New Old-School Farming In Punta Gorda: Tropical Fruit With No Water?PUNTA GORDA, FL — Across the road from Matthew Reece’s Peace River Organics farm sits an ancient Florida forest; lush vegetation, green even in dry 95-degree weather, half-jungle, hundreds-of-years-old and part of an ecosystem...
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 –...
Donna Sanders is the script supervisor, field producer and food editor for Where The Food Comes From. This is her Behind-The-Scenes look at our day filming with Peace River Organics in Punta Gorda, Florida.Ah, South Florida in the spring. Beautiful blue skies, greenery as far as the eye can see,...
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...
Donna Sanders is the script supervisor, field producer and food editor for Where The Food Comes From. This is her Behind-The-Scenes look at our day filming at Heart of Palms Ranch in Fort Myers, Florida.A meeting of the minds. When I think about that phrase, I imagine a whole bunch of people...
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. Even more amazing, they’re practicing agriculture the way people have done it for thousands of years – with just a few...
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,...
Donna Sanders is the script supervisor, field producer and food editor for Where The Food Comes From. This is her behind-the-scenes look at our three days filming with North Carolina potato farmers.Potatoes, potatoes everywhere but not one around to eat – at least from the fields - this time. For...
You were probably surprised in Part 1 of this episode to find out that your 4th of July potato chips come from a small area of North Carolina. What you won’t believe, is where the farmers who grow them are going from here. In Part 2 of this one, we’ll meet some more of the great growers who make...
