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The Future of Food Production – Short Documentary by Bayley Pilling

The Future of Food Production is a short documentary by Bayley Pilling, a 15-year-old who has captured the urgency and importance of growing your own food.

In this 28-minute video, this young student addresses the current failings of conventional agricultural systems and interviews individuals in his local area who are striving to make a difference; those with solutions, who are living the change and growing their own food.

It is really worth watching.

This video is in the finals of the Noosa International Film Festival and will be officially screened as part of the festival on the 5th of November, 2016.

The Permaculture Research Insitute

PRI Zaytuna Farm functions as a model farm (in development) and permaculture training facility. Geoff and Nadia Lawton, world-renowned permaculture educators and consultants, lead the project. Much of Geoff and Nadia’s time over the last few years has been spent away from the Institute, consulting and helping set up projects in diverse locales around the world. Seeing the worldwide demand for knowledgeable permaculture consultants and teachers increase exponentially, as fuel and fertiliser prices skyrocket and the effects of climate change, soil depletion and water shortages begin to hit hard, priority and focus is now shifting back to the Institute, where growing the training program will increase the output of quality teachers to help fill the growing need for them.

8 Comments

  1. This is an important topic. There is a real need to examine our practices. The beginning of this film is full of false claims not supported by scientific evidence mixed in with important truths. For example, corn has not lost a large percentage of its nutrients 20 minutes after it is harvested. The medical community has no science saying everyone will have cancer in the near future. I heard so many false or misleading statements in the first 5 minutes that at first I just turned it off. I then felt I should watch the rest and saw some great content. A film presented as a documentary needs to be thoroughly fact checked. The truth is the ethical way to reach people. I feel this film does real damage to the credibility of permaculture if it starts off with untruths to get people interested in change. The truth is enough reason to change so lets stick to that.

    1. I completely agree, I had to stop watching after I heard the part about every 1 in 2 people having cancer and chemicals everywhere. Sorry but that is just preposterous and that is a big issue with permaculture, there are a lot of people speaking out who are not doing basic fact checks.

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