Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
What if I told you most of the veggies you buy from the store and eat, contains… nothing?
Chemically fertilised soil provides very little nutrition, but they look good. And that's the kind of system we live in today.
But there is an easier, more efficient and environmentally friendly way to grow food. So why wouldn't we do that a larger scale?
This is @thehappypear Farm in Greystones, Ireland. Isak and I visited here when we were making the film about Harold and his broccoli sprouts (youtu.be/WNyLaeb24R4?si=KzNYV9Iw7_mcORmD), but I find this topic is so interesting that it deserves its own film.
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The problem with today's food system is that it's all about money. Extract the most out of the earth for as little as possible. And when it doesn't work anymore, we put more fertilizer in the soil which is like beating a broken horse to get it up a hill.
But the money isn't everything. It's also very deeply rooted in how we have done things since farming got industrialized.
However, I don't think conventional farmers are evil Mr Burns characters trying to destroy the planet. But they are paid less and less for their yield and need to increase it to make things go around. Monocropping and soil destruction becomes secondary when you need to make income for your family. And big systems like that are hard to change.
This place is all about rengenerative farming, growing vegetables organically, no tractors plowing, no tilling. And why would you do this?
When you are like me, bound to get your veggies from the nearest grocery store, it's easy to believe that a certain product only tastes in one way. A carrot is a carrot is a carrot basically.
This could not be further from the truth though.
When we were at this farm, we could pick anything from the growing beds and eat it. I remember trying this spring onion. Just breaking off a bit at the top and putting it in my mouth. And the flavours were just insane.
I never thought a spring onion could be that delicious.
But there is much more to regenerative farming than this. And we only did one short visit here. But I'm convinced that this is the way forward. Growing things locally that are nutrious, taste good and helps keeping the biodiversity intact.
With less work for more yield.
It should be enough incentive to change those big systems controlling most of the food production today.
I want to make a full documentary on this topic. Do you have any tips for me on who to talk to? Some local hero somewhere on this planet that does this or advocates for it? Or if you're a filmmaker and want to collaborate on a project like this?
Hit me up!
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#robindanehav #farming #nutrition
What if I told you most of the veggies you buy from the store and eat, contains… nothing?
Chemically fertilised soil provides very little nutrition, but they look good. And that's the kind of system we live in today.
But there is an easier, more efficient and environmentally friendly way to grow food. So why wouldn't we do that a larger scale?
This is @thehappypear Farm in Greystones, Ireland. Isak and I visited here when we were making the film about Harold and his broccoli sprouts (youtu.be/WNyLaeb24R4?si=KzNYV9Iw7_mcORmD), but I find this topic is so interesting that it deserves its own film.
❤️ Please subscribe if you haven't already: @storybydanehav
The problem with today's food system is that it's all about money. Extract the most out of the earth for as little as possible. And when it doesn't work anymore, we put more fertilizer in the soil which is like beating a broken horse to get it up a hill.
But the money isn't everything. It's also very deeply rooted in how we have done things since farming got industrialized.
However, I don't think conventional farmers are evil Mr Burns characters trying to destroy the planet. But they are paid less and less for their yield and need to increase it to make things go around. Monocropping and soil destruction becomes secondary when you need to make income for your family. And big systems like that are hard to change.
This place is all about rengenerative farming, growing vegetables organically, no tractors plowing, no tilling. And why would you do this?
When you are like me, bound to get your veggies from the nearest grocery store, it's easy to believe that a certain product only tastes in one way. A carrot is a carrot is a carrot basically.
This could not be further from the truth though.
When we were at this farm, we could pick anything from the growing beds and eat it. I remember trying this spring onion. Just breaking off a bit at the top and putting it in my mouth. And the flavours were just insane.
I never thought a spring onion could be that delicious.
But there is much more to regenerative farming than this. And we only did one short visit here. But I'm convinced that this is the way forward. Growing things locally that are nutrious, taste good and helps keeping the biodiversity intact.
With less work for more yield.
It should be enough incentive to change those big systems controlling most of the food production today.
I want to make a full documentary on this topic. Do you have any tips for me on who to talk to? Some local hero somewhere on this planet that does this or advocates for it? Or if you're a filmmaker and want to collaborate on a project like this?
Hit me up!
Film emulation in this film is done with the Dehancer plugin. Use code DANEHAV to get 10% off your purchase here: https://dehancer.com.
✅ If you want to support my journey about creating 100 films for social change at scale, become a member of my Patreon page for as little as 8 USD per month: patreon.com/storybyDanehav
📬 And if you want the best stuff from my Youtube viewing history, make sure to sign up to my newsletter on robindanehav.com/newsletter
🎶 All music in this film comes from Epidemic Sound. If you sign up using this link they'll give you a free trial for 30 days: epidemicsound.com/referral/dpxdi1
Find more from me on these links:
🌐 Stories website: robindanehav.com
🌐 Production company website: danehav.com
📷 Instagram: instagram.com/robindanehav
⛓️ Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/robindanehav
😀 Facebook: facebook.com/robindanehav
🐦 X: twitter.com/robindanehav
#robindanehav #farming #nutrition
