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Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
FOOD FORWARD explores the disconnect between the belly and the brain and America’s national eating disorder. A journey to Cornell’s Food and Brand Lab unveils the psychology of consumer habits and introduces viewers to simple tips and tricks for a healthier diet, and researchers in Boulder, Colorado, are mapping the human microbiome with amazing results.
62) Suncookers
Publisher
Deep Dish TV
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (19 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Shot in Kenya in 2006, this film follows Margaret Owino, of Solar Cookers International in Nairobi, as she teaches refugees how to use solar cooking. Deforestation in Kenya has made the firewood and charcoal, that the refugees use to cook, incredibly scarce and expensive. The use of solar cooking helps prevent further deforestation and is cheaper than the limited and costly firewood. As SuNews in Kenya reports, "For millions of people living in dry,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 52 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The original 'green' city. A convenient truth: urban solutions from Curitiba, Brazil is an informative, inspirational documentary aimed at sharing ideas to provoke environment-friendly and cost-effective changes in cities worldwide. The documentary focuses on innovations in transportation, recycling, social benefits including affordable housing, seasonal parks, and the processes that transformed Curitiba into one of the most livable cities in the...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (116 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
"Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants." With those seven words, journalist Michael Pollan distills a career's worth of reporting into a prescription for reversing the damage being done to people's health by today's industrially-driven Western diet. Pollan offers a clear answer to one of the most urgent questions of our time: What should I eat to be healthy?.
Publisher
The Video Project
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (82 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
"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...
66) Barista
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Every year thousands of baristas compete to see who can make the world’s best coffee. They have 15 minutes to make 12 drinks -- to make an impact. It's like the Olympics of the coffee world. BARISTA follows these young, hungry (thirsty?) baristas trying to make their mark… as they try to be the best in the world.. This documentary follows some of the rising stars in the coffee world, as they prepare for the World Barista Championships. While this...
67) It's about patient care: transforming healthcare information technology the Cleveland Clinic way
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A proven working model of healthcare IT as a transformative clinical and business engine-from one of the world's leading healthcare organizations Exciting new technology is revolutionizing healthcare in the twenty-first century. This visionary guide by Cleveland Clinic's esteemed CIO shows you how to design, implement, and maximize your organization's IT systems to deliver fully integrated, coordinated, high-quality care. You'll learn how to: ...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (166 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This is the scientific story of the food on your plate. Michael Mosley and James Wong present a celebration of the physics, chemistry and biology that lies hidden inside every bite. Together they travel the world and take over the UK’s leading food lab as they deconstruct our favorite meals, taking us inside the food, right down to the molecular level.
Publisher
Pragda
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (106 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
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....
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Michael and James explore how the marriage between chemistry and biology is the root of all the sensations, tastes and flavors that we enjoy in our food. Michael begins by deconstructing a Thai meal. Its effect on the tongue can be reduced down to just five tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and the less well-known umami.
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume)
Language
English
Description
Providing the knowledge and insight you need to build and maintain your portfolio accordingly, this cutting-edge book describes what to expect, when to expect it, and how to profit in impending technological and economic revolution. --
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Digital minimalists are all around us. They're the calm, happy people who can hold long conversations without furtive glances at their phones. They can get lost in a good book, a woodworking project, or a leisurely morning run. They can have fun with friends and family without the obsessive urge to document the experience. They stay informed about the news of the day, but don't feel overwhelmed by it. They don't experience "fear of missing out" because...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Reveals the stories behind 12 of the most astounding new technologies. Learn about the innovations that will forever change our everyday lives, from delivery drones to personal assistant robots.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (25 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
All across the country, the ways and means of America’s small farmers are evolving. Young Hispanic farm laborers in California’s Salinas Valley are moving up the economic ladder, training to become tomorrow’s organic farm owners. In Houston, Congolese refugees are creating communities around vacant urban lots. And in nearby Dallas, a struggling college commits an unthinkable act of football heresy, plowing their gridiron into a garden and transforming...
75) Quest for Water
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (25 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
How can agriculture use less water and still grow enough food for everyone? Are we finally emerging from the water wars of the west that pitted Native American tribes and environmentalists against farmers and ranchers? FOOD FORWARD dives into solutions that some water users are discovering to protect this most precious resource in the face of drought, politics and environmental conflicts.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (25 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
All public school kids have access to free or reduced price lunch, but affordability doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good for them. Detroit’s renegade lunch lady is not only serving kids healthy food, she has them growing it, too. Houston schools are joining a national movement with “seed to plate” classroom cooking, and in North Carolina, a new generation of service members is connecting farmers and schools.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (25 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Once upon a time, wild food was all there was. If you didn’t pick it, catch it or kill it, you didn’t eat. That’s all changed, of course, but what have we lost in our move from the wilderness that once supported us? And what could we gain by rediscovering foraging as a source of food? FOOD FORWARD heads deep into America’s backwoods, joining mushroom pickers on Washington’s Olympic peninsula, charitable deer hunters in North Carolina and...
Publisher
KimStim
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
How would a grape respond under psychoanalysis? Jean-Louis Laplanche, world-renowned psychiatrist and Freud translator, is the owner of the Chateau de Pommard in Burgundy. Yet his peculiarity does not compare with that of the husband-and-wife psychiatric team who bought and sold the Napa winery aptly named Folie à deux.
Publisher
KimStim
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (59 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Napa rules the American wine industry, but who's behind the scenes? This black comedy shows that the Mexican workers have a greater voice than the chiefs in their Beverly Hills style mansions think.
Publisher
KimStim
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina: the New Wine World, but with age-old conflicts. What's at stake for indigenous people and foreign investors? How do the European-American conflicts play out in South America?
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