GOOD NEWS FROM PLANET EARTH – How we make agriculture more sustainable

More than a third of the world’s land mass is used for agriculture, resulting in the loss of valuable natural areas. But there are other ways: in California, an organic winegrower fights pests with barn owls and wins many prizes with his wine. In Malaysia, an initiative is encouraging palm oil companies to better protect the rainforest. A global consumer protest has prompted a major banana producer to grow bananas more sustainably. All “good news” that shows: We can change things for the better.

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Head writer: Christian Heynen // Producer & co-writer: Tanja Winkler // Writers: Salim Butt-Lutz, Ulf Marquardt, Max Meis, Frank Nischk, Claudia Schmitt, Hendrik S. Schmitt // Editing: Jan Wilm Schmülling // Motion design: Simon Schnellmann // Camera: Naveendran Jayabalan, Michael Kern, Sven Kiesche, Harun Rahman, Claudia Schmitt, Hendrik S. Schmitt, Marcus Winterbauer // Music: Thomas Wolter, Ralf Schurbohm // Speakers: Philipp Schepmann, Yvon Jansen // Research: Oskar Köppen, Antonia Müller // Editing assistance: Ayşe Remmler, Anastasia Wagner // Sound mixing: Florian Ebrecht, Matthias Sänger // Production assistance: Julia Wittler, Annemarie Zertisch // Production management: Katja Sträter // Executive producers: Thomas Weidenbach, Sarah Zierul // Commissioning editors: Ines Drahonovsky (MDR), Doris Fenske (BR), Katja Ferwagner (BR/Arte), Ralf Fronz (MDR), Sonja Scheider (BR/Arte)

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