Blog & News
The Final Straw blog was retired when we moved to our new City as Nature studio!
However, you can still view the history of our film production and touring by browsing the archive below…
Edinburgh: Rough Cut Exhibition Recap
A room of the ecologically open-minded gathered in Edinburgh, Scotland to talk about art, food, and sustainability.
Edinburgh: Discussion and Show
Final Straw brings together three of Scotland’s sustainability experts and activists for a discussion on Food, Art, Nature, and Sustainability.
Animation Intern – 3 weeks in Japan: An island called Megijima
Intern, Heeyoung writes about how a mere coincidence transformed into something much more…
Interview – Namu Gaji, San Francisco’s Natural Farm Restaurant
Praised both locally and internationally, Namu is helping us re-define what ‘good food’ really means.
In Edinburgh: Local Foods
Deep fried Mars Bars abound, but there are also many healthy choices at local shops, farmer’s market, and co-ops…
Rice Harvest – A Garden of Mother Nature
Suhee recounts her recent visit to harvest natural rice with American and Korean volunteers…
Free Food Kit
The Final Straw takes part in the Eco Village Project in Yamaguchi, Japan using seeds and a call to action…
Interview In Japan: Farming at 80
Fifteen years ago, Kita left his office to plant seeds in empty lot across the street. Today he has several…
[HUMAN:NATURE] Symposium in Japan
The past few months have been full of art, farming, community, and finding new appreciation of nature…
Rice Planting in Korea
Last month we visited the natural farm of Seonghyun Choi (최성현) for his annual rice planting day. It’s all done…
Shikoku: Natural Farms and Art
Final Straw has just come back from a tour of farms and arts institutions in Japan…
The Maddening Simplicity of Good Food
It is absolutely absurd to think of what our food goes through before it gets put into our stomachs… the…