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Fruits and Vegetables (8)

  • The Banana
    The Banana
    Francis Papillon 2022 3 min
    Iris whips up a batch of her famous banana smoothies, but Cathon isn’t the biggest fan of her friend’s recipe. Speaking of bananas, word has it that the banana split was invented by one David Stickler, who was an apprentice pharmacist!
  • The Fruit Hunters - The Evolution of Desire (Episode 1)
    The Fruit Hunters - The Evolution of Desire (Episode 1)
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    Yung Chang 2013 43 min
    Narrated by Nature of Things's David Suzuki, The Evolution of Desire is the first part of a journey through the exotic, endlessly fascinating world of fruit - a story of nature, commerce, and obsession. The Fruit Hunters will change not only the way we look at what we eat but how we view our relationship to the natural world.
  • The Fruit Hunters - Defenders of Diversity (Episode 2)
    The Fruit Hunters - Defenders of Diversity (Episode 2)
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    Yung Chang 2013 43 min
    Narrated by Nature of Things's David Suzuki, Defenders of Diversity is the second part of a journey through the exotic, endlessly fascinating world of fruit - a story of nature, commerce, and obsession. The Fruit Hunters will change not only the way we look at what we eat but how we view our relationship to the natural world.
  • The Fruit Hunters
    The Fruit Hunters
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    Yung Chang 2012 1 h 35 min
    Hunting mangoes in Bali, elusive rare durian in Borneo, scouring Renaissance paintings for ancient, lost figs, uncovering the secrets of taste-bud-altering Miracle Fruit: The Fruit Hunters tells a story of adventure, desire and obsession.
  • Seeds
    Seeds
    Moïse Marcoux-Chabot 2020 32 min
    Nature awakens and the food self-sufficiency project takes shape. Preserving the region’s ecosystem, however, demands awareness-raising efforts.
  • Harvest in the Valley
    Harvest in the Valley
    Larry Gosnell 1955 13 min
    This short documentary depicts the harvesting of a large crop of potatoes in the St. John Valley, New Brunswick. The film documents the motor-driven machines that lay bare the rows of tubers, the crews of potato pickers at work in the fields as well as the sorting and grading of potatoes at a large Grand Falls warehouse.
  • Okanagan - Canada's Apple Valley
    Okanagan - Canada's Apple Valley
    1955 5 min
    On the 320 acre Keloka Orchards, near Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley of southern British Columbia, apples are picked and forwarded to the Kelowna Growers Exchange for packing, cold storage and shipping throughout the world. Immigrants from countries in Europe and Asia work together to ensure a successful harvest on Canada's largest apple orchard, owned by George Porter.
  • We Are What We Eat
    We Are What We Eat
    Aube Giroux 2004 24 min
    Set to beautiful, pastoral images, We Are What We Eat introduces us to people bringing together their love of good food and passion for environmental protection. We meet wheat and strawberry producers, along with a wine grower and a chef — each doing things at their own pace, while resisting the demands of agribusiness.