• This video by Ecosia showcases an almond farmer in Spain that converted to ecological or regenerative farming practices to improve soil quality and plant health.
  
• It highlights the reasons why conventional farming practices are not sustainable and why more ecologically conscious farming is needed. 
  

Positives

• The video gives a first-person account of the benefits of ecological farming.

Additional Prerequisites

• The farmers speak in Spanish during the video. You may need to pause the video periodically to ensure students have time to read the subtitles when the farmers are speaking.
• There may be an ad before the video.
  

Differentiation

• Social studies and economics classes could discuss the benefits of using fewer chemicals and providing more jobs to local communities.
• Biology courses could use this video when discussing photosynthesis, limiting nutrients, or the carbon cycle.
• Other resources about the impacts of farming include this interactive data resource, this UN report, this video, and this article.
  

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