Food Network Promo: Alton’s Ingredient Alchemy

Good motion graphics from Igor + Valentine (see their Vimeo channel) grabs the quirky bits from always entertaining Alton Brown

The new age butchers

Butchers who care about their sources of meat and how they relate to customers demanding sustainability and quality, have been revitalising the butchers shops. While supermarkets pride themselves with buying top quality, talking to a butcher can’t be beaten. And it’s becoming a profession for younger people, as this great short video from Thrash Labs in San Francisco clearly shows.

Seeds of Freedom

This is a full 30 min doco made by the African Biodivesrsity network and the Gaia Foundation. It’s narrated by Jeremy Irons and stars may of our food heroes like Dr Vandana Shiva, and makes a compelling case for not ‘helping’ underdeveloped nations by introducing GM seeds and large scale industrial agriculture. Continue Reading →

Cheese trends

As you’ll see over on our Regional Food “Talk and Cheese‘ section, we’ve always been obsessed with cheese. While this video series gets a bit repetitive (very flat presentation), and uses the non-words ‘artisan’ and ‘fast-casual’, we’re sharing the idea around.
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When the sun rises, I go to work.
When the sun goes down,
I take my rest.
I dig the well from which I drink.
I farm the soil which yields my food.
I share creation.
Kings can do no more.

Chinese Proverb -from Hong Kong Honey video

Who we are

We’re the bit of Regional Food Australia that does the videos. And here we’re collecting some of them and some of what we like, or can learn from, from the web.