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.

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S10 E2 / 26m 46s

Reporter Yolanda Vazquez takes us to meet a New York family finding success in raising crops without soil. Rob Stewart travels to Louisiana where one grocery store has a produce garden on the roof of its building. It’s science and not soil for researchers in Arizona creating food and fuel from algae. Travel to the waters off the coast of Maine where fishermen haul in a harvest of seaweed.

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S10 E1 / 26m 46s

Sarah Gardner takes you to North Dakota where scientists are developing new kinds of sunflower seed snacks. Akiba Howard profiles research on building a better tomato. Jason Shoultz reveals how entire lines of seed stock are protected at the National Seed Bank. Stephanie O’Neill discovers how researchers in California and Pennsylvania work to improve soil for better crops.

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