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20 Episodes 2005 - 2006
Episode 1
Sat, Sep 24, 2005 30 mins
A historical overview of agrarian roots; a South Dakota farm family that has farmed their original homestead for 120 years. Also: the Old Farmer's Almanac; the Corn Palace; sweet Georgia carrots.
Episode 2
Sat, Oct 1, 2005 30 mins
Syrup-making in New England; a mansion in Louisiana; iceberg lettuce in Arizona; "Schmeckfest" in Freeman, S.D. Also: Basque sheepherders maintain the farming techniques and culture of their ancestral home in Spain.
Episode 3
Sat, Oct 8, 2005 30 mins
The soybean biofuel industry in Pennsylvania; "cracker cattle" in Florida; Kentucky bourbon; Georgia peanuts; an organic farm in Massachusetts.
Episode 4
Sat, Oct 15, 2005 30 mins
The King Ranch in Texas; corn and the Iowa State Fair; a rainbow trout farm in Idaho. Also: ranchers use GPS systems to track lost cows.
Episode 5
Sat, Oct 22, 2005 30 mins
A farm in northern Idaho; Creole farmers in Louisiana; Swiss cheese, produced by Amish farmers in Pennsylvania; Kentucky Thoroughbred horses.
Episode 6
Sat, Oct 29, 2005 30 mins
Saving barns in Pennsylvania. Also: a vist with a fisherman in Gloucester, Mass.; an Illinois farm run with 19th-century methods; the third generation of a Kentucky family in the grain-mill business.
Episode 7
Sat, Nov 5, 2005 30 mins
A Montana cattle breeder. Also: a Wyoming cattle auction; a Louisiana crayfish farm; an Illinois couple whose reindeer attract tourists; a specialty foods company in New Bedford, Mass.
Episode 8
Sat, Nov 12, 2005 30 mins
Making sugar cane in Texas. Also: a Montana family involved in harvesting wheat and barley; transporting Maine lobsters; making turf in Nebraska; a visit to an Iowa state fair.
Episode 9
Sat, Nov 19, 2005 30 mins
The prairie as it once was is viewed in a visit to Kansas's greater Flint Hills area. Also: potato-chip makers in Ohio; a Texas spinach farm; growing strawberries in Louisiana. Host: Paul Ryan.
Episode 10
Sat, Nov 26, 2005 30 mins
The American bison is observed on the Kansas prairie. Also: organic corn in Minnesota; Michael Martin Murphey's Wisconsin ranch; cows and diesel fuel in Pennsylvania.
Episode 11
Sat, Dec 3, 2005 30 mins
Tobacco production in North Carolina. Also: a Wisconsin round barn; a weed in Montana that cows don't like (but sheep do). A Florida project to help farmers.
Episode 12
Sat, Dec 10, 2005 30 mins
Shaking walnuts from trees. Also: rounding up wild horses for adoption; using pregnant mares to make drugs for hormone replacement; a Montana company that makes organic foods; master cheesemakers in Wisconsin.
Episode 13
Sat, Dec 17, 2005 30 mins
Tending sheep in Wyoming. Also: a preserved 19th-century Minnesota farm; growing Rainier cherries in Washington; apple orchards in Maine; a Maine ranch with a herd of Australian emus.
Episode 14
Sat, Dec 24, 2005 30 mins
A farm-equipment bazaar in Illinois. Also: a Kansas state fair; abalone farmers in California; a retired Nebraska farmer who makes popcorn; hand-harvesting blueberries in Maine.
Episode 15
Sat, Dec 31, 2005 30 mins
Growing organic corn in Minnesota. Also: a North Carolina tobacco farmer who's a musician at night; various uses for straw; a wild-rice harvest in Minnesota; soap made from goat's milk in Montana.
Episode 16
Sat, Jan 7, 2006 30 mins
Prairie dogs and their impact on Texas ranchers. Also: George Washington's farming skills; a seventh-generation family of farmers.
Episode 17
Sat, Jan 14, 2006 30 mins
A tour of Hawaii includes stops at the Parker Ranch, which is home to paniolos (Hawaiian cowboys); Greenwell Farms, a coffee plantation; a cocoa farm; a vanilla plantation; and a fish farm that specializes in moi and flounder.
Episode 18
Sat, Jan 21, 2006 30 mins
Turning cotton into jeans. Also: processing herring; harvesting truffles; picking chili peppers.
Episode 19
Sat, Jan 28, 2006 30 mins
A tourist-attraction farm in Virginia. Also: African-Americans interested in raising hogs; the growing popularity of kiwis; making pickles.
Episode 20
Sat, Feb 4, 2006 30 mins
Plants that remove toxins from polluted soil. Also: growing mandarin oranges; visiting a shrimp farm and a duck farm; producing dehydrated foods that are ready to eat.