Each year, dozens of children are killed or injured in accidents on farms and
ranches throughout the Heartland. Jason Shoultz profiles an Iowa woman who
transformed her own sorrow into action following such a loss – and created a
nationwide movement to make farms safer for kids.
Then, Pat McConahay visits a Tennessee corn farmer who’s busy planting this year’s crop. In his own words, he shares the challenges, concerns, and his hopes at the start of another planting season.
In Indiana, the harvest is year-round, and the crop is unique. This is a state known for its hardwood forests, and Paul learns how farmers are making money with a sustainable and sought-after product.
Paul then meets a craftsman who’s using much of Indiana’s renowned hardwood to make his own popular products. We learn some of the secrets of cabinet-making the old-fashioned way.
Finally, Jason seeks and finds another unusual Florida product: alligators. It’s both a real farm and a tourist attraction, and Jason risks life and limb to get close and personal with one of their biggest crop “samples”!
Danger Zones
A farm seems to contain all the ingredients needed to keep a growing child safe
and happy. But those same ingredients can also cook up a menu of hazards for an
active child. It’s happening too often, say some folks in the Heartland – so
they launched a coast-to coast effort to help families keep their young ones
safe down on the farm.
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Planting Time
Sun to snow, warm to frozen, and back again. The arrival of spring can be a
stern test of a farmer’s patience and will. But the crops must go in — in the
right way at the right time — or the harvest will suffer a few months down the
road.
Hardwood Harvest
It’s no easy task – getting thousands of acres of crops into the ground one
month, and getting them back out again a few months later.
Durable Goods
Where does much of Indiana’s famed hardwood product go? Often it stays within
the state, to be used by some of Indiana’s renowned cabinet makers.
Risky Ranching
They were once an endangered species. Now, Florida’s alligators are a resource,
and a crop. A new breed of wranglers is finding gold in their (hard-as-nails)
hides.
