America’s Heartland Season Five Short Form Promo Copy
Episode 501
Reporter Jason Shoultz visits the Adams Cattle Ranch in Florida where the family patriarch...82 year old Bud Adams is celebrated for his wildlife photographs as well as his prime cattle.
Reporter Sarah Gardner visits an unusual farming operation in Ohio where state prison inmates play a major role in bringing crops and cattle to market
Reporter Akiba Howard visits a century old citrus operation in California’s central valley where four generations harvest citrus from 125 THOUSAND Trees!
Reporter Yolanda Vazquez takes us to Tennessee where a hobby that started with raising goats has now turned into an award winning artisanal cheese business.
Episode 502
Reporter Rob Stewart visits two family sugaring operations in New England where sap from thousands of trees is turned into award winning maple syrup.
Reporter John Lobertini goes along on a huge sheep drive in the wilds of Arizona...one of the last of its kind in the nation.
Reporter Jason Shoultz visits a grain and milling operation in Oregon that’s been run by one family for more than 150 years.
Reporter Sarah Gardner takes us to Malabar Farm in Ohio. It’s an historic farming operation with a tie to Hollywood as Bogart and Bacall came here for their marriage and honeymoon.
Episode 503
Reporter Yolanda Vazquez heads for a Tennessee dairy farm where family members found a unique way to face the challenges from changing markets and urban encroachment.
Reporter Jason Shoultz finds a Florida couple who discovered their future was in flowers...part of a 17 billion dollar floriculture market in the United States
Reporter Sarah Gardner heads for Arkansas where an award winning multigenerational farm family brings in their crop of winter wheat and makes some changes to keep the family farm alive
Reporter John Lobertini finds a young Arizona couple who gave up city life to start a pecan farm in Willcox, Arizona.
Episode 504
Reporter Jason Shoultz examines how a new plant disease called “Citrus Greening” threatens to devastate citrus growers across the country.
Reporter Sarah Gardner heads out to roundup some Texas Longhorns. But these cattle aren’t found in the wide open spaces of the American West, but in the rolling hills of southeast Ohio.
Reporter Rob Stewart finds a school in Massachusetts where novices to farming can learn how to make a living on the land.
Reporter Yolanda Vazquez finds an Arkansas couple whose unique sweet potato business has earned them customers worldwide.
Episode 505
Reporter Jason Shoultz finds a family cattle ranch in Colorado where the 20 thousand acres are overseen by a young woman rancher.
Reporter Sarah Gardner discovers an Arkansas family who took on the challenge of developing a new kind of rice that’s found favor with customers in Japan.
Reporter Rob Stewart heads for Lucy’s Sheep Camp in Wyoming where a young woman farmer uses the wool she raises to create unique woolen garments
Reporter John Lobertini finds a very unusual ranching operation in Utah. This rancher has horses, cattle and ZEBRAS!
Episode 506
Reporter Rob Stewart heads for the Big Sky country of Montana and the Padlock Cattle Ranch. It’s a huge ranching operation that also welcomes tourists.
Reporter Yolanda Vazquez is in Tennessee where an award winning farm family works together to bring in a harvest of hay.
Reporter Jason Shoultz travels to the community where Oregon’s famous Tillamook cheese is made. He discovers that while dairy is king in this neighborhood...a lot of youngsters still don’t know much about farming
Reporter John Lobertini discovers an “underground” harvest in a Utah Salt Mine.
Episode 507
Reporter Jason Shoultz has the inspiring story of a Colorado rural community that rallied to save the town’s grocery store.
Reporter Sarah Gardner visits an Arkansas community where harvesting fish is a key industry....hundreds of miles from the ocean.
Reporter Yolanda Vazquez meets a Tennessee couple who decided their future lay in raising large Clydesdale horses.
Reporter Rob Stewart finds a Wyoming family that takes a modern approach to ranching.
Episode 508
Reporter John Lobertini takes us to meet a Utah ranching family where sheep, snowmobiles and horses are part of a family operation that’s been honored for protecting the environment.
Reporter Akiba Howard visits a Nebraska farm where a young couple has decided to make their future on the land.
Reporter Sarah Gardner discovers that a “better chicken” comes from research that ultimately affects dinner on your table.
Reporter Rob Stewart finds a New England company bringing the past to life in restoring America’s historic barns.
Episode 509
Reporter Rob Stewart visits Pennsylvania’s Burpee Seed Company to see how crops get their start from the ground up
Reporter Jason Shoultz finds out how some states are handling an old problem in new ways...dealing with cattle rustlers!
Reporter Sarah Gardner visits an Ohio family farm where generations pull together to get their corn crop into the ground Reporter Akiba Howard finds a rural community in Nebraska where residents say you can find the best in their “wurst”.
Episode 510
Reporter Sarah Gardner visits the Texas ranch of singer/songwriter “Jewel” and his rodeo riding husband Ty Murray.Reporter Yolanda Vazquez takes us to a Delaware dairy farm that discovered a “niche” market to improve their sales.
Reporter Rob Stewart says for one Montana farm family the sweet life comes from raising sugar beets.
Reporter John Lobertini sees how heartland grain makes it way into special breads for the customer’s table.
Episode 511
Reporters Jason Shoultz and Sarah Gardner have all things “Texas” as they meet with baseball legend and rancher Nolan Ryan; find out how feral pigs are adversely affecting farm operations in the Lone Star State and discover some unique farming operations facing challenges found nowhere else in the country
Episode 512
Reporter Jason Shoultz finds some farmers doing it “old school” and going back to draft horses to handle their field work.
Reporter Yolanda Vazquez takes us to a Virginia farm where specialty produce meets consumer needs.
Reporter Rob Stewart visits an inner city high school where the focus is all about farming.
Reporter John Lobertini takes us to a Kansas farm where the family uses agri-entertainment to teach city folks about farming
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Additional production and promotion assistance is provided by the American Soybean Association, The National FFA Organization,
National Corn Growers Association, National Cotton Council, National Association of Wheat Growers, United Soybean Board and U.S. Grains Council.