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AMERICA'S HEARTLAND

Sunday, May 3rd

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In California, sweet potatoes are the secret ingredient in award-winning vodka. Iowa is definitely where the tall corn grows, but these Iowa farmers are making a special kind of Hawkeye State wine. On Farm to Fork, we'll learn how to make a sweet salad featuring candied oranges. In Wisconsin, some "sassy cows" create special kinds of cheese and ice cream.

Sunday, May 10th

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It's like a visit to Holland! Discover an Oregon farm growing acres and acres of bright tulips. We'll take you to Louisiana where scientists are working to solve the mystery of what's killing America's bees. Then, harvest season in Florida is all about picking and packing your favorite blueberries. And, saving America's rural heritage one board at a time. Meet Pennsylvania's "barn saver."

Sunday, May 17th

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Discover how Farm Stay vacations are giving city kids a chance to discover rural America. Call them "hay-cations." On Farm to Fork, fun with fungi and a special recipe for pasta. See how a Wisconsin dairy farm turns cow manure into an energy source. And travel to Nebraska where artists find rural life peaceful and inspiring to their creative work.

Sunday, May 24th

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Saddle up! And join us on a cattle drive across the wide open spaces of the American West. We'll join a Utah ranching family as they move their cattle from winter grazing land to summer pasture. It's dusty... and dirty...and a life changing experience for these city slickers... who've left urban life behind to spend some time on horseback... ridin', ropin', and eating and sleeping under the night sky.

Sunday, May 31st

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Saddle up to ride the high country in California with a program to save wild mustangs. We'll introduce you to a South Dakota farm family using technology to bring wheat to your dinner table. A look back at a California winery once owned by a famous film director who was dedicated to sustainable growing. And travel back in time in efforts to save the tall grass prairie in Kansas.

Sunday, June 7th

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Music from the Heartland! We'll sit with Rodney Dillard, who is now returning to his farming roots. Singer/songwriter Michael Martin Murphey meets us in Colorado and takes to the stage to salute American agriculture. It's old-time harvest days in California... bringing in the crop with a 30-mule team hitch. On Farm to Fork, discover how to add some zing to your zucchini.

Sunday, June 14th

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Meet a South Carolina family that's been raising prize-winning peaches for nearly a century. Discover the hard work involved in bringing in the harvest in the cranberry bogs of Massachusetts. Tap into the successful operation of maple sugaring in Vermont. See how California farmers find new overseas markets for their bright red strawberries.

Sunday, June 21st

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A Montana rancher who is part of the Blackfeet tribe honors his ancestors, and Mother Earth, by restoring native grasses to his land. A Minnesota farm family plants a new kind of wheat that restores the soil and saves water. Now his crop is being used by this company making all kinds of organic foods. And see how college students are turning soybeans into new products like baby wipes.

Sunday, June 28th

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An Iowa farm thrives despite the untimely loss of the family patriarch, carrying on his legacy as one of the state's few Black-owned farms. A Vermont couple finds new ways to better protect their land from drought and floods. A Georgia farm keeps the produce coming year-round by planting and harvesting in three different locations. Soybeans may soon be part of the asphalt beneath you.