America's Heartland

Food Series / 18 Seasons

America's Heartland is the only national television series celebrating and profiling the people, places and processes of American agriculture. The program's interesting stories, presented in a visually stunning HD format, help non-farm viewers understand where and how their food, fuel, and fiber are produced.

Watch: S18 E1809

26m 46s

Autumn Vegetable Quiche – Farm to Fork with Sharon Profis

5m 41s

It wouldn’t be fall without an autumn vegetable quiche! Farm to Fork host Sharon Profis will show you how to make this savory dish, featuring butternut squash, mushrooms, and leeks.

Exotic Mushroom Varieties

6m 2s

A mushroom farm near Monterey Bay grows unique varieties like Lion’s Mane and Cauliflower mushrooms. Far West Fungi is family-owned, reaching customers at more than a dozen farmers markets throughout Northern California. Many shoppers are attracted to the exotic mushroom varieties seldom found elsewhere.

California Bell Peppers

6m 20s

Visit a bustling farm in California’s Central Valley as they harvest bell peppers. Live Oak Farms grows bell peppers in four different regions in California, allowing the family-owned farm to harvest bell peppers nine months out of the year.

The Prune Comeback

5m 36s

Prunes are being rediscovered by chefs and consumers as a healthy food choice. Meet the fourth generation family members who are running The Mariani Family fruit company. Their goal is to introduce new customers to prunes, as Americans have a greater focus on healthier, plant-based eating.

Unique Grape Varieties

5m 59s

Ever heard of grapes with names like Cotton Candy and Gum Drop? See how they’re grown at this farm in California’s Central Valley. In order to set themselves apart from other table grapes on the market and remain profitable, Grapery has evolved from a traditional producer of table grapes to one that takes risks by developing grapes with unique flavors and shapes.

California Almonds

5m 15s

Meet an almond farmer whose parents immigrated from India and settled in California’s fertile Central Valley. Thanks to its Mediterranean climate, nearly all the almonds Americas eat come from the Central Valley. California supplies close to 80 percent of the world's almonds.

Fresno Summer Peaches

6m 15s

Fresh, ripe summer peaches are the top crop at this Fresno farm. Mountain View Fruit is family-owned, with every member of the family playing a role in the operation. They grow, pick, pack, sell and market peaches and other stone fruits by the millions of pounds.

California Figs and Pistachios

4m 43s

See what it takes to grow figs and pistachios in California’s Central Valley. Pistachios are one of California's fastest-growing specialty crops. California grows more than a billion pounds each year, or 99 percent of all the pistachios grown in the United States.

Fresh Olive Oil

5m 37s

Olives grown near Sacramento are rushed to a nearby processing plant and mill, guaranteeing the freshest olive oil. Great soil, water, and weather create the perfect growing conditions for this bountiful harvest and the production of extra virgin olive oil. Cobram Estate has a quarter million trees on thousands of acres of land in the Sacramento Valley.

Solutions for Urban Agriculture in Southern California

5m 25s

See how farmers and volunteers are making a difference in southern California, where fresh produce is grown just for food banks. On about 40 acres of farmland in highly populated Orange County, a non-profit has partnered with local food banks to harvest fresh green beans and other vegetables to fight hunger.

Mendocino Chili Peppers

4m 57s

Bright red chili peppers grown at this Mendocino farm are turned into a spicy and sweet chili powder beloved by chefs. The husband-and -wife team behind Boonville Barn primarily grow espelette peppers, along with about 10 other varieties of specialty chilies that are hard to find elsewhere.

Sustainable Walnut Farm

6m 5s

Visit a walnut farm where the debris from the harvest is used to enrich the soil. Craig McNamara, his family, and their longtime workers have been harvesting walnuts on this 350-acre farm for more than forty years. California farms nearly a half-million acres of walnuts and produces 99-percent of all the walnuts grown in America.

Largest Endive Producer in America

5m 23s

How do you pronounce endive? We find out at the largest endive producer in America. Endives originated in Belgium, where almost two centuries ago, a chicory farmer found out, quite by accident, that long-term cold storage of chicory plants would produce tender, tasty leaves.

Fourth Generation Artichoke Farm

2m 11s

Meet a fourth-generation artichoke farmer, whose family has been growing artichokes for a century. Scattini Family Farms grows perennial artichokes, based from a rootstock that was originally brought to America from the Mediterranean in the late 1800s.

Sweet Cantaloupes

5m 41s

Cantaloupes make a sweet treat, picked and packed right off the vine. The Turlock Fruit Company is best known for their sweet-tasting melons, particularly cantaloupes, honeydews and mixed melons. The family says they focus on flavor, producing the melons that efficiently transfer sugar from the plant to the melon.

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