Bananas and coconuts aren't exactly easy to harvest and use. Bananas come in giant bunches that take some muscle to haul away. And of course, coconuts are a bear to get into. Unless you know what you're doing. The tools of the trade make all the difference. And you'll never believe how much water...
Papayas, mangoes, coconuts and bananas – walking through a jungle and seeing things like that makes you think you can't possibly still be in the U.S. But you most assuredly are, in Southwest Florida, near Fort Myers, in fact. What would really surprise you is to see these things growing together –...
There were a host of visitors from around the agricultural world with us in Fort Myers, FL when we shot this episode. Most of them were working on the fruit and veggie side – agroforestry and regenerative farming are the topic of the show. But many of the same approaches apply in other areas as...
Reuben James knows a thing or two about growing potatoes – he’s been doing it longer than almost anything else in the North Carolina summer tradition that brings you your 4th of July potato chips. Six generations of Jameses have farmed this land. Reuben tells us how they used to do things, and,...
Darren Halstead is a happy potato farmer. That hasn’t always been the case. Earlier in life he was a broke who trade farm commodities on the market. Back then, his kids called him “Grumpy Dad.” No more – Darren returned to his roots and now spends his days growing potatoes in northeastern North Carolina. Hear the story of how he came to make the switch!
Atlanta power couple Elizabeth Prann, who you see on the air at NewsNation, and Darren O'Day, who pitched 15 years in the Major Leagues before joining the Atlanta Braves broadcast crew last year, have taken up farming in their backyard with their three kids. They'd have never dreamt that years ago...
We keep telling you farming happens everywhere – in the country, of course, but also in cities and suburbs, on rooftops, in parking lots... and, amazingly, in the backyards of luxurious homes like the one owned by Atlanta's O'Day family – TV news veteran Elizabeth Prann (NewsNation, Fox, CNN) and...
We know Raleigh, NC research firm ELO Life is on track to save our bananas. But the company does a lot more than that. There are a lot of naturally occurring things that aren't produced in large enough quantities to be of much benefit to us – flavorings, nutraceuticals, sweeteners. If someone...
A couple of things you don't know about bananas: Number 1, you're opening 'em all wrong. Watch monkeys and you'll see they start at what we'd call the bottom. Peeled that way, you have a nice little handle and none of those nasty strings. Number 2, in less than 10 years, they'll all be gone. A...
The big news for this episode is the homecoming of oldest son Luke Shuman to join his father, Shuman Farms CEO and Founder John Shuman, in the family business. But Luke explains that Shuman Farms is about way more than one family. That family doesn't share blood bonds – and it's always expanding.
