The Best Farming Life Documentaries

Food & Drink - 64 free documentaries about farming life.

Start with How to Harvest Pecans (In Slow Motion) - Smarter Every Day 248 (19 min, Smarter Every Day), then From Infomercial Salesman to Hemp Farmer (24 min, VICE). All 64 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on farming life is The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan.

• How to Harvest Pecans (In Slow Motion) - Smarter Every Day 248 (19 min, Smarter Every Day)
• From Infomercial Salesman to Hemp Farmer | Kings of Kush (24 min, VICE)
• Everything About Irrigation Pivots (Farmers are Geniuses) - Smarter Every Day 278 (20 min, Smarter Every Day)
• The Cash Crop: Canadian Cannabis (21 min, VICE)
• Fruit and veg paradise Iceland - Using volcanic energy in farming (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Everything About Grain Bins (Farmers are Geniuses) - Smarter Every Day 218 (16 min, Smarter Every Day)
• What Life Was Like For An Edwardian Farmer | Edwardian Farm EP6 (56 min, Absolute History)
• How Big Tech Ruined Farming (25 min, Wendover Productions)
• What We Learned From Spending A Year As Edwardian Farmers (59 min, Absolute History)
• How To Harvest Oats Like An Edwardian (58 min, Absolute History)
• The Edwardian Farm Faces A Potato Blight | Edwardian Farm EP11 (58 min, Absolute History)
• Why Farm Animals Were So Important To Victorians | Victorian Farm (59 min, Absolute History)
• The Most Disgusting Rural Jobs In History (48 min, Absolute History)
• History's Most Horrible Rural Jobs | Worst Jobs In History (48 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• What Does the Emerald Triangle Mean for the Future of Independent Weed Farms? | WEEDIQUETTE (41 min, VICE)
• The Pol Shebang | The Incredible Pol Farm (22 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• A Dairy Cow Emergency | The Hatcher Family Dairy (44 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• What Was Everyday Life Like On An Edwardian Farm? (59 min, Absolute History)
• The Most Lucrative Cash Crop | Marijuana Business (52 min, ENDEVR)
• Italy tackles rural exodus (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Dangerous Alpine crossings - The shepherds unafraid to take risks (26 min, DW Documentary)
• The Australian Farm So Big They Use Helicopters To Herd Cattle | Big Australia (49 min, Spark)
• Morocco's cannabis reform: Why small farmers are left behind (29 min, DW Documentary)
• Hi-Tech Crawfish Farm: How I Grow The Best Crawfish | On The Red Dot (22 min, CNA Insider)
• HOW IT WORKS | Harley Davidson, Glasses, Pistachio Harvest, Armchair | Episode 25 (23 min, Free Documentary)
• The Backbreaking Labor Of Summer On A Victorian Farm (176 min, Absolute History)
• Malaysia's Young Farmers Venture Into Agriculture With Premium Tropical Fruits (21 min, CNA Insider)
• Life Of A Rice Farmer: Growing Rice In Rural Japan | On The Red Dot (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Can farmers grow money? (42 min, DW Documentary)
• How Indonesia Is Diversifying Its Crop Production For Food Security (23 min, CNA Insider)
• The dark side of agriculture in Ethiopia (1/2) (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Government Interest in the Ranch | The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch (S1, E8) (42 min, HISTORY)
• The dark side of agriculture in Ethiopia (2/2) (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Malaysia Grows Sustainable Farming To Modernise Agriculture (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Underground Radiation on the Ranch | The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch (S1, E6) (42 min, HISTORY)
• How Ancient Farming Built The First Empires (48 min, Odyssey)
• How Space Foods May Transform Farming On Earth | Space Farmers - Part 1/2 (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Soybeans: The Unexpected Crop Behind Rising Food Prices | Insight (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Uprooting Our Family Farm: Inside The Last Of Singapore’s Farms | Portrait Of The Chai Family (47 min, CNA Insider)
• How Will Space Farming Make Food More Sustainable On Earth? | Space Farmers - Part 2/2 (46 min, CNA Insider)
• Farming Crisis, Economic Fallout | The Hidden Costs of Industrial (35 min, Moconomy)
• Launching My Floating Farm: What Will The Locals Think? | Growing Wild: Project Castaway - Part 3/3 (47 min, CNA Insider)
• My Quest To Build A Floating Farm On The Sea | Growing Wild: Project Castaway - Part 1/3 (46 min, CNA Insider)
• Lim Chu Kang: The End Of An Era Of Farming In Singapore | On The Red Dot (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Humanitarian Profit: How UN Workers Make Money From Former Coca Farmers (53 min, ENDEVR)
• My Life As A Sheep Farmer: Breeding The Best Hair Sheep | On The Red Dot (23 min, CNA Insider)
• The Last Farmer | 5.6 million farms lost since 2005 | 4k (44 min, Moconomy)
• Most Powerful Tractor: Inside A 14-Ton 500-Horsepower Juggernaut (48 min, Spark)
• Urban Farmer Vs Ocean: What To Grow On The Sea (& How?) | Growing Wild: Project Castaway - Part 2/3 (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Taiwan's Youth Revive Rural Hometowns With Banana Cakes & Cooking On Social Media | Echoes Of Change (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Are Wind Farms Bad For The Environment? | Windfarm Wars (58 min, Spark)
• Tracing My Roots As An Urban Farmer: From Australia To Singapore | Growing Wild 2 - Part 1/4 (47 min, CNA Insider)
• How Can Wind Farms Affect People? | Windfarm Wars (59 min, Spark)
• Can We Grow A Love For Farming In The Young? | Growing Wild 2 - Part 3/4 (47 min, CNA Insider)
• How Noisy Is A Wind Farm? | Windfarm Wars (59 min, Spark)
• The French Water War (34 min, VPRO Documentary)
• The Young Urban Farmers Growing Tomorrow's Superfoods | Growing Wild 2 - Part 4/4 (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Rob Wilson: Farmers across NZ Protest Govt Regulations, Non Consulting, Water Rights, Land Grabs (60 min, Our Planet)
• Humans Vs Hungry Elephants: How Farmers Protect Their Land, Crops | The Freedom Corridor - Part 1/2 (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Graeme Sait: Biological Agriculture - Pioneer of Nutritional Farming - A revolution happening today (60 min, Our Planet)
• Dr Phil Gregory: Regenerative & (Biological) Agriculture - a revolution in holistic land and... (58 min, Our Planet)
• one day in the life of a rice farmer (22 min, Alexander Baumgartner)
• Farming by the Moon (49 min, Julien S)
• Laburantes - Maestra Rural (27 min, Totochi)

Top-Rated Books About Farming Life

1. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
2. The Third Plate by Dan Barber - View on Amazon
3. Dirt to Soil by Gabe Brown - View on Amazon
4. The Dirty Life by Kristin Kimball - View on Amazon