Unbroken Ground | A New Old Way to Grow Food | Patagonia

Unbroken Ground explains the critical role food will play in the next frontier of our efforts to solve the environmental crisis. It explores four areas of agriculture that aim to change our relationship to the land and oceans. Most of our food is produced using methods that reduce biodiversity, decimate soil and contribute to climate change. We believe our food can and should be a part of the solution to the environmental crisis – grown, harvested and produced in ways that restore our land, water and wildlife. The film tells the story of four groups that are pioneers in the fields of regenerative agriculture, regenerative grazing, diversified crop development and restorative fishing.


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[jonathandjing]

I am buying a few acres of land and start my life journey in permaculture, I am 26 now so hopefully in a few years I’ll be producing my own food responsibly.

[fredgillespie]

In a world of darkness and destruction this is a very uplifting video.

[smallscreenfilms]

Very nice! I am from India and here too there are a small band of individuals who are ironically finding news ways of doing agriculture from traditional knowledge systems and even traditions. I remember meeting this one person about 25 miles south of Chennai who stopped tilling the land and instead just spreading seed on it. He felt that by disturbing the soil you loosen the top soil and the wind blows it away. The crop grows, gets harvested and the stalks die where they stand feeding back nutrients to the land. His paddy fields are lush. Anyways, loved your film. Thank you so much for sharing it.

[ntatemohlomi]

"Soil is more important than oil."

[christinaattwell]

Farmers waking up to the old ways that work & not overstretch & destroy the environment. Thank you

[tioali]

Seeing this brings me tears of joy. Here, in Brazil we call "agricultura sintrópica" and also "agrofloresta". It's beatutiful, sensational.

[firewaterbydesign]

"Soil is more important than oil." Truer words have never been spoken!!! Heal the environment.

[roberthodge]

Gold only has real value for electronics and vanity. Soil's real value is perpetual if you don't abuse it. Soil can be more valuable every year if you cherish and nourish it. What an excellent presentation of great people doing great things in everyday life. Thank you all.

[AngieMeadKing]

I wish you can update this video, we need to grow our own food responsibly now more than ever...

[enriquemoliterno]

Once in a while these kinds of videos make us think that not everything needs to be obscenely profitable to make sense. This should be part of any high school and college syllabus because the only way to reduce depletion of natural resources is to understand their importance. One more thing, transgenic products need to be seen objectivly, separating what are the multinational corporations that run the big business and what are solutions to the world's demand for more foods from vegetable and animal origin.

[asphotographics]

Thanks to the farmers/producers, Yvon, and Patagonia. So hard these days to remain optimistic. The positivity on display is refreshing and inspiring. A grassroots revolution seems like the inevitable and only viable solution. Not once was profitability mentioned as it is a non-issue in the grand scheme of things. But all these projects have been running long term and thus have proven viability.

[Xavier-uknonada]

A great film. I'm already on the lummi island wild website. Have been looking at patagonia clothing for months. I'm poor so i have to save utilizing the envelope system. Thank you all for lookimg at indigenous ways of life. Such as the buffalos for land maintenance and food, reef net fishing, and respecting all life really. Hip hip hooray!

[ceef]

1:10 awesome synth work. I'm sure no one clicked this video for vintage synth, but glad it's there.

[SavoryInstitute]

This is a simply stunning look at the practices that are required to change our climate's future for the better. We encourage everyone to look into Holistic Management and to participate in our training events for farmers and ranchers around the world.

[anitacastelli]

I'm so impressed.Thank you for taking care of our Mother Earth

[downbntout]

Love soil. When it's healthy and dark and living, it smells like love.

[simonmoses]

I have no idea why we ever thought that we could do better than mother nature! The old ways, speaks to our souls, and thus saves the earth.

[karolisk]

Fantastic reminder that it's not always new technology that brings the future, but re-visiting the "old ways" which can be feasible in the new era. Also this reminds me how important it is to know how our food is made, where it comes from.

[daniel]

Great to see wise 'experiments' mixing First Nations approaches that work with science, a good purpose and committed investment.

[laurenceco]

I AM SPIRITUALLY TOUCHED BY THOSE SALMON FISHERMEN AND THEIR WAY OF CATCHING THE TARGETED SALMON. I CALLED IT " RESPONSIBLE FISHING." THREE CHEERS AND MAY GOD BLESS THEM !