Food Forward

Learn how the explosion of urban agriculture is revitalizing local economies and creating jobs.

By mid-century, 90 percent of the world’s commercial fish may be tapped out.

Cheap meat is actually quite costly, taking its toll on America’s health and environment.

Set sail with fishermen who make their living on the water while treading lightly upon it.

Seeds represent hope, a new beginning. Explore the battle over GMOs.

The top six inches of soil are the most precious, yet least understood ecosystem on earth.

Meet ranchers leading the red meat revolution by returning to traditional styles of raising cattle.

Meet seed savers pursuing grassroots alternatives to GMOs and monocultures that dominate farmlands.

American dairy is undergoing a renaissance.

Affordable school lunches don't necessarily mean healthy school lunches.

Explore new frontiers that just might save our soil.

See dairy farmers, cheese makers and creameries creating delicious alternatives to industrial milk.

A new breed of passionate farmers, chefs and scientists are revamping the American food system. Combining people’s passions and technological ingenuity, Food Forward TV visits tech­savvy growers flying crop­monitoring drones in California’s central valley. We step into CU Boulder’s lab to map the human microbiome with visionary food journalist, Michael Pollan. And one woman tests consumer’s tastes by serving up an alternative source of protein–edible insects!

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 a social need into an delicious educational opportunity.

See how citizens are overhauling school lunch programs in Detroit, Houston and North Carolina.

Meet passionate farmers, chefs and hackers who are revamping the American food system.

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? In this episode, Food Forward TV dives into solutions that some water users are discovering to protect this most precious resource in the face of drought, politics and environmental conflicts.

Americans throw away 34 million tons of food each year. That’s like tossing a quarter of the groceries we buy directly into the trash. But where some see garbage, others find green gold. In this episode, Food Forward TV explores the secret life of food scraps, landfills and the people who love them. San Francisco is leading the charge in composting municipal food waste, a food bank is rescuing confiscated food from the Arizona­Mexico border patrol and a Brooklyn bucket lady collects food scraps kitchen by kitchen.

See how the ways and means of America's small farmers are evolving.

Dive into solutions that some water users are discovering to protect this most precious resource.

Explore the secret life of food scraps, landfills and the people who love them.

Explore the disconnect between the belly and the brain and America's national eating disorder.

Food Forward TV 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. We also take a journey up to the Hudson River Valley on a transformative journey of one Navy veteran who is reinventing himself through the culinary arts at the nation’s top cooking school, the Culinary Institute of America.

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 TV heads deep into America’s backwoods joining mushroom pickers on Washington’s Olympic peninsula, charitable deer hunters in North Carolina and roadkill­eating hillbillies in West Virginia.

See how food is produced and what could we gain by rediscovering foraging as a source of food.

From the Founding Farmers to the modern Farm Bill, what has 200 years of progress brought to the table? More food at lower prices for sure, but also food fights over the environment, hunger, nutrition, and waste.

From the Founding Farmers to the modern Farm Bill, what has 200 years of progress brought to the table? More food at lower prices for sure, but also food fights over the environment, hunger, nutrition, and waste. In this closing episode of Food Forward TV, politicians, policy watchdogs and food experts take us on a personal tour through the history of food and agriculture in America. There’s an entry point for everyone in the conversation about how we feed ourselves.