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Nourish Short Films

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This series of fifty-four clips tells the story of food and explores such themes as farm to fork, food and health, cooking and eating, edible education, and food and community. Speakers include best-selling author Michael Pollan, healthy food advocate Anna Lappé, British chef Jamie Oliver, pediatrician Dr. Nadine Burke, eco-chef Bryant Terry, and Edible Schoolyard founder Alice Waters. The topical videos present an encyclopedia of food issues, from seasonal eating and farmers markets to school lunch and sustainable agriculture.

Overhead view of a school girl with dark hair in pigtails looking at fresh vegetables like carrots and celery displayed on a table and in baskets at a farmer's market. Caption. In that way, we create the environment we live in.
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Episode 1
1 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a woman with brown eyes and dark hair pulled back. A green plant and beige walls are blurred behind her. Caption. Tend to be more expensive in low-income neighborhoods.
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Episode 2
1 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
2 smiling teenage girls with dark hair and white graphics tee shirts look down while jogging outside. Caption. Which help to keep our mood elevated and stable.
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Episode 3
1 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a woman with brown eyes and dark hair pulled back. A green plant and beige walls are blurred behind her. Caption. I know, as a kid, my parents. Dinner time was family time.
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Episode 4
1 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a woman with brown eyes and dark hair pulled back. A green plant and beige walls are blurred behind her. Caption. To read labels and see what was going on.
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Episode 5
1 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a dark-haired teenage girl's lower face as she takes a bite of pepperoni pizza. Caption. So that we crave high-sugar, high-fat foods.
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Episode 6
1 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a woman with brown eyes and dark hair pulled back. A green plant and beige walls are blurred behind her. Caption. It's your body, learn what's going into it.
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Episode 7
1 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup side view of a blonde woman in a white shirt taking a bite of a red apple. Greenery is blurred behind her. Caption. It's about nourishing yourself.
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Episode 8
1 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of long strips of granola bars as they are being produced on a production line. Caption. Our bodies were not designed to eat lots of processed foods.
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Episode 9
1 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a woman with brown eyes and dark hair pulled back. A green plant and beige walls are blurred behind her. Caption. Diet and nutrition are the basis for a healthy life.
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Episode 10
1 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
4 people wearing hoodies under heavy duty green or orange overalls walking along a grassy path. 1 of them carries a gray tub with leafy greens in it. Caption. To me, that feels like an incredible opportunity.
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Episode 11
58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person wearing a shirt that says "staff" bends over a row of plants in a field. Caption: But also we're becoming much more vulnerable
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Episode 12
1 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup side view of a woman with long brown hair. A pink orchid plant is blurred in the background. Caption. Are really just two symptoms of this underlying epidemic.
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Episode 13
54 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup side view of a woman with long brown hair wearing a black shirt. A pink orchid plant is blurred in the background. Caption. And feeling energized and eating well.
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Episode 14
1 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Close up of dark green leaves with prominent veins. Caption: Nature's inherent design is one of self-sustainability,
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Episode 15
1 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup side view of a woman with long brown hair wearing a black shirt. A pink orchid plant is blurred in the background. Caption. Where it would produce more health in each of us.
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Episode 16
1 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup side view of a woman with long brown hair wearing a black shirt. A pink orchid plant is blurred in the background. Caption. Look for the Fair Trade Certified Label.
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Episode 17
1 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup side view of a woman with long brown hair wearing a black shirt. A pink orchid plant is blurred in the background. Caption. Which is this collective awakening.
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Episode 18
1 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person holding an apple in one hand and pointing at a small object on the palm of their other hand. Caption: And here are the apple seeds.
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Episode 19
54 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a man with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a burgundy striped button-up shirt sitting in a kitchen. Caption. It's supposed to be a treat, not a lifestyle.
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Episode 20
1 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a man's hands as he holds drumsticks in both hands above a snare drum and hi-hat cymbals. He is wearing a burgundy striped button up shirt and jeans. Caption. Like my cooking now, my drumming was like, I could groove.
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Episode 21
1 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Jamie Oliver, chef, and author, speaking. Caption: I got some salad seeds, kicked up the mud
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Episode 22
1 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Three small potted plants and a person speaking. Caption: These little babies are herbs.
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Episode 23
2 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Closeup of a man's hands as he holds various chopped vegetables in his hands. He's wearing a burgundy striped button up shirt. Caption. It's more exciting to put them in stir-fry.
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Episode 24
2 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man, woman, and young boy sitting and talking at an outside restaurant table. Other tables with patrons and green umbrellas are seen behind them. Caption. This is where we civilize our children.
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Episode 25
1 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a man with small glasses, a white and blue striped shirt, and greenery in the background. White text in the bottom left reads, "Michael Pollan, author and journalist." Caption. We can vote with our forks, which will have a huge effect.
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Episode 26
1 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
People at a produce stall in an open-air market. Caption: That's a food chain.
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Episode 27
1 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a plant seedling in soil. Caption: Food grows in soil, we eat the food
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Episode 28
57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Field of corn at night with a person using large machinery to spray the crop. Caption: You can spray with herbicide and your crop will survive
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Episode 29
1 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Three people standing around an outdoor table covered in fresh-picked produce. Caption: they see the whole food chain.
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Episode 30
1 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Flat landscape with corn as far as the eye can see. Caption: For example, the American corn field is such a huge landscape
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Episode 31
1 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a man wearing small eyeglasses and a white and blue striped shirt. Greenery is in the background. Caption. Eating cheap food leads to more health problems.
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Episode 32
1 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a man wearing small silver eyeglasses and a white and blue striped shirt. Greenery is in the background. Caption. Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.
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Episode 33
1 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a man wearing small silver eyeglasses and a white and blue striped shirt. Greenery is in the background. Caption. So they're utterly dependent on processed food.
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Episode 34
1 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a man's hands as he holds 3 green and yellow speckled fruits of varying sizes. Caption. You have to give people knowledge.
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Episode 35
1 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a man wearing small silver eyeglasses and a white and blue striped shirt. Greenery is in the background. Caption. That's been designed to extract many dollars from your wallet.
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Episode 36
1 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of several bundles of whole carrots next to several stocks of another green vegetable. Caption. You subsidize carrots instead.
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Episode 37
1 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Pickup truck driving through a field, produce and a person riding in the back. Caption: Farmers add much to a community.
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Episode 38
1 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a person in a kitchen tilting a wooden cutting board over a yellow decorative bowl and using a knife to slide chopped tomatoes into the bowl. Caption, And chopping up vegetables and sautéing things.
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Episode 39
1 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a man with brown eyes and a short black beard wearing a brown flat cap. White text in the bottom right reads, "Bryant Terry, chef and author." Caption. We grew much of our food. We got it from our backyard.
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Episode 40
1 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man wearing a navy shirt and a red bandana leans over as he works in a garden full of various types of leafy greens. Caption. Empty lots and growing fresh food in community gardens.
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Episode 41
1 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a man with brown eyes and a short black beard wearing a brown flat cap. Caption. One. Growing our own food.
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Episode 42
1 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt squats and reaches into green plants in a thriving garden with the sun shining behind her. Caption. And learning about gardening and farming.
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Episode 43
53 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person speaking. Caption: there were over 100 varieties of tomatoes.
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Episode 44
1 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person placing produce in rows of cardboard boxes. Caption: Money goes directly to the farmer.
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Episode 45
1 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person standing in an open-air tent with boxes stacked on tables, some filled with produce. Caption: We wash and dry the seed,
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Episode 46
58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person speaking. Baskets of tomatoes in the background. Nigel Walker - Organic farmer. Caption: There's a lot of skill involved in growing these tomatoes.
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Episode 47
52 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Flowering plants surrounding a sign that reads "the Edible Schoolyard" Caption: We call it the Edible Schoolyard
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Episode 48
3 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A man speaking. Caption: would be surprised to see how we're treating animals.
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Episode 49
1 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person at an expresso machine in a shop. Caption: I love that I can now drink Fair Trade Certified coffee
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Episode 50
1 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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