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Fair Trade vs. Direct Trade

Fair Trade vs. Direct Trade

Season 1 Episode 17
3:03
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GMOs

Season 1 Episode 18
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Land Trust

Land Trust

Season 1 Episode 19
2:37
Water

Water

Season 1 Episode 20
3:24
Urban Farming

Urban Farming

Season 1 Episode 21
2:50
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Food Security

Season 1 Episode 22
3:25
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The Calling

Season 4 Episode 5
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When Whales Could Walk

Season 51 Episode 1
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The Lexicon of Sustainability

Antibiotic-Free

Season 1 Episode 16

Nearly 80 percent of the antibiotics in the U.S. aren’t used on people. They’re used on animals—animals we eat—and most aren’t even sick. Low-level doses of antibiotics for extended periods of time are used mainly to increase animal weight gain. Livestock ranchers Bill and Nicolette Niman share their insights on the growing movement to remove sub-therapeutic antibiotics from American beef.