Travelers on Interstate 75 running through central Georgia see a site that often makes them pull over and stop — a giant Titan missile stretching up to the sky that’s visible from the roadway off an exit for the town of Cordele. When visitors pull over for gas and a bite to eat, that’s when they...
Watermelon is grown around the world and in 44 U.S. states. It’s one of the most popular global fruits. But year-in and year-out, tiny Cordele, GA is named Watermelon Capitol of the World for the sweetness and volume of watermelon that flows from there — there’s even a giant state of a watermelon...
Picture this: a hot summers day, watermelon fields, watermelon queens and gnats. When I say hot, I mean hot! Think about what a 110-degree day feels like! And when I say gnats – I am not talking about a few – I mean a gazillion gnats! Not one of the best situations to film in. Oh well, “The show...
Most kids today are obsessed with the digital world — it's all about the screens they sit in front of, hold in their hands, or carry in their pockets. It seems like an evolutionary time — maybe they'll be the next generation of rocket scientists. But who's going to work on the farm and keep us...
We hear a lot about the decline of the true family farm these days — it’s become a world of specialization and big agriculture. Even though most of those companies are still family owned, they’re not exactly the picture of a family farm we have in our minds. Meet the Gibbs Family. They live...
Where The Food Comes From is no stranger to visiting family farms. Remember the Bradford family all the way back to Season 1, Episode 3: Farming Like It's 1699? At Nat’s place we walked the okra field, ate it as we picked it and the taste was incredible. His collard greens are so tender you can...
Our goal in this episode was to show some of the support infrastructure it takes to keep farmers going. But we wanted to make sure we had some farmers there, too, like Rob Glover. Glover is a third-generation farmer who grows a variety of fruits and veggies, selling through normal channels and his...
We took you to the amazing North Carolina State Farmers Market and Restaurant in Episode 2 of this season, “Gypsy’s Place.” What you didn’t know then is that we had some very important guests joining us for lunch that day. Our goal was to show some of the support infrastructure it takes to keep...
We think of Stuckey's as a candy company, or a beloved icon from America's past. Actually, it's a farming company, and always has been — pecans, to be particular. In 1937, W.S. Stuckey started selling pecans in Southeast Georgia. Shortly thereafter, he opened a roadside stand. His wife Ethel soon...
There was a time you couldn't get on the wide open roads of America and not see a Stuckey's store. Loaded with treats beyond imagination that you just couldn't get anywhere else, Stuckey's quickly became an American icon after it launched in 1937. At the peak of the empire there were almost 400...
