Tomatoes From The Ceiling: 50-Foot Vines Come To TVRed Sun Farms Finds Ways To Get A Leg Up On Mother NatureDUBLIN, VA — You can’t help but notice as you’re passing by on a rural highway – that structure? That huge, imposing, gleaming glass edifice seemingly rising out of nowhere in the Virginia...
Florida Citrus Growers Head Indoors To SurviveGrowing Undercover One Approach To Beating Lethal Greening DiseaseDUNDEE, FL — For many years, a well-known television commercial proclaimed, “A day without Florida orange juice is like a day without sunshine.” The eve of that once-unthinkable day may...
Splenda’s Florida Stevia Farm Opens New Door for U.S. FarmersFirst In The U.S. Program Comes To National TVLAKE PANASOFFKEE, FL — A sea of uniform green plants interspersed with occasional patches of Florida sand stretches as far as the eye can see across a spring morning here, looking for all the...
Making Clemson U’s World-Famous Blue Cheese On National TVLegendary Program Heads To The AirwavesCLEMSON, SC — It’s a few minutes before 4 o’clock. In the morning. The sky has yet to be interrupted by so much as a hint of dawn. Cheese Maker Anthony Pounders already stands tapping his toe, holding...
Clemson Alum’s Robot Dairy Means No Human HandsRevolutionary Approach Leads to National TV AppearanceEDGEFIELD, SC — A cow grazes contentedly on a mix of high-quality feed in the cool comfort of what may be the world’s most luxurious dairy barn. Done dining, she makes her way to the automated...
Old School Florida Lives On At Sunsational FarmsHeirloom Crops and Ancient Ways Lead to TV AppearanceUMATILLA, FL — There used to be an eternal summertime feeling to Florida, a sense that school was always out and work could wait. It was especially real if you were vacationing from out of state...
There’s something familiar about the Bradford Family farm off the beaten path here near Sumter, something ancient, something comforting. But there’s also something that’s nearly unique in this day and age of modern agriculture where bigger is better. It’s so special the Bradfords are the subject of this week’s episode of The RFD-TV Network’s (DirecTV, Dish, Sling, cable) popular series Where The Food Comes From. Titled “Still Farming Like It’s 1699” the program airs Friday Feb. 23 at 9:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. EST.
You think you know the difference between a fruit and a vegetable. But you probably don't. We met with Dr. Tim Coolong of the University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences to find out what's really what. You can see the full results in our gameshow in the whole episode....
Welcome to everybody’s favorite gameshow, Fruit…Or…Veggie! Okay, it’s not a real gameshow, but as you’ll see, it could be. 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...
Sometimes there is not a cutesy way or shock factor to lead into a Behind-The-Scenes -- not every story's like that and this, my friends, is one of those. The adjectives I will use are beautiful, a bit mind-blowing, and a surprise ending doesn’t hurt either. I know, kind of a strange combination...
