and Overholser created the trial to find if it pays to use starter fertilizer to grow corn more economically. They work together to measure the effect of adding starter fertilizer, sulfur and zinc to corn yields. The trial proved that it does not pay to use starter fertilizer to increase yields during these difficult economic times.

The Man Of The Trees

Director: Andrea Trivero

Italy Runtime: 18:55 Short Documentary

Daniel Balima is a senior horticulturist from Tenkodogo, a small Sub-Saharan African town in Burkina Faso, where he lives with his large family and has worked since he was born 67 years ago. Daniel as a child falls ill with polio and, although growing without the use of his legs, he is able to follow his father in the family nursery, walking on his hands. He works immediately with great passion and talent so much that his disability, which for many in Africa means a marked destiny, is for Daniel an opportunity: “I could take two paths: begging or taking my life in hand and devoting myself to work with dignity.” So every day he goes to the garden to work, despite the various difficulties he faces, both those related to his physical condition, and those related to the territory and he is happy, because he can keep the family and pay their studies to children and grandchildren. Daniel has chosen and won this great challenge and, every day, he sows and cultivates with great effort and gratitude many vegetables and plants. Often those who have no food go to the garden, because they know that even without money they can open that gate, look into the eyes of this generous man, who with a few gestures and a few kind words will make him collect and bring home what is necessary to feed. In over fifty years of activity he has given life to more than a million trees and this is what is most important for Daniel because, as he tells us, his country, because of the drought, needs many trees and does not stop, on the contrary, he dreams of planting another million.

The Pollinators

Director: Peter Nelson

United States, New York Runtime: 1:32:41 Feature Documentary

Much of the food on our tables comes from the intrinsic act of pollinating the flowers that become the fruits, vegetables and nuts we eat, but agricultural practices, pesticides and politics are making that simple act of nature more difficult everyday. Honey bees pollinate one third of the food we
eat, yet alarmingly, honey bee populations in this country have fallen by half since the 1940s and continue to decline. Honey bees are threatened by indiscriminate pesticide use, disease, industrial scale monoculture farming and powerful corporate lobbying interests that work to influence the EPA and USDA, who are our gatekeepers for a safe agricultural system. Our very food system is under threat and rests on the wings of these tiny insects and the commercial beekeepers that move them from farm to orchard pollinating crops that native pollinators can no longer adequately accomplish. This film will follow migratory beekeepers and their bees throughout a growing season, joining them as they stop to pollinate the myriad plants and trees that depend upon honey bees to grow and produce our food. Much of the work moving bees is done at night when the bees are in their hives so few people actually get to see what these beekeepers do. Throughout the journey we will meet farmers, scientists, chefs and academics to give perspective to this complex food system that we all depend on. We will explain the problems of modern large scale agriculture, offer ideas on how it can be improved and learn about these pollinators that are a subculture of agriculture and a vital cornerstone of our entire food system. It’s a cinematic road trip that will result in a feature length documentary film about the importance of pollination to our food system, the complex interrelationship between migratory beekeepers, their bees and the agriculture system that needs these migratory honey bees in order to grow the food we eat.

The Researchers

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 1:31 A Short of Any Kind

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, Eric Richer, working with
Fulton County farmer, Austin Arps. Richer and Arps created the trial to find if it pays to use starter phosphorus fertilizer if the soil is already in the maintenance range to grow corn more economically. They work together to measure the effect of adding starter phosphorus fertilizer to corn yields. The trial proved that it does not pay to use starter phosphorus fertilizer to increase yields if the soil is already in the maintenance range.

The Soybean Guys

Director: Rachel Leggett

United States, Ohio Runtime: 1:32 A Short of Any Kind

This on-farm research trial highlights OSU Extension educator, John Barker, as he works with Knox County farmers, Jim Braddock and Dave Mitchem. Barker, Braddock and Mitchem created the trial to find if it pays to decrease the amount of seeds put in the ground. They work together to measure the effect of planting 125,000; 145,000; 165,000; and 185,000 seeds per acre to soybean yields. The trial proved that it does pay to any more than 125,000 seeds per acre.

Tree Talk with Dave Apsley

Directors: Duane Rigsby and David Apsley

United States, Ohio Runtime: 22:57 Scholastic

Discussion points include timing of planting your trees, what type should you plant and other.

To The Land

Director: Biz G Young

United States, Ohio Runtime: 2:16 Short Documentary

Olivia Nava works with Our Harvest to cultivate community through locally grown food. The family- owned cooperative is part of Cincinnati, Ohio and has been standing for over 100 years. “Farming sustainability is, in a way, a stewardship — being mindful of the methods in which you cultivate so that you’re putting back into the land as well.”

Winter Management of the Cow Herd

Directors: Duane Rigsby and John Grimes

United States, Ohio Runtime: 27:57 Scholastic

AG-NEWS with John Grimes, Extension Beef Programs coordinator / educator and Duane Rigsby with Ohio State University South Centers. Grimes discusses interesting facts about commercial beef. The guest is Stephen Boyles, professor with The Ohio State University, and the topic isWinter Management of the Cow Herd to insure a productive 2019.

Who’s Your Farmer?

Director: Jess Lingle

United States, Alabama Runtime: 13:56 Short Documentary

Do you know where your food comes from? And you can’t say “the grocery store.” Farming is
a practice that impacts our health, our environment, our communities and our world. Knowing where our food really comes from and how safely it is grown is becoming increasingly difficult and clouded. This film explores farming in Alabama through the eyes of local farmers all across the state who care about the land, the water and the people they feed.