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Kanopy
Streaming video service that includes documentaries and films on a variety of topics.
Films on Demand
This collection provides high quality streaming videos on business & economics, health & medicine, humanities & social sciences, and science & mathematics, as well as travel and fitness programming, home and how-to videos, indie films, and popular music performances. Linking/Embedding Issues with MS PPT

Internet

TED Talks
Nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short talks.
USA.gov
Search for podcasts, videos, interviews, etc.

Featured Videos

from Films on Demand

Food Foward Series
Showcases innovators and pioneers who are transforming the way we grow and eat our food.
The Food Detectives
Series that covers topics related to cooking, nutrition, shopping, and ethics.
A Simple, Sustaining Ritual: Eat, Cook, Love
Examines the downturn in home cooking and the arrival of food policing.
No Accounting for Taste: Why We Eat What We Eat
Investigates the factors that determine which foods we love and hate.

from the Internet

TED Talk: How Sugar Affects the Brain
Nicole Avena explains why sweets and treats should be enjoyed in moderation.
TED Talk: What's Wrong with What We Eat?
New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what's wrong with the way we eat and why it's putting the entire planet at risk.
NutritionFacts.org
Updates on the latest in nutrition research via bite-sized videos.