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Season 2 – America's Heartland

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Much of the food Americans eat is produced by farmers and ranchers in the country's heartland, but many people don't know how it's produced. "America's Heartland" provides information about the people and processes responsible for the availability of food and fuel across the country and around the world. The show's reporters and producers tell stories in topics that include farm families, consumer issues, animal welfare and crop sustainability. Some episodes also take the show abroad to countries such as Egypt and Taiwan, to show the impact American agriculture has on the global economy.
America's Heartland — Season 2

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Episode 1 Aired Jul 22, 2006 Wyoming cattle ranch; growing grapefruit in Florida; tropical fish; watermelons; raising yaks. Details Episode 2 Aired Jul 29, 2006 Singer Willie Nelson; Kentucky machinery show; man restores classic farm equipment; mule breeders; tractor mechanics and restorers. Details Episode 3 Aired Aug 5, 2006 Making farms safer for children; Tennessee corn farmer; Indiana farmers; making cabinets; alligators. Details Episode 4 Aired Aug 12, 2006 Farmers try to recover after hurricanes; National Western Stock Show; tomatoes; buffaloes; insects. Details Episode 5 Aired Aug 19, 2006 Ethanol plant; making beer; stone crabs; RFD-TV; marketing milk. Details Episode 6 Aired Aug 26, 2006 Chicago Board of Trade; Hollywood filmmakers; windmills generate energy; school gardens. Details Episode 7 Aired Sep 2, 2006 A program which helped feed America during the darkest days of World War II; growing and harvesting peaches; peach festival. Details Episode 8 Aired Sep 9, 2006 The farms, fields and honky tonks that form one branch of American country music; harvesting the sea for shrimp; honeybees; freshwater pearls. Details Episode 9 Aired Sep 16, 2006 Protecting farm land; growth of farmers markets; a farm family's brand becomes world class beef. Details Episode 10 Aired Sep 23, 2006 Farmers depend on the Mississippi River to get their harvest to market; Hannibal's history; the Port of South Louisiana. Details Episode 11 Aired Sep 30, 2006 A dating Web site for farmers; Fulton Fish Market; a Florida farm family grows herbs and vegetables rarely found in the U.S. Details Episode 12 Aired Oct 7, 2006 Slaves' descendants work to preserve their history on a small island off South Carolina's coast; bee colonies. Details Episode 13 Aired Oct 14, 2006 A look at Greenmarket, a non-profit organization that has been inviting regional farmers into NYC since the 1970s; also, Arkansas' Riceland Foods, one of the largest rice-milling operations in the world; lastly, Tulmeadow Farm and one of the heartland's largest alpaca ranches in Ohio. Details Episode 14 Aired Oct 21, 2006 A look at California's Garlic Festival; also, the country's only tea plantation in Charleston, South Carolina; finally, Kristin Ford and her famous hard apple cider in Oregon. Details Episode 15 Aired Oct 28, 2006 Wheat harvest; Tractorcade honors America's tractor history; farmer preserves heirloom breeds of pigs; shellfish entrepreneur; state fairs. Details Episode 16 Aired Nov 4, 2006 Many producers of large vegetables in Alaska break world records at the Alaska State Fair; commercial salmon fishermen on the Kenai River; musk oxen fur. Details Episode 17 Aired Nov 11, 2006 Cowboy college; cowboy poetry and the Old West; two Western artists capture the past; desert home of writer Zane Grey. Details Episode 18 Aired Nov 18, 2006 A California farmer grows dates in Death Valley; farmers overcome disabilities and stay on the land; corn mazes; hazelnuts in Oregon. Details Episode 19 Aired Nov 25, 2006 Tennessee farmer's hard work pays off; Utah tomato grower uses natural steam energy to raise his crop; increasing popularity of U-Pick farms. Details Episode 20 Aired Dec 2, 2006 A look at the demanding business of poultry farming in America; also, Wisconsin cranberry farming and almond groves in California; lastly, Dahlia growing in Oregon. Details

Season Info

Network
PBS
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Special Interest, Travel
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jul 22, 2006