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Agritourism

Street sign and storefront for Marieka Gouda in Wisconsin.

S2.E7 Just Peachy They call Georgia the Peach State with good reason. Lane Southern Orchards has been growing peaches, and another Georgia Grown favorite, pecans, since 1908.

S3.E2 Gypsy’s Place If you’re near Raleigh, NC, don’t miss the State Farmers Market restaurant. Gypsy Gilliam has run it for 20+ years, serving dishes made almost entirely from North Carolina-grown ingredients, many sourced right from the market.

S3.E3 Stuckey’s: An American Icon Reborn Stuckey’s once dominated the American roadside. Now a new generation is bringing back a legendary name by teaming up with pecan farmers.

S4.E2 Sunsational! Remember old-school Florida? It’s still alive at Sunsational Farms. The farming’s all modern, including hydroponic veggies. But the vibe is classic Florida Old School.

S5.E1 Gouda Nuff Marieka Penterman is the fourth-ever female Grandmaster Cheesemaker in Wisconsin. Join us in Wisconsin for a lesson in Dutch cheese mastery!

S5.E8 Tropical Fruit Salad Papayas, mangoes, coconuts, and bananas seem impossible to grow together in the U.S., yet at Peace River Organics they thrive naturally; no fertilizer, pesticide, or even water!

S5.E13 Urban Opportunity Farming isn’t just in the country. In this episode, VSU alum Tyrone Cherry of Petersburg is Growing brings agriculture to urban Petersburg, VA, where kids learn hands-on, entrepreneurs launch ag-businesses, and the community enjoys fresh food via a mobile pantry.

Beans

Soy beans falling into a ball of conveyor belt.

S3.E5 A Real Family Farm Mom, Dad, three kids – one farm. From blackeyed peas and butterbeans to 300 head of cattle, every member of the family is involved, There’s not much screentime here!

S4.E12 Beans Ahoy! Josh Johnson is a regenerative farmer in South Carolina who was determined to recover his family legacy. Now his Old Tyme Bean Co. specializes in long-lost or hard-to-find delights.

Broccoli

Chip chopping broccoli.

S3.E8 Eat Your Broccoli Broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower are some of the healthiest veggies on Earth – but in the field they look like they’re from another planet.

Charity

A frog statue dedicated to Deirdre Cherry

S2.E5 Feed My Sheep, Part 1 Rising food costs, a horrible pandemic and uncertain economic times have all led to an unprecedented demand for access to affordable – preferably free – healthy food.

S2.E6 Feed My Sheep, Part 2 Food waste is a huge issue. Americans throw away about a third of what they buy. But did you know farmers are only able to harvest about 60% of what they plant on average?

S2.E11 Heart & Soul, Part 1 Farmers are committed to serving and giving back to their communities. Meet the amazing crew of Ripe For Revival, a touring pantry serving the communities needing it the most.

S2.E12 Heart & Soul Part 2 Still in NC, we meet a volunteer fire fighter, a grower who earmarks funds for cancer support, a cancer survivor, and a former NFL star who gave it all up to give it all up.

S5.E13 Urban Opportunity Farming isn’t just in the country. In this episode, VSU alum Tyrone Cherry of Petersburg is Growing brings agriculture to urban Petersburg, VA, where kids learn hands-on, entrepreneurs launch ag-businesses, and the community enjoys fresh food via a mobile pantry.

Citrus

Closeup of oranges haning from a tree.

S1.E8 Deadline: Florida Citrus, Part 1 We take oranges, grapefruit, lemons and limes for granted. They’re always there when we want ’em. But did you have any idea that in just a few years they may all be gone?

S1.E9 Deadline: Florida Citrus, Part 2 Citrus is an endangered species and Florida growers have a choice: Stand and fight, quit, or adapt. We’ll introduce you to people who’ve taken every one of those paths.

S4.E2 Sunsational! Remember old-school Florida? It’s still alive at Sunsational Farms. The farming’s all modern, including hydroponic veggies. But the vibe is classic Florida Old School.

S4.E6 A Day Without Sunshine In Season 1 we did a two-part episode about a lethal disease called citrus greening that’s decimating Florida’s most-famous industry. Things haven’t improved much since then — but farmers are getting more creative when it comes to the crop.

Eggs

Eggs on a processing line.

S5.E10 Egg-Xactly, Part 1 Which came first, the chicken or the egg? We can’t answer that question… but we can take you North Carolina’s Braswell Family Farms, which produces about 2 million eggs a day for people up and down the East Coast!

S5.E11 Egg-Xactly, Part 2 Head inside the hen house to meet the ladies and learn how they are cared for, then take an inside look at how some 2 million eggs a day are inspected, processed and packaged before heading out the door!

Ag Industry

Syngenta flag

S2.E1 Tomatoes From The Ceiling Have you ever wondered how we’re going to grow food on the moon? Or Mars? Or just find ways to reduce food miles and food waste here at home? High-tech greenhouses are looking like the answer.

S4.E5 Splenda’s New American Dream What does Splenda have to do with farming? Well, sweeteners like monk fruit and stevia are plant-based; they’re just not sugar. And those plants are grown on farms.

S4.E8 Simple As Corn, Part 1 We head to Wisconsin for this one to introduce you to a 12-year-old corn farmer, a 95-year-old corn farmer, and a researcher who built a better corn that’s helping both.

S4.E9 Simple As Corn, Part 2 Corn is one of the world’s staple crops, so important it sustains about half the world’s population. And there’s nowhere in America they know more about sweet corn than in the great state of Wisconsin.

S5.E5 They Grow Potato Chips? Part 1 Ever think about where your potato chips come from? Potatoes grow all over, but in the summer, including the 4th of July, much of the East Coast’s chips come from a tiny part of NE North Carolina.

S5.E6 They Grow Potato Chips? Part 2 In Part 2, meet more NC potato growers and see how their taters are sorted and packed. Plus, get introduced to national reps and the man taking his North Carolina potatoes all the way to Cuba!

Beef

Homegrown Circle F Meats sign.

S3.E13 Cold Cut Platter? Nope – It’s Charcuterie! So you always thought we invented cold cut and cheese platters in modern times? Hold your roll – charcuterie is an ancient art that stretches back to 14th Century France!

Candy

Classic Stuckey's location

S3.E3 Stuckey’s: An American Icon Reborn Stuckey’s once dominated the American roadside. Now a new generation is bringing back a legendary name by teaming up with pecan farmers.

Cheese

Wedge of Clemson Blue Cheese still in the packaging.

S3.E1 Where The (Water) Buffalo Roam A trip to Italy led to a dream to recreate Italian buffala mozzarella cheese and gelato from water buffalo here in the U.S. And we got up close and personal with the herd! 

S4.E4 Clemson Blue In 1941, Clemson University started making blue cheese. Little did they know it would become world-famous. We follow the milk from Hickory Hill to the university campus and join in the cheese-making fun.

S5.E1 Gouda Nuff Marieka Penterman is the fourth-ever female Grandmaster Cheesemaker in Wisconsin. Join us in Wisconsin for a lesson in Dutch cheese mastery!

Commerce / Trade

Arial view NC State Farmers Market Restaurant

S1.E10 A Little T & L Where the food comes from doesn’t much matter if you can’t get it from there to where it needs to be. Enter transportation & logistics.

S2.E7 Just Peachy They call Georgia the Peach State with good reason. Lane Southern Orchards has been growing peaches, and another Georgia Grown favorite, pecans, since 1908.

S2.E8 One Sweet Circle The only problem with Vidalia Onions is they’re only available from April ’til September. But what happened when the market began to demand them year round?

S3.E2 Gypsy’s Place If you’re near Raleigh, NC, don’t miss the State Farmers Market restaurant. Gypsy Gilliam has run it for 20+ years, serving dishes made almost entirely from North Carolina-grown ingredients, many sourced right from the market.

S3.E3 Stuckey’s: An American Icon Reborn Stuckey’s once dominated the American roadside. Now a new generation is bringing back a legendary name by teaming up with pecan farmers.

S3.E5 A Real Family Farm Mom, Dad, three kids – one farm. From blackeyed peas and butterbeans to 300 head of cattle, every member of the family is involved, There’s not much screentime here!

S3.E7 Farming The Seas We know our dirt farmers have tough jobs. We thought the same might be true for fishermen in the wild-caught industry. We were right.

S3.E11 Why Is There A Seaport In A Show About Farming? We think of endless lines of trucks bringing in produce from Central and South America, it certainly happens. But for longer trips, larger loads, nothing beats shipping by sea.

S3.E13 Cold Cut Platter? Nope – It’s Charcuterie! So you always thought we invented cold cut and cheese platters in modern times? Hold your roll – charcuterie is an ancient art that stretches back to 14th Century France!

S4.E2 Sunsational! Remember old-school Florida? It’s still alive at Sunsational Farms. The farming’s all modern, including hydroponic veggies. But the vibe is classic Florida Old School.

S4.E5 Splenda’s New American Dream What does Splenda have to do with farming? Well, sweeteners like monk fruit and stevia are plant-based; they’re just not sugar. And those plants are grown on farms.

S5.E2 Homecoming John Shuman has long dreamed that at least one of his sons would come home to join the the family farm business. Now he knows they both are – and one reported for work in January.

S5.E5 They Grow Potato Chips? Part 1 Ever think about where your potato chips come from? Potatoes grow all over, but in the summer, including the 4th of July, much of the East Coast’s chips come from a tiny part of NE North Carolina.

S5.E6 They Grow Potato Chips? Part 2 In Part 2, meet more NC potato growers and see how their taters are sorted and packed. Plus, get introduced to national reps and the man taking his North Carolina potatoes all the way to Cuba!

Family Farm / Kids

S1.E3 Farming Like It’s 1699 Nat Bradford’s family has been farming the same land in South Carolina for 200 years. The Bradford’s – the only labor force – are committed to keeping the family legacy alive.

S3.E5 A Real Family Farm Mom, Dad, three kids – one farm. From blackeyed peas and butterbeans to 300 head of cattle, every member of the family is involved, There’s not much screentime here!

S4.E1 Still Farming Like It’s 1699 Back in the third ever episode of WTFCF, we visited a remarkable farming family still growing the same crops their ancestors had for 200 years. We decided to check back in with the Bradfords to see what’s changed.

S4.E3 Robot Dairy The machines do all the work at Hickory Hill Milk in South Carolina and the pampered cows get on-demand service.

S4.E8 Simple As Corn, Part 1 We head to Wisconsin for this one to introduce you to a 12-year-old corn farmer, a 95-year-old corn farmer, and a researcher who built a better corn that’s helping both.

S4.E9 Simple As Corn, Part 2 Corn is one of the world’s staple crops, so important it sustains about half the world’s population. And there’s nowhere in America they know more about sweet corn than in the great state of Wisconsin.

S4.E13 Fruit Or Vegetable? We all know what we think is a fruit and what’s a vegetable. Pretty clear, right? Wrong. Sure you probably know about a tomato – everybody knows that even though it seems like a veggie – it’s actually a fruit, and there are many more in a similar boat.

S5.E2 Homecoming John Shuman has long dreamed that at least one of his sons would come home to join the the family farm business. Now he knows they both are – and one reported for work in January.

S5.E4 Baseball, News, And Chickens? We keep telling you farming happens everywhere – in the country, of course, but also in cities and suburbs, on rooftops, in parking lots, and apparently the backyard of a network news anchor and her MLB star and broadcast husband.

S5.E10 Egg-Xactly, Part 1 Which came first, the chicken or the egg? We can’t answer that question… but we can take you North Carolina’s Braswell Family Farms, which produces about 2 million eggs a day for people up and down the East Coast!

S5.E11 Egg-Xactly, Part 2 Head inside the hen house to meet the ladies and learn how they are cared for, then take an inside look at how some 2 million eggs a day are inspected, processed and packaged before heading out the door!

Animal Nutrition

Aerial view of Braswell Family Farms feed facility in Nashville, NC.

S5.E10 Egg-Xactly, Part 1 Which came first, the chicken or the egg? We can’t answer that question… but we can take you North Carolina’s Braswell Family Farms, which produces about 2 million eggs a day for people up and down the East Coast!

S5.E11 Egg-Xactly, Part 2 Head inside the hen house to meet the ladies and learn how they are cared for, then take an inside look at how some 2 million eggs a day are inspected, processed and packaged before heading out the door!

Bees

Chip, Amy and another bee keeper looking in a hive.

S3.E12 The Buzz About Bees About a third of all crops require direct pollination by bees, including 70 of the top 100 primary sources of our food. Take away the bees, you take away the food.

Cattle

Cows feeding in the barn.

S3.E5 A Real Family Farm Mom, Dad, three kids – one farm. From blackeyed peas and butterbeans to 300 head of cattle, every member of the family is involved, There’s not much screentime here!

S3.E13 Cold Cut Platter? Nope – It’s Charcuterie! So you always thought we invented cold cut and cheese platters in modern times? Hold your roll – charcuterie is an ancient art that stretches back to 14th Century France!

S4.E3 Robot Dairy The machines do all the work at Hickory Hill Milk in South Carolina and the pampered cows get on-demand service.

S4.E10 A New Moo Think you’re lactose intolerant? You may just be drinking the wrong milk. We visit a Tampa dairy with a different breed of herd that just might provide some answers.

S5.E1 Gouda Nuff Marieka Penterman is the fourth-ever female Grandmaster Cheesemaker in Wisconsin. Join us in Wisconsin for a lesson in Dutch cheese mastery!

Chickens

Chickens roaming in backyard.

S5.E4 Baseball, News, And Chickens? We keep telling you farming happens everywhere – in the country, of course, but also in cities and suburbs, on rooftops, in parking lots, and apparently the backyard of a network news anchor and her MLB star and broadcast husband.

S5.E10 Egg-Xactly, Part 1 Which came first, the chicken or the egg? We can’t answer that question… but we can take you North Carolina’s Braswell Family Farms, which produces about 2 million eggs a day for people up and down the East Coast!

S5.E11 Egg-Xactly, Part 2 Head inside the hen house to meet the ladies and learn how they are cared for, then take an inside look at how some 2 million eggs a day are inspected, processed and packaged before heading out the door!

Corn

S4.E8 Simple As Corn, Part 1 We head to Wisconsin for this one to introduce you to a 12-year-old corn farmer, a 95-year-old corn farmer, and a researcher who built a better corn that’s helping both.

S4.E9 Simple As Corn, Part 2 Corn is one of the world’s staple crops, so important it sustains about half the world’s population. And there’s nowhere in America they know more about sweet corn than in the great state of Wisconsin.

Farmers Markets

Miss Gypsy talking about cathead biscuits.

S1.E10 A Little T & L Where the food comes from doesn’t much matter if you can’t get it from there to where it needs to be. Enter transportation & logistics.

S3.E2 Gypsy’s Place If you’re near Raleigh, NC, don’t miss the State Farmers Market restaurant. Gypsy Gilliam has run it for 20+ years, serving dishes made almost entirely from North Carolina-grown ingredients, many sourced right from the market.

Bananas

Bananas handing from plant.

S5.E3 Bye Bye Bananas A couple of things you don’t know about bananas: Number 1, you’re opening ’em all wrong. Number 2, in less than 10 years, they’ll all be gone. Unless…

Berries

S1.E2 Berries Bust Out We take a look at how berries have evolved in 20 short years from a treat to a nutritional powerhouse that has revolutionized eating habits – and the agricultural landscape.

Celebrity

Elizabeth Prann and Darren O'Day sitting in front of box gardens.

S2.E12 Heart & Soul Part 2 Still in NC, we meet a volunteer fire fighter, a grower who earmarks funds for cancer support, a cancer survivor, and a former NFL star who gave it all up to give it all up.

S2.E13 Where The Christmas Trees Come From Larry Smith is a Christmas tree grower in the tiny North Carolina town of Newland, population about 700. But he’s hardly the only tree farmer – it’s pretty much what they do!

S5.E4 Baseball, News, And Chickens? We keep telling you farming happens everywhere – in the country, of course, but also in cities and suburbs, on rooftops, in parking lots, and apparently the backyard of a network news anchor and her MLB star and broadcast husband.

Christmas Trees

Larry marks height of Christmas tree with ribbon.

S2.E13 Where The Christmas Trees Come From Larry Smith is a Christmas tree grower in the tiny North Carolina town of Newland, population about 700. But he’s hardly the only tree farmer – it’s pretty much what they do!

Special Episode: Larry’s Tree – A Christmas Journey To The White House Larry Smith is a humble Christmas tree farmer from the mountain top town of Newland, NC, population 700. For 40 years, he’s had a dream: provide the spectacular Christmas tree that is the centerpiece of the Blue Room and the heart of the annual White House Christmas decor.

Dairy

Hickory Hill Milk Robotic Dairy Facility Entrance

S3.E1 Where The (Water) Buffalo Roam A trip to Italy led to a dream to recreate Italian buffala mozzarella cheese and gelato from water buffalo here in the U.S. And we got up close and personal with the herd!

S4.E3 Robot Dairy The machines do all the work at Hickory Hill Milk in South Carolina and the pampered cows get on-demand service.

S4.E4 Clemson Blue In 1941, Clemson University started making blue cheese. Little did they know it would become world-famous. We follow the milk from Hickory Hill to the university campus and join in the cheese-making fun.

S4.E10 A New Moo Think you’re lactose intolerant? You may just be drinking the wrong milk. We visit a Tampa dairy with a different breed of herd that just might provide some answers.

S5.E1 Gouda Nuff Marieka Penterman is the fourth-ever female Grandmaster Cheesemaker in Wisconsin. Join us in Wisconsin for a lesson in Dutch cheese mastery!

Food Banks

Feeding Northeast Florida truck in docking bay.

S2.E5 Feed My Sheep, Part 1 Rising food costs, a horrible pandemic and uncertain economic times have all led to an unprecedented demand for access to affordable – preferably free – healthy food.

S2.E6 Feed My Sheep, Part 2 Food waste is a huge issue. Americans throw away about a third of what they buy. But did you know farmers are only able to harvest about 60% of what they plant on average?

S2.E11 Heart & Soul, Part 1 Farmers are committed to serving and giving back to their communities. Meet the amazing crew of Ripe For Revival, a touring pantry serving the communities needing it the most.

S2.E12 Heart & Soul Part 2 Still in NC, we meet a volunteer fire fighter, a grower who earmarks funds for cancer support, a cancer survivor, and a former NFL star who gave it all up to give it all up.

Food Safety

Head of lettuce with UGA magnifying class showing microscopic bacteria.

S2.E2 Farming’s New Research Jewel We stopped at the $140 million Steve Troxler Agricultural Sciences Center for a tour of a five-acre campus that is likely the world’s finest ag research facility.

S4.E11 There’s No Such Thing As The 5-Second Rule People have no idea the lengths the ag industry goes to doing the best possible job of keeping food safe – and that happens across the supply chain. Despite what you’d think from the headlines, most foodborne illnesses are our own fault.

Greens

S1.E3 Farming Like It’s 1699 Nat Bradford’s family has been farming the same land in South Carolina for 200 years. The Bradford’s – the only labor force – are committed to keeping the family legacy alive.

S1.E5 Farming In A Box Farming doesn’t just happen in the country – there’s an urban agricultural revolution afoot and Brick Street Farms in St. Petersburg, FL is doing it on a 1/3 acre asphalt lot.

S1.E11 Eat Your Veggies (And Greens!) Fruits and veggies are in full swing in Florida in the coldest months of the year – we start this episode in the Everglades February and by July we found ourselves in North Carolina.

Marketing

NC Potato Association display at a reception.

S1.E6 Sweetpotato Is One Word, Part 1 Quick, how do you spell sweetpotato? If you think we just did it wrong, think again – that’s the scientific way. And if you grow sweetpotatoes in North Carolina, it matters.

S1.E7 Sweetpotato Is One Word, Part 2 Tobacco was the crop that built North Carolina agriculture. Sweetpotatoes like the same land, the same equipment, the same workers – it was a natural transition.

S1.E12 Sweet Vidalia, Part 1 The legendary Vidalia Onion might be the greatest accident in the history of ag. It’s hard to imagine living without ’em now, but they actually didn’t even exist until the 1930s.

S1.E13 Sweet Vidalia, Part 2 The stories out of Vidalia, GA are probably our favorite part of everything we do. We love it all, but there’s something special about this onion and the people who grow it.

S2.E7 Just Peachy They call Georgia the Peach State with good reason. Lane Southern Orchards has been growing peaches, and another Georgia Grown favorite, pecans, since 1908.

S2.E8 One Sweet Circle The only problem with Vidalia Onions is they’re only available from April ’til September. But what happened when the market began to demand them year round?

S2.E9 Welcome To The Show! Part 1 Most people have never been to a produce trade show or even know they exist! This is where people who grow food by the ton meet people who buy by the ton.

S2.E10 Welcome To The Show! Part 2 We pick this one up right where we left off – with the big sprint to the finish at SEPC Southern Exposure! Here’s Part 2 of our SEPC Spectacular – welcome to the show!

S5.E5 They Grow Potato Chips? Part 1 Ever think about where your potato chips come from? Potatoes grow all over, but in the summer, including the 4th of July, much of the East Coast’s chips come from a tiny part of NE North Carolina.

S5.E6 They Grow Potato Chips? Part 2 In Part 2, meet more NC potato growers and see how their taters are sorted and packed. Plus, get introduced to national reps and the man taking his North Carolina potatoes all the way to Cuba!

S5.E9 Peanuts! There are very few crops anywhere in the world that can pinpoint their origin. But we know the exact spot where Virginia peanuts were first planted, and we’ll take you there.

Onions

S1.E12 Sweet Vidalia, Part 1 The legendary Vidalia Onion might be the greatest accident in the history of ag. It’s hard to imagine living without ’em now, but they actually didn’t even exist until the 1930s.

S1.E13 Sweet Vidalia, Part 2 The stories out of Vidalia, GA are probably our favorite part of everything we do. We love it all, but there’s something special about this onion and the people who grow it.

S2.E8 One Sweet Circle The only problem with Vidalia Onions is they’re only available from April ’til September. But what happened when the market began to demand them year round?

Peanuts

Billy Gwaltney and Chip Carter pulling peanuts up from the peanut field.

S5.E9 Peanuts! There are very few crops anywhere in the world that can pinpoint their origin. But we know the exact spot where Virginia peanuts were first planted, and we’ll take you there.

Food Waste

S2.E5 Feed My Sheep, Part 1 Rising food costs, a horrible pandemic and uncertain economic times have all led to an unprecedented demand for access to affordable – preferably free – healthy food.

S2.E6 Feed My Sheep, Part 2 Food waste is a huge issue. Americans throw away about a third of what they buy. But did you know farmers are only able to harvest about 60% of what they plant on average?

S2.E11 Heart & Soul, Part 1 Farmers are committed to serving and giving back to their communities. Meet the amazing crew of Ripe For Revival, a touring pantry serving the communities needing it the most.

S2.E12 Heart & Soul Part 2 Still in NC, we meet a volunteer fire fighter, a grower who earmarks funds for cancer support, a cancer survivor, and a former NFL star who gave it all up to give it all up.

History / Legacy

Virginia State University Banner

S1.E3 Farming Like It’s 1699 Nat Bradford’s family has been farming the same land in South Carolina for 200 years. The Bradford’s – the only labor force – are committed to keeping the family legacy alive.

S1.E12 Sweet Vidalia, Part 1 The legendary Vidalia Onion might be the greatest accident in the history of ag. It’s hard to imagine living without ’em now, but they actually didn’t even exist until the 1930s.

S1.E13 Sweet Vidalia, Part 2 The stories out of Vidalia, GA are probably our favorite part of everything we do. We love it all, but there’s something special about this onion and the people who grow it.

S2.E3 Where The Food Came From, Part 1 You think farming’s hard now? You should have been there in 1870. Chip Carter found a time machine for a trip to the Georgia Museum of Agricultural in Tifton, GA. Travel back in time and experience what would have been a typical day for a farmer 150 years ago!

S2.E4 Where The Food Came From, Part 2 Chip is still back in time working, and he is tired. No wonder, a blacksmith’s forge, finishing the turpentine process, a ride with train engineers and grinding corn will do it.

S2.E7 Just Peachy They call Georgia the Peach State with good reason. Lane Southern Orchards has been growing peaches, and another Georgia Grown favorite, pecans, since 1908.

S2.E13 Where The Christmas Trees Come From Larry Smith is a Christmas tree grower in the tiny North Carolina town of Newland, population about 700. But he’s hardly the only tree farmer – it’s pretty much what they do!

Special Episode: Larry’s Tree – A Christmas Journey To The White House Larry Smith is a humble Christmas tree farmer from the mountain top town of Newland, NC, population 700. For 40 years, he’s had a dream: provide the spectacular Christmas tree that is the centerpiece of the Blue Room and the heart of the annual White House Christmas decor.

S3.E3 Stuckey’s: An American Icon Reborn Stuckey’s once dominated the American roadside. Now a new generation is bringing back a legendary name by teaming up with pecan farmers.

S4.E1 Still Farming Like It’s 1699 Back in the third ever episode of WTFCF, we visited a remarkable farming family still growing the same crops their ancestors had for 200 years. We decided to check back in with the Bradfords to see what’s changed.

S4.E7 Cooking With Fire We discovered barbecue before we even discovered how to tame fire. And once we figured out how to make fire on purpose – and control it – nothing changed the world more.

S4.E12 Beans Ahoy! Josh Johnson is a regenerative farmer in South Carolina who was determined to recover his family legacy. Now his Old Tyme Bean Co. specializes in long-lost or hard-to-find delights.

S5.E2 Homecoming John Shuman has long dreamed that at least one of his sons would come home to join the the family farm business. Now he knows they both are – and one reported for work in January.

S5.E3 Bye Bye Bananas A couple of things you don’t know about bananas: Number 1, you’re opening ’em all wrong. Number 2, in less than 10 years, they’ll all be gone. Unless…

S5.E7 New Old-School Farming There’s something amazing going on near the Florida Everglades. Farmers are growing crops without irrigation, even in the blistering southwestern part of the Sunshine State.

S5.E8 Tropical Fruit Salad Papayas, mangoes, coconuts, and bananas seem impossible to grow together in the U.S., yet at Peace River Organics they thrive naturally; no fertilizer, pesticide, or even water!

S5.E9 Peanuts! There are very few crops anywhere in the world that can pinpoint their origin. But we know the exact spot where Virginia peanuts were first planted, and we’ll take you there.

S5.E12 Legacy Founded in 1882, Virginia State University was one of the nation’s first Historically Black Colleges and Universities. In this special episode, we look at the impact and legacy of VSU and HBCUs on American agriculture.

S5.E13 Urban Opportunity Farming isn’t just in the country. In this episode, VSU alum Tyrone Cherry of Petersburg is Growing brings agriculture to urban Petersburg, VA, where kids learn hands-on, entrepreneurs launch ag-businesses, and the community enjoys fresh food via a mobile pantry.

Meat

Circle F Meats storefront.

S3.E1 Where The (Water) Buffalo Roam A trip to Italy led to a dream to recreate Italian buffala mozzarella cheese and gelato from water buffalo here in the U.S. And we got up close and personal with the herd! 

S3.E13 Cold Cut Platter? Nope – It’s Charcuterie! So you always thought we invented cold cut and cheese platters in modern times? Hold your roll – charcuterie is an ancient art that stretches back to 14th Century France!

Organics

Nat Bradford holding a massive head of collards the size from his knees to neck.

S1.E3 Farming Like It’s 1699 Nat Bradford’s family has been farming the same land in South Carolina for 200 years. The Bradford’s – the only labor force – are committed to keeping the family legacy alive.

S1.E4 A Mushrooming Business From Home Joe grows hundreds of thousands of gourmet mushrooms in his home laboratory. Ironically, when he started, he didn’t even care for mushrooms.

S1.E5 Farming In A Box Farming doesn’t just happen in the country – there’s an urban agricultural revolution afoot and Brick Street Farms in St. Petersburg, FL is doing it on a 1/3 acre asphalt lot.

S2.E11 Heart & Soul, Part 1 Farmers are committed to serving and giving back to their communities. Meet the amazing crew of Ripe For Revival, a touring pantry serving the communities needing it the most.

S4.E1 Still Farming Like It’s 1699 Back in the third ever episode of WTFCF, we visited a remarkable farming family still growing the same crops their ancestors had for 200 years. We decided to check back in with the Bradfords to see what’s changed.

S5.E7 New Old-School Farming There’s something amazing going on near the Florida Everglades. Farmers are growing crops without irrigation, even in the blistering southwestern part of the Sunshine State.

S5.E8 Tropical Fruit Salad Papayas, mangoes, coconuts, and bananas seem impossible to grow together in the U.S., yet at Peace River Organics they thrive naturally; no fertilizer, pesticide, or even water!

S5.E13 Urban Opportunity Farming isn’t just in the country. In this episode, VSU alum Tyrone Cherry of Petersburg is Growing brings agriculture to urban Petersburg, VA, where kids learn hands-on, entrepreneurs launch ag-businesses, and the community enjoys fresh food via a mobile pantry.

Pecans

Stuckey's pecan classic statue.

S3.E3 Stuckey’s: An American Icon Reborn Stuckey’s once dominated the American roadside. Now a new generation is bringing back a legendary name by teaming up with pecan farmers.

Gleaning

Gleaners in the field

S2.E6 Feed My Sheep, Part 2 Food waste is a huge issue. Americans throw away about a third of what they buy. But did you know farmers are only able to harvest about 60% of what they plant on average?

S2.E11 Heart & Soul, Part 1 Farmers are committed to serving and giving back to their communities. Meet the amazing crew of Ripe For Revival, a touring pantry serving the communities needing it the most.

Hydroponics

S1.E5 Farming In A Box Farming doesn’t just happen in the country – there’s an urban agricultural revolution afoot and Brick Street Farms in St. Petersburg, FL is doing it on a 1/3 acre asphalt lot.

Milk

S3.E1 Where The (Water) Buffalo Roam A trip to Italy led to a dream to recreate Italian buffala mozzarella cheese and gelato from water buffalo here in the U.S. And we got up close and personal with the herd!

S4.E3 Robot Dairy The machines do all the work at Hickory Hill Milk in South Carolina and the pampered cows get on-demand service.

S4.E10 A New Moo Think you’re lactose intolerant? You may just be drinking the wrong milk. We visit a Tampa dairy with a different breed of herd that just might provide some answers.

Pathogens

Petri dishes with banana plants in incubator.

S1.E8 Deadline: Florida Citrus, Part 1 We take oranges, grapefruit, lemons and limes for granted. They’re always there when we want ’em. But did you have any idea that in just a few years they may all be gone?

S1.E9 Deadline: Florida Citrus, Part 2 Citrus is an endangered species and Florida growers have a choice: Stand and fight, quit, or adapt. We’ll introduce you to people who’ve taken every one of those paths.

S2.E2 Farming’s New Research Jewel We stopped at the $140 million Steve Troxler Agricultural Sciences Center for a tour of a five-acre campus that is likely the world’s finest ag research facility.

S4.E6 A Day Without Sunshine In Season 1 we did a two-part episode about a lethal disease called citrus greening that’s decimating Florida’s most-famous industry. Things haven’t improved much since then — but farmers are getting more creative when it comes to the crop.

S4.E11 There’s No Such Thing As The 5-Second Rule People have no idea the lengths the ag industry goes to doing the best possible job of keeping food safe – and that happens across the supply chain. Despite what you’d think from the headlines, most foodborne illnesses are our own fault.

S5.E3 Bye Bye Bananas A couple of things you don’t know about bananas: Number 1, you’re opening ’em all wrong. Number 2, in less than 10 years, they’ll all be gone. Unless…

Potatoes

Chip Carter's hands holding potatoes.

S5.E5 They Grow Potato Chips? Part 1 Ever think about where your potato chips come from? Potatoes grow all over, but in the summer, including the 4th of July, much of the East Coast’s chips come from a tiny part of NE North Carolina.

S5.E6 They Grow Potato Chips? Part 2 In Part 2, meet more NC potato growers and see how their taters are sorted and packed. Plus, get introduced to national reps and the man taking his North Carolina potatoes all the way to Cuba!

Government

Bird's-eye view of the Steve Troxler Agricultural Sciences Center.

S1.E10 A Little T & L Where the food comes from doesn’t much matter if you can’t get it from there to where it needs to be. Enter transportation & logistics.

S1.E12 Sweet Vidalia, Part 1 The legendary Vidalia Onion might be the greatest accident in the history of ag. It’s hard to imagine living without ’em now, but they actually didn’t even exist until the 1930s.

S1.E13 Sweet Vidalia, Part 2 The stories out of Vidalia, GA are probably our favorite part of everything we do. We love it all, but there’s something special about this onion and the people who grow it.

S2.E2 Farming’s New Research Jewel We stopped at the $140 million Steve Troxler Agricultural Sciences Center for a tour of a five-acre campus that is likely the world’s finest ag research facility.

S3.E2 Gypsy’s Place If you’re near Raleigh, NC, don’t miss the State Farmers Market restaurant. Gypsy Gilliam has run it for 20+ years, serving dishes made almost entirely from North Carolina-grown ingredients, many sourced right from the market.

S3.E4 Round The Table – A Top-Down View Of Agriculture Every crop has an association, every farmer needs answers, every employee has a boss. We’ll meet people from across the board who manage North Carolina agriculture.

S3.E7 Farming The Seas We know our dirt farmers have tough jobs. We thought the same might be true for fishermen in the wild-caught industry. We were right.

S3.E11 Why Is There A Seaport In A Show About Farming? We think of endless lines of trucks bringing in produce from Central and South America, it certainly happens. But for longer trips, larger loads, nothing beats shipping by sea.

Ice Cream

Chip eats fresh buffalo gelato

S3.E1 Where The (Water) Buffalo Roam A trip to Italy led to a dream to recreate Italian buffala mozzarella cheese and gelato from water buffalo here in the U.S. And we got up close and personal with the herd!

Mushrooms

Joe holding large container of assorted mushrooms.

S1.E4 A Mushrooming Business From Home Joe grows hundreds of thousands of gourmet mushrooms in his home laboratory. Ironically, when he started, he didn’t even care for mushrooms.

Peaches

Crate of peaches.

S2.E7 Just Peachy They call Georgia the Peach State with good reason. Lane Southern Orchards has been growing peaches, and another Georgia Grown favorite, pecans, since 1908.

Processing

Greens in packing facility being thoroughly washed.

S1.E11 Eat Your Veggies (And Greens!) Fruits and veggies are in full swing in Florida in the coldest months of the year – we start this episode in the Everglades February and by July we found ourselves in North Carolina.

S1.E13 Sweet Vidalia, Part 2 The stories out of Vidalia, GA are probably our favorite part of everything we do. We love it all, but there’s something special about this onion and the people who grow it.

S3.E1 Where The (Water) Buffalo Roam A trip to Italy led to a dream to recreate Italian buffala mozzarella cheese and gelato from water buffalo here in the U.S. And we got up close and personal with the herd!

S3.E3 Stuckey’s: An American Icon Reborn Stuckey’s once dominated the American roadside. Now a new generation is bringing back a legendary name by teaming up with pecan farmers.

S4.E4 Clemson Blue In 1941, Clemson University started making blue cheese. Little did they know it would become world-famous. We follow the milk from Hickory Hill to the university campus and join in the cheese-making fun.

S5.E1 Gouda Nuff Marieka Penterman is the fourth-ever female Grandmaster Cheesemaker in Wisconsin. Join us in Wisconsin for a lesson in Dutch cheese mastery!

S5.E10 Egg-Xactly, Part 1 Which came first, the chicken or the egg? We can’t answer that question… but we can take you North Carolina’s Braswell Family Farms, which produces about 2 million eggs a day for people up and down the East Coast!

S5.E11 Egg-Xactly, Part 2 Head inside the hen house to meet the ladies and learn how they are cared for, then take an inside look at how some 2 million eggs a day are inspected, processed and packaged before heading out the door!

Ranch

S3.E1 Where The (Water) Buffalo Roam A trip to Italy led to a dream to recreate Italian buffala mozzarella cheese and gelato from water buffalo here in the U.S. And we got up close and personal with the herd!

S3.E13 Cold Cut Platter? Nope – It’s Charcuterie! So you always thought we invented cold cut and cheese platters in modern times? Hold your roll – charcuterie is an ancient art that stretches back to 14th Century France!

Science & Technology

Chip Carter and Franciso Diez-Gonzalez, Director and Professor at the UGA Center for Food Safety.

S1.E1 Tomato Time They’re America’s second favorite… vegetable? Fruit? Tomatoes are a fruit – technically a berry – and Americans eat more of ’em than anything except potatoes.

S1.E2 Berries Bust Out We take a look at how berries have evolved in 20 short years from a treat to a nutritional powerhouse that has revolutionized eating habits – and the agricultural landscape.

S1.E6 Sweetpotato Is One Word, Part 1 Quick, how do you spell sweetpotato? If you think we just did it wrong, think again – that’s the scientific way. And if you grow sweetpotatoes in North Carolina, it matters.

S1.E7 Sweetpotato Is One Word, Part 2 Tobacco was the crop that built North Carolina agriculture. Sweetpotatoes like the same land, the same equipment, the same workers – it was a natural transition.

S1.E8 Deadline: Florida Citrus, Part 1 We take oranges, grapefruit, lemons and limes for granted. They’re always there when we want ’em. But did you have any idea that in just a few years they may all be gone?

S1.E9 Deadline: Florida Citrus, Part 2 Citrus is an endangered species and Florida growers have a choice: Stand and fight, quit, or adapt. We’ll introduce you to people who’ve taken every one of those paths.

S1.E12 Sweet Vidalia, Part 1 The legendary Vidalia Onion might be the greatest accident in the history of ag. It’s hard to imagine living without ’em now, but they actually didn’t even exist until the 1930s.

S2.E2 Farming’s New Research Jewel We stopped at the $140 million Steve Troxler Agricultural Sciences Center for a tour of a five-acre campus that is likely the world’s finest ag research facility.

S3.E12 The Buzz About Bees About a third of all crops require direct pollination by bees, including 70 of the top 100 primary sources of our food. Take away the bees, you take away the food.

S4.E9 Simple As Corn, Part 2 Corn is one of the world’s staple crops, so important it sustains about half the world’s population. And there’s nowhere in America they know more about sweet corn than in the great state of Wisconsin.

S4.E11 There’s No Such Thing As The 5-Second Rule People have no idea the lengths the ag industry goes to doing the best possible job of keeping food safe – and that happens across the supply chain. Despite what you’d think from the headlines, most foodborne illnesses are our own fault.

S4.E13 Fruit Or Vegetable? We all know what we think is a fruit and what’s a vegetable. Pretty clear, right? Wrong. Sure you probably know about a tomato – everybody knows that even though it seems like a veggie – it’s actually a fruit, and there are many more in a similar boat.

S5.E3 Bye Bye Bananas A couple of things you don’t know about bananas: Number 1, you’re opening ’em all wrong. Number 2, in less than 10 years, they’ll all be gone. Unless…

S5.E5 They Grow Potato Chips? Part 1 Ever think about where your potato chips come from? Potatoes grow all over, but in the summer, including the 4th of July, much of the East Coast’s chips come from a tiny part of NE North Carolina.

S5.E6 They Grow Potato Chips? Part 2 In Part 2, meet more NC potato growers and see how their taters are sorted and packed. Plus, get introduced to national reps and the man taking his North Carolina potatoes all the way to Cuba!

Sweetpotatoes

S1.E6 Sweetpotato Is One Word, Part 1 Quick, how do you spell sweetpotato? If you think we just did it wrong, think again – that’s the scientific way. And if you grow sweetpotatoes in North Carolina, it matters.

S1.E7 Sweetpotato Is One Word, Part 2 Tobacco was the crop that built North Carolina agriculture. Sweetpotatoes like the same land, the same equipment, the same workers – it was a natural transition.

Universities

Chip Carter, Franciso Diez-Gonzalez, Director and Professor at the UGA Center for Food Safety, and graduate research assistant in the lab.

S1.E8 Deadline: Florida Citrus, Part 1 We take oranges, grapefruit, lemons and limes for granted. They’re always there when we want ’em. But did you have any idea that in just a few years they may all be gone?

S1.E9 Deadline: Florida Citrus, Part 2 Citrus is an endangered species and Florida growers have a choice: Stand and fight, quit, or adapt. We’ll introduce you to people who’ve taken every one of those paths.

S2.E3 Where The Food Came From, Part 1 You think farming’s hard now? You should have been there in 1870. Chip Carter found a time machine for a trip to the Georgia Museum of Agricultural in Tifton, GA. Travel back in time and experience what would have been a typical day for a farmer 150 years ago!

S2.E4 Where The Food Came From, Part 2 Chip is still back in time working, and he is tired. No wonder, a blacksmith’s forge, finishing the turpentine process, a ride with train engineers and grinding corn will do it.

S3.E12 The Buzz About Bees About a third of all crops require direct pollination by bees, including 70 of the top 100 primary sources of our food. Take away the bees, you take away the food.

S4.E4 Clemson Blue In 1941, Clemson University started making blue cheese. Little did they know it would become world-famous. We follow the milk from Hickory Hill to the university campus and join in the cheese-making fun.

S4.E11 There’s No Such Thing As The 5-Second Rule People have no idea the lengths the ag industry goes to doing the best possible job of keeping food safe – and that happens across the supply chain. Despite what you’d think from the headlines, most foodborne illnesses are our own fault.

S4.E13 Fruit Or Vegetable? We all know what we think is a fruit and what’s a vegetable. Pretty clear, right? Wrong. Sure you probably know about a tomato – everybody knows that even though it seems like a veggie – it’s actually a fruit, and there are many more in a similar boat.

S5.E5 They Grow Potato Chips? Part 1 Ever think about where your potato chips come from? Potatoes grow all over, but in the summer, including the 4th of July, much of the East Coast’s chips come from a tiny part of NE North Carolina.

S5.E6 They Grow Potato Chips? Part 2 In Part 2, meet more NC potato growers and see how their taters are sorted and packed. Plus, get introduced to national reps and the man taking his North Carolina potatoes all the way to Cuba!

S5.E12 Legacy Founded in 1882, Virginia State University was one of the nation’s first Historically Black Colleges and Universities. In this special episode, we look at the impact and legacy of VSU and HBCUs on American agriculture.

S5.E13 Urban Opportunity Farming isn’t just in the country. In this episode, VSU alum Tyrone Cherry of Petersburg is Growing brings agriculture to urban Petersburg, VA, where kids learn hands-on, entrepreneurs launch ag-businesses, and the community enjoys fresh food via a mobile pantry.

Water Buffalo

Chip Carter nose to nose with a Water Buffalo

S3.E1 Where The (Water) Buffalo Roam A trip to Italy led to a dream to recreate Italian buffala mozzarella cheese and gelato from water buffalo here in the U.S. And we got up close and personal with the herd!

Regenerative Farming

Chip discussing a table of assorted beans and tropical fruits.

S1.E3 Farming Like It’s 1699 Nat Bradford’s family has been farming the same land in South Carolina for 200 years. The Bradford’s – the only labor force – are committed to keeping the family legacy alive.

S2.E11 Heart & Soul, Part 1 Farmers are committed to serving and giving back to their communities. Meet the amazing crew of Ripe For Revival, a touring pantry serving the communities needing it the most.

S4.E1 Still Farming Like It’s 1699 Back in the third ever episode of WTFCF, we visited a remarkable farming family still growing the same crops their ancestors had for 200 years. We decided to check back in with the Bradfords to see what’s changed.

S4.E12 Beans Ahoy! Josh Johnson is a regenerative farmer in South Carolina who was determined to recover his family legacy. Now his Old Tyme Bean Co. specializes in long-lost or hard-to-find delights.

S5.E7 New Old-School Farming There’s something amazing going on near the Florida Everglades. Farmers are growing crops without irrigation, even in the blistering southwestern part of the Sunshine State.

S5.E8 Tropical Fruit Salad Papayas, mangoes, coconuts, and bananas seem impossible to grow together in the U.S., yet at Peace River Organics they thrive naturally; no fertilizer, pesticide, or even water!

S5.E13 Urban Opportunity Farming isn’t just in the country. In this episode, VSU alum Tyrone Cherry of Petersburg is Growing brings agriculture to urban Petersburg, VA, where kids learn hands-on, entrepreneurs launch ag-businesses, and the community enjoys fresh food via a mobile pantry.

Seafood

S3.E7 Farming The Seas We know our dirt farmers have tough jobs. We thought the same might be true for fishermen in the wild-caught industry. We were right.

Tomatoes

Chip in Red Sun Farms tomato greenhouse.

S1.E1 Tomato Time They’re America’s second favorite… vegetable? Fruit? Tomatoes are a fruit – technically a berry – and Americans eat more of ’em than anything except potatoes.

S2.E1 Tomatoes From The Ceiling Have you ever wondered how we’re going to grow food on the moon? Or Mars? Or just find ways to reduce food miles and food waste here at home? High-tech greenhouses are looking like the answer.

Urban Farming

Petersburg is Growing food/produce truck.

S1.E4 A Mushrooming Business From Home Joe grows hundreds of thousands of gourmet mushrooms in his home laboratory. Ironically, when he started, he didn’t even care for mushrooms.

S1.E5 Farming In A Box Farming doesn’t just happen in the country – there’s an urban agricultural revolution afoot and Brick Street Farms in St. Petersburg, FL is doing it on a 1/3 acre asphalt lot.

S5.E4 Baseball, News, And Chickens? We keep telling you farming happens everywhere – in the country, of course, but also in cities and suburbs, on rooftops, in parking lots, and apparently the backyard of a network news anchor and her MLB star and broadcast husband.

S5.E8 Tropical Fruit Salad Papayas, mangoes, coconuts, and bananas seem impossible to grow together in the U.S., yet at Peace River Organics they thrive naturally; no fertilizer, pesticide, or even water!

S5.E13 Urban Opportunity Farming isn’t just in the country. In this episode, VSU alum Tyrone Cherry of Petersburg is Growing brings agriculture to urban Petersburg, VA, where kids learn hands-on, entrepreneurs launch ag-businesses, and the community enjoys fresh food via a mobile pantry.

Women in Agriculture

Chip and Marieke in the Gouda cheese room.

S1.E6 Sweetpotato Is One Word, Part 1 Quick, how do you spell sweetpotato? If you think we just did it wrong, think again – that’s the scientific way. And if you grow sweetpotatoes in North Carolina, it matters.

S1.E7 Sweetpotato Is One Word, Part 2 Tobacco was the crop that built North Carolina agriculture. Sweetpotatoes like the same land, the same equipment, the same workers – it was a natural transition.

S3.E1 Where The (Water) Buffalo Roam A trip to Italy led to a dream to recreate Italian buffala mozzarella cheese and gelato from water buffalo here in the U.S. And we got up close and personal with the herd!

S3.E2 Gypsy’s Place If you’re near Raleigh, NC, don’t miss the State Farmers Market restaurant. Gypsy Gilliam has run it for 20+ years, serving dishes made almost entirely from North Carolina-grown ingredients, many sourced right from the market.

S3.E3 Stuckey’s: An American Icon Reborn Stuckey’s once dominated the American roadside. Now a new generation is bringing back a legendary name by teaming up with pecan farmers.

S5.E1 Gouda Nuff Marieka Penterman is the fourth-ever female Grandmaster Cheesemaker in Wisconsin. Join us in Wisconsin for a lesson in Dutch cheese mastery!

S5.E4 Baseball, News, And Chickens? We keep telling you farming happens everywhere – in the country, of course, but also in cities and suburbs, on rooftops, in parking lots, and apparently the backyard of a network news anchor and her MLB star and broadcast husband.

S5.E12 Legacy Founded in 1882, Virginia State University was one of the nation’s first Historically Black Colleges and Universities. In this special episode, we look at the impact and legacy of VSU and HBCUs on American agriculture.

Restaurant

Beautiful stack of Fresh Air BBQ sandwhiches.

S3.E2 Gypsy’s Place If you’re near Raleigh, NC, don’t miss the State Farmers Market restaurant. Gypsy Gilliam has run it for 20+ years, serving dishes made almost entirely from North Carolina-grown ingredients, many sourced right from the market.

S3.E7 Farming The Seas We know our dirt farmers have tough jobs. We thought the same might be true for fishermen in the wild-caught industry. We were right.

S4.E7 Cooking With Fire We discovered barbecue before we even discovered how to tame fire. And once we figured out how to make fire on purpose – and control it – nothing changed the world more.

Seeds

S1.E3 Farming Like It’s 1699 Nat Bradford’s family has been farming the same land in South Carolina for 200 years. The Bradford’s – the only labor force – are committed to keeping the family legacy alive.

S1.E6 Sweetpotato Is One Word, Part 1 Quick, how do you spell sweetpotato? If you think we just did it wrong, think again – that’s the scientific way. And if you grow sweetpotatoes in North Carolina, it matters.

S1.E7 Sweetpotato Is One Word, Part 2 Tobacco was the crop that built North Carolina agriculture. Sweetpotatoes like the same land, the same equipment, the same workers – it was a natural transition.

S1.E8 Deadline: Florida Citrus, Part 1 We take oranges, grapefruit, lemons and limes for granted. They’re always there when we want ’em. But did you have any idea that in just a few years they may all be gone?

S1.E9 Deadline: Florida Citrus, Part 2 Citrus is an endangered species and Florida growers have a choice: Stand and fight, quit, or adapt. We’ll introduce you to people who’ve taken every one of those paths.

S1.E12 Sweet Vidalia, Part 1 The legendary Vidalia Onion might be the greatest accident in the history of ag. It’s hard to imagine living without ’em now, but they actually didn’t even exist until the 1930s.

S4.E1 Still Farming Like It’s 1699 Back in the third ever episode of WTFCF, we visited a remarkable farming family still growing the same crops their ancestors had for 200 years. We decided to check back in with the Bradfords to see what’s changed.

S4.E8 Simple As Corn, Part 1 We head to Wisconsin for this one to introduce you to a 12-year-old corn farmer, a 95-year-old corn farmer, and a researcher who built a better corn that’s helping both.

S4.E9 Simple As Corn, Part 2 Corn is one of the world’s staple crops, so important it sustains about half the world’s population. And there’s nowhere in America they know more about sweet corn than in the great state of Wisconsin.

Transportation & Logistics

S1.E10 A Little T & L Where the food comes from doesn’t much matter if you can’t get it from there to where it needs to be. Enter transportation & logistics.

S2.E11 Heart & Soul, Part 1 Farmers are committed to serving and giving back to their communities. Meet the amazing crew of Ripe For Revival, a touring pantry serving the communities needing it the most.

S3.E11 Why Is There A Seaport In A Show About Farming? We think of endless lines of trucks bringing in produce from Central and South America, it certainly happens. But for longer trips, larger loads, nothing beats shipping by sea.

Vegetables

Box garden in backyard with tomatoes and squash.

S1.E3 Farming Like It’s 1699 Nat Bradford’s family has been farming the same land in South Carolina for 200 years. The Bradford’s – the only labor force – are committed to keeping the family legacy alive.

S1.E11 Eat Your Veggies (And Greens!) Fruits and veggies are in full swing in Florida in the coldest months of the year – we start this episode in the Everglades February and by July we found ourselves in North Carolina.

S3.E8 Eat Your Broccoli Broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower are some of the healthiest veggies on Earth – but in the field they look like they’re from another planet.

S4.E1 Still Farming Like It’s 1699 Back in the third ever episode of WTFCF, we visited a remarkable farming family still growing the same crops their ancestors had for 200 years. We decided to check back in with the Bradfords to see what’s changed.

S5.E4 Baseball, News, And Chickens? We keep telling you farming happens everywhere – in the country, of course, but also in cities and suburbs, on rooftops, in parking lots, and apparently the backyard of a network news anchor and her MLB star and broadcast husband.

Robotics

Cow being milked by robotic milker.

S1.E2 Berries Bust Out We take a look at how berries have evolved in 20 short years from a treat to a nutritional powerhouse that has revolutionized eating habits – and the agricultural landscape.

S4.E3 Robot Dairy The machines do all the work at Hickory Hill Milk in South Carolina and the pampered cows get on-demand service.

Stevia

Splenda Stevia Farm sign.

S4.E5 Splenda’s New American Dream What does Splenda have to do with farming? Well, sweeteners like monk fruit and stevia are plant-based; they’re just not sugar. And those plants are grown on farms.

Tropical Fruits & Vegetables

Matthew Reece of Peace River Organics pointing to coconuts in a tree.

S5.E3 Bye Bye Bananas A couple of things you don’t know about bananas: Number 1, you’re opening ’em all wrong. Number 2, in less than 10 years, they’ll all be gone. Unless…

S5.E7 New Old-School Farming There’s something amazing going on near the Florida Everglades. Farmers are growing crops without irrigation, even in the blistering southwestern part of the Sunshine State.

S5.E8 Tropical Fruit Salad Papayas, mangoes, coconuts, and bananas seem impossible to grow together in the U.S., yet at Peace River Organics they thrive naturally; no fertilizer, pesticide, or even water!

Watermelon

Chip handling a watermelon in the field.

S1.E3 Farming Like It’s 1699 Nat Bradford’s family has been farming the same land in South Carolina for 200 years. The Bradford’s – the only labor force – are committed to keeping the family legacy alive.

S3.E6 The Watermelon Capital Of The World There’s an organization that measures the world’s sweetest watermelons each year. Cordele, GA always wins – Watermelon frames the culture this small town.