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America's Heartland Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2008 - 2009
Episode 1
Episode 1
Sat, Sep 6, 2008 27 mins
The Season 4 opener visits a California lavender farm. Also: challenges facing Texas cotton farmers; West Virginia farmers who harvest hardwoods; a Minnesota artist's depiction of rural life.
Episode 2
Episode dated 13 September 2008
Sat, Sep 13, 2008 27 mins
Creating energy from walnut shells and poultry litter; making furniture foam from soybeans; selling cheese.
Episode 3
Episode 3
Sat, Sep 20, 2008 27 mins
Veterinarian programs to treat horses at UC (Davis); the shortage of large-animal vets in the U.S.; Roswell, N.M., which is known for UFOs and, now, sheep; bees and Florida farmers.
Episode 4
Episode 4
Sat, Sep 27, 2008 27 mins
A solar-powered racetrack in California; Texas farmers reaping profits from wind power; California rice growers; a North Carolina greenhouse.
Episode 5
Episode 5
Sat, Oct 4, 2008 27 mins
Agritourism in Missouri; an Arizona ranch's new sources of income; a Minnesota brewery; how "buying local" has helped Rhode Island dairy farmers.
Episode 6
Episode 6
Sat, Oct 11, 2008 27 mins
A St. Louis farmers market; Midwest dairy farmers; a New Mexico photo shoot focused on agriculture. Also: a teen's start in farming is helped by a New England town.
Episode 7
Episode 7
Fri, Oct 17, 2008 27 mins
An Illinois horseradish festival; an oyster harvest in Florida; Texas winemakers; a California lemon grove.
Episode 8
Episode 8
Mon, Oct 13, 2008 29 mins
A Missouri farm family that has diversified its farm business; an Illinois farmer faced with too much rain; California farmers dealing with wildfires and drought; an agriculture-centric weather company.
Episode 9
Episode 9
Thu, Nov 13, 2008 30 mins
The National Agriculture Center & Hall of Fame in Bonner Springs, Kan.; Nebraska's wheat harvest; modern horseshoeing; the Garden of Eden in Lucas, Kan.
Episode 10
Episode 10
Sat, Nov 8, 2008 27 mins
The Kansas City Farmers Market; Illinois goat farmers; Wisconsin cheese makers; the Farmer's Diner in Vermont.
Episode 11
Episode 11
Fri, Nov 14, 2008 27 mins
The Henry A. Wallace Country Life Center in Orient, Iowa; farming practices that improve air quality; an organic farm in Florida; using goats to combat noxious weeds.
Episode 12
Episode 12
Sat, Nov 29, 2008 27 mins
The aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan is visited.
Episode 13
Episode 13
Sat, Nov 29, 2008 27 mins
Philadelphia's Reading Terminal, a farmers' market; a high-tech Missouri hog farm; farmer-turned-entrepreneur Bob Evans (1918-2007); a Minnesota pickle-packing operation.
Episode 14
Episode 14
Sat, Dec 6, 2008 27 mins
Farming in Pennsylvania Dutch Country; an Oregon seed company; a Wisconsin pheasant farm; draft horses used on Texas farms.
Episode 15
Episode 15
Sat, Dec 13, 2008 27 mins
Cheese making at a New Jersey sheep dairy; harvesting clams on Florida's Gulf Coast; California citrus research; wool blankets marketed by Rhode Island sheep ranchers.
Episode 16
Episode 16
Sat, Dec 20, 2008 27 mins
Urban farming in New York City; an Oregon rancher and rodeo rider; the "ruralpolitan" movement (city residents moving to the country); Long Island farms.
Episode 17
Episode 17
Sat, Dec 27, 2008 27 mins
A Nebraska farm family travels to China to see what happens to its exported crops.
Episode 18
Episode 18
Sat, Jan 3, 2009 27 mins
Included: the Central Washington Farm Expo; a New Mexico ranching family; urban-farming success stories from New York City; an Oregon "u-pick" farm.
Episode 19
Episode 19
Sat, Jan 10, 2009 27 mins
Seattle's Pike Place Market, which features fresh seafood; efforts to protect Long Island Sound fisheries; mushroom farming in Kentucky; cotton research in Texas.
Episode 20
Episode 20
Sat, Jan 17, 2009 27 mins
Cattle ranching in Colorado; a seafood company and their fresh-fish policy; Wisconsin's wine industry; Washington's apple growers.
Episode 21
Episode 21
Sat, Jan 24, 2009 30 mins
A tour of the Colorado State Fair, highlighting the growing interest in agriculture from urban dwellers.
Episode 22
Episode 22
Sat, Jan 31, 2009 27 mins
A farming-and-food operation in Louisiana is visited.