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22 Episodes 2007 - 2008
Episode 1
Wed, Aug 8, 2007 27 mins
The Season 3 opener details challenges facing America's farmers and ranchers. Included: a rancher who's selling his enterprise and another who's seeking to save his spread. Also: a Kansas family that's passing its farm to its children; an immigrant family that grew a successful palm-tree business.
Episode 2
Wed, Aug 15, 2007 27 mins
A Colorado ranch that's been handed down to a son and his fiancée; a father and son harvesting corn in Iowa; biofuel research in Michigan; a Florida farm that sells specialty products; an olive-oil business in California.
Episode 3
Wed, Aug 22, 2007 27 mins
The part American farmers play in fighting world hunger; Las Vegas' food buffets; and a pig farm that turns the leftovers into food for swine; an Alaska entrepreneur who makes dog treats from a little-used salmon species; a North Dakota sculptor's immense metal "ag art."
Episode 4
Wed, Aug 29, 2007 27 mins
A Kansas school that teaches migrant harvesters how to run combines. Also: the importance of the honeybee to agriculture; how Florida citrus goes from grove to glass; a solar-powered poultry house in Delaware.
Episode 5
Wed, Sep 5, 2007 27 mins
Wheat farmers who harvest their winter crops in May and June; a visit to a North Dakota grain mill and elevator shows how flour is made; a Washington, D.C., restaurant that features farm-fresh ingredients; a Florida fruit-and-vegetable stand; New Mexico's peanuts.
Episode 6
Wed, Sep 12, 2007 27 mins
Protecting Florida farms from nonnative pests; a Navajo tribe's ancient farming practices; saving crops from bad weather.
Episode 7
Wed, Sep 19, 2007 27 mins
Cold-weather work on a Michigan dairy farm; fresh produce at "you pick" Alaska farms; the ingredients of chocolate.
Episode 8
Wed, Sep 26, 2007 27 mins
The role Jefferson's Monticello estate plays in modern agriculture; an agricultural scientist whose work helped save millions of people; a New Mexican family farm that specializes in native plants; the futures of two Virginia family farms.
Episode 9
Wed, Oct 3, 2007 27 mins
Harvesting blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay; elk and buffalo ranching in Colorado; the Jersey Fresh program, which supports New Jersey farmers; honoring the braceros who harvested crops during World War II.
Episode 10
Wed, Oct 10, 2007 27 mins
Mississippi crop dusters; a Michigan farm where crops are grown under glass; a California cattle ranch that "rounds up" customers; a farm with corn and cows in downtown Chicago.
Episode 11
Wed, Oct 17, 2007 27 mins
An Indiana dairy farm that milks 32,000 cows a day; Ohio farmers turning fields into vineyards; harvesting catfish in Mississippi; protecting New Jersey farmland from urban expansion.
Episode 12
Fri, Oct 26, 2007 27 mins
An Indiana farmer on adapting his soybean crop for new markets; abandoned grain elevators in New York that are now tourist attractions; West Virginia fish farmers.
Episode 13
Wed, Oct 31, 2007 27 mins
Wheat and North Dakota's economy; the national Farm Bureau convention in Utah; a New York "farm school."
Episode 14
Wed, Nov 7, 2007 27 mins
Traveling wheat harvesters in Montana; Mississippi farm families and Mississippi Delta music. Also: The Dust Bowl is discussed by Oklahoma farmers.
Episode 15
Wed, Nov 14, 2007 27 mins
Mississippi law-enforcement officials tracking threats to agriculture; North Dakota farmers who want to grow a crop that's currently illegal; a Montana farmer who's become a farming advocate in Washington, D.C.; New Jersey farmers who are helping to feed the hungry.
Episode 16
Wed, Nov 21, 2007 27 mins
How the Hoover Dam benefits crops; America's Winter Salad Bowl---Yuma, Ariz.; turning grass into gas; truck drivers who haul California tomatoes.
Episode 17
Wed, Nov 28, 2007 27 mins
A day in the life of a North Dakota farm family.
Episode 18
Wed, Dec 12, 2007 27 mins
North Dakota farmers who help other farmers harvest their crops. Also: sunflower and sorghum crops; breeding cattle; a family farm in Nebraska.
Episode 19
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 27 mins
The changing role of women in agriculture is examined. Included: a Vermont agronomist who helps farmers improve their yields; a Northern California organic farmer. Also: Utah farmers shifting from cattle to wine.
Episode 20
Wed, Dec 26, 2007 27 mins
An Oregon farmer who grows Christmas trees; a tractor parade in Ferndale, Cal.; Iowa pumpkin farmers; a farmer who specializes in Easter lilies; a southern California poinsettia grower.
Episode 21
Wed, Jan 9, 2008 27 mins
Technology's impact on agriculture. Included: farmers, growers and ranchers receiving and exchanging information via the Internet; robotic weeders and tractors; inventions that enable farmers to work more efficiently; research on starches in a single kernel of corn.
Episode 22
Wed, Jan 16, 2008 27 mins
The "World Food Prize" conference in Des Moines, where food producers working to end world hunger are honored; the Cabot Farm dairy farmers; the sugarbeet harvest in Michigan; farmers who open their land to hunters.