America's Heartland

America's Heartland

Farming, ranching and food production from the farmers of America to you. A national evolution of California, a popular and critically acclaimed series. Produced by KVIE Public Television in Sacramento, California. The show airs weekly on public television stations across the US.

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20 Episodes

  • 101
    E1
    101Celebrate the hardworking people who provide us with fresh food and fabric. The act of homesteading shaped the very foundation of America’s heartland. Smart folks are leaving the facts, figures, and opinions of our modern-day behind, and are returning to the basics! Explore the story of corn in South Dakota at Mitchell Corn Palace. U.S. growers produce 1.5 billion lbs of carrots per year!
  • 102
    E2
    102From February to early April towns in Massachussetts take part in an old New England tradition called sugaring. Visit the Loyd Hall Plantation. Get a taste of Schmeck at the German-Swiss festival in South Dakota.
  • 103
    E3
    103Soybeans are fuel for the future. Southwestern Florida property where gators and cattle roam. Plains, Georgia has the 39th US President Jimmy Carter. The Country Hen Farms in Massachusetts. Visit Maker's Mark Distillery in Kentucky
  • 104
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    104Catch a wild rainbow trout with fish farmers close to the Snake River. At the McDougald Ranch in Madera County, Ca, four work horses-now it's time for another renovation. How did Kentucky Fried Chicken come to be?
  • 105
    E5
    105MaryJane's Farm in Idaho has developed into a farm. Learn about Creole farmers of Louisiana.Amish Swiss cheese is more in Ohio. Horses are honored at the Kentucky Horse Park. A Texas farm family that specializes in one crop: Aloe Vera.
  • 106
    E6
    106John High has made it his mission to save barns. America's oldest working seaport. A husband and wife who are keeping farming and homemaking, See the John Deere Pavilio. Learn how a family distributes the work at Weisenberger Mill.
  • 107
    E7
    107The modern-day cattle drive in the foothills of Montana's Rocky Mountains. Visit a cattle auction in Wyoming. Crawfish are a commercial enterprise in Louisiana. Visit Illinois that focuses on Christmas critters all year long.
  • 108
    E8
    108Visit the O'Briens family wheat and barley farm in Montana. In 2002 Maine Lobstermen brought in more than 62 million lbs. Study a single gene within the sugarcane plant that creates a protein to combat cancer. The Iowa State Fair..
  • 109
    E9
    109The potato has been a staple of the American diet throughout our history. Visit Zanesville, Ohio for its version of potato chips. Crystal City, Texas a special place. Meet Eric Morrow, an 8th generation strawberry farmer in Louisiana.
  • 110
    E10
    110Linda Hubalek brings bison to the heartland. Lee Faris tries to preserve the natural resources for his family's future. Experience the music with Michael Martin Murphy. Modern technology helps a farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
  • 111
    E11
    111Old barns as they bring back the simple life in the heartland. Leafy spurge is invading farms around America,. See what a couple discovered during a Florida vacation. Artist John Cerney is inspired by Ca's fertile Salinas Valley.
  • 112
    E12
    112Experience a love between people and horses called mares. Jerry Habets show's off his chemical-less crops. Try Limburger cheese from the Chalet Cheese Cooperative-the only factory left in the U.S. that makes it.
  • 113
    E13
    113Two brothers are running sheep.Oliver H. Kelley is founder of the national grange. in June, the Olmsteads are picking rainier cherries. Meet bakers that is busy turning out 32 hundred apple pies a day. Visit an emu at a Kansas farm.
  • 114
    E14
    114Illinois grain farmer salivating over a giant tractor. 4-H program shows their livestock at the Kansas State Fair. Abalone farming in Monterey, CA. Nebraska's corn, popcorn that is. and Maine's blueberries.
  • 115
    E15
    115Listen to bluegrass music from the heartland. Harvesting rice leads to large amounts of straw left behind, find out how to get rid of it. Where wild rice is grown and how its harvested. Meet Dick Maier, the one who makes goat's milk soap.
  • 116
    E16
    116Visit Sussex, Virginia to meet a family whose roots date back to the days of George Washington. Diverse history comes to life at an museum. Visit Allensworth, a black farming community. Prairie dogs have been plaguing land for years.
  • 117
    E17
    117Visit Parker Ranch on the Big Island of Hawaii where it is the only U.S. state where Kona coffee is grown. Cocoa is also grown nowhere else but Hawaii.. Visit the only commercial vanilla farm in the U.S.
  • 118
    E18
    118In Texas where a group of cotton growers turn their crop into denim. Chase down the fish on Lake Superior. Mushrooms are a versatile crop in Pennsylvania. Get a taste of North Carolina truffles. Visit New Mexico for its chili peppers.
  • 119
    E19
    119A Virginia woman turned her farm into a tourist attraction. FFA members gather yearly to learn about leadership and career success.. Melvin Bishop found his success in raising hogs. Try the kiwi. Meet an Indiana pickle making family.
  • 120
    E20
    120Visit EdenSpace Plants..The mandarin orange has traveled a long way to be grown right in California. Meet Gary Wood of Desert Sweet Shrimp farm. Getting that nutrition is a goal for a Texas dehydration plant. Visit Maple Leaf Duck Farm.

 

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