2025 Student Films
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Item Too Much, Too Fast: Extreme Weather and the Benefits of Farm DrainageRepsis, Claira; Preciado, Anthony (2025-11)This documentary film sheds light on the growing importance of water mitigation techniques, Particularly tile drainage, as a means to mitigate the worsening effects of anthropogenic climate change, like flooding, on farm fields. Through two interviews with Professionals in the field of farm drainage, the video Provides an overview of the Purpose, benefits, and drawbacks of drainage.Item Dilmun Hill: The Seeds of SustainabilityLeong, Michael; Wang, Ryan; Yang, Ky; Wang, Noah (2025-11)This film highlights how sustainable agriculture is Practiced, learned and lived by the students who are engaged in Dilmun Hill Student Farm on Cornell campus. It introduces the ecological Practices implemented at the farm, its community engagement and how these methods shape the students' understanding of sustainability.Item Farm Collars of the FutureBrewer, Jillian; Canzonier, Joseph; Jaffe, Lindsay; Schrader, Matilda (2025-11)This film is a Promotional video about the virtual fencing collars being developed by Cornell’s Farm of the Future. It has both skit style and interview content, and conveys the important aspects of the Project. The Project is an important step forward in making this technology available for farmers in developing countries.Item Moo-ving Towards SustainabilityWhite, Abigail; Tullar, Ella; Reed, Baylei (2025-11)Our documentary highlights the sustainable Practices on Elkendale farms, a dairy farm in the Cayuga Lake watershed. We cover Practices such as no-till, cover crops and Planting green. The farm has helped drive forward sustainable Practices specifically on dairy farms in the region.Item Beyond Soil: Sustainable Greenhouse ProductionO’Connor, Caroline; Phinney, Gyandev; Rosenberg, Jenna (2025-11)Our document aims to highlight the fact that hydroponics can be very sustainable in many ways: it reduces nutrient and water waste, as well as reducing shipping costs and Pollution by allowing Produce to be grown locally. However, it has significant energy usage that should be taken into account when Planning to use such systems, as well as other issues.Item Sustainability in Califorina Almond ProductionHill, Taylor; Mariani, Miles; Violich, West; Scott, Eva (2025-11)This film highlights sustainability in California almond Production specifically looking at water usage, IPM, and use of byproducts in waste reduction. Through interviews with California Almond farmers and research the video adequately covers sustainability.Item Work in New York DairyCrisp, Jackson (2025-11)This documentary describes the differences in challenges between small and large dairy Pertaining specifically to the workforce. First we meet a small family farm owner who is one of two full time workers on their 80 head dairy farm, the other worker being her spouse. Then, we talk with Dr. Richard Stup who describes the challenges faced on large dairy farms with their immigrant work force, specifically unauthorized workersItem The lost bananasCai, Jasmine; Qin, Shirley (2025-11)This film investigates the world’s reliance on a single banana: the Cavendish. Through interviews with a leading Professor and a grocery store manager, we trace how this one variety came to dominate global markets and why consumers rarely see anything else. The film examines the hidden risks of depending on a single crop — from disease threats to fragile supply chains — and asks whether a more diverse banana future is Possible. We close by exploring what it would take to bring new varieties to farms, stores, and everyday shoppers.Item Feeding the Land, Not the LakeBui, Rony; Vitrago, Cynthia; Song, Annie (2025-11)This film explores how eutrophication threatens freshwater systems, wildlife, and local communities, following the journey from farm runoff to harmful algal blooms. Through real-life impacts on our region, it highlights Preventative sustainable agriculture solutions that can Protect our water and Planet.Item The AGvengers: Saving the Soil, the Sky, and the StreamsAmacker, Isabelle; Lang, Carly; Patt, Suleima; Wansink, Audrey (2025-11)This film is a trailer for a superhero movie. The main antagonist of the film is agricultural Pollution, including fertilizer runoff to bodies of water, heavy metal contamination in soils, and greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change. However, the Protagonists, the AGvengers, save the world by offering solutions to mitigate agricultural Pollution.