America's Heartland - Episode 212

Episode 212
	On this episode of America’s Heartland, Pat McConahay visits a close knit farming community in South Carolina whose roots date back hundreds of years. Then Jason Shoultz discovers how Iowa farmers keep tradition alive with crops and crafts from the Heartland’s Amana Colonies. We’ll show you a honey of a harvest in the heart of New York City. Urban Beekeepers! We’ll meet a farm family in Tennessee whose method of raising livestock takes them, “Back to the Land” And, if you don’t have a “green thumb”, maybe you’re not picking the right plants. We’ll show you how researchers are taking a whole new look at horticulture.

Historic Harvest
America’s agrarian roots have shaped our culture since our nation’s very beginning. All across the heartland, we’ve found farm communities as distinct and diverse. One in particular: a tiny set of tidewater communities just off the coast of South Carolina.

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Inspired Agriculture
Many of the heartland’s distinct farm communities were originally tied together by a common ethnic background or religion. Some have assimilated into mainstream America; others remain true to their historic roots.

Big Apple Buzz
Visit many big American cities, and you may be surprised to find “urban agriculture.” As America’s Heartland discovered, the same spirit of innovation can be found in both the fields of Iowa and on the rooftops of Manhattan.

Peaceful Pastures
Like any business, farmers have to be both creative thinkers and savvy businesspeople. That often means finding new products and niche markets. We recently met a Tennessee farm family that’s finding success by using those very same skills to sell their products directly to consumers.

Green Thumbs
Whether we live in the suburbs, the big city, or out on the farm, most of us share the same passion for digging in the dirt. Gardening is one of America’s biggest hobbies, and all those flowers and potted plants make up a six-billion dollar segment of the ag industry.

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The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, Farm Credit, and the United Soybean Board make presentation of America's Heartland possible.

Additional production and promotion assistance is provided by
The American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Cotton Council, U.S. Grains Council,
National Association of Wheat Growers, and the National FFA Organization.