Growing citrus under cover in giant screened in enclosures has huge advantages — no scars, no blemishes, no lethal citrus greening disease. But it is a huge investment obviously. So what happens when there's a storm? What's if it's a hurricane? The answers are a bit surprising!
Treacherous walking conditions – with sand so soft and fissures so wide you can get swallowed up, trees that resemble skeletons, and smoldering fires. Are we in a war zone? You would think so, but we are not. Where the Food Comes From visited Dundee Citrus in Dundee, FL on October 27. Not your...
We made the pilot episode for Where The Food Comes From four years ago, telling the stories of how Florida citrus growers have tried to stand their ground against a lethal disease called greening that’s wiped out half of Florida groves in the last 20 years. We focused not on the loss, but on the...
It’s not Room 222, remember the comedy-drama that ran from 1969 – 1974? Turns out it is actually Room 210 at Clemson University. The time is 4 a.m. What a ghastly hour! So what were we doing here? Hold onto your hair nets - making blue cheese of course with Clemson Cheese Master Anthony Pounders!...
It's in there — those rich blue veins in creamy cheese that make you either love it or loathe it — but how does it get there? The "blue" in blue cheese is mold, of course — not ordinarily something we want to see in our food. But in the cheese world, sometimes mold's your best friend. This bonus...
In the last episode, we took you to Hickory Hill Milk in Edgefield, SC to show you their robotic dairy and tell you about their super-premium creamline milk (you still gotta shake it up!). Now we’ll follow that milk from Hickory Hill to Clemson University where we’ll turn it into amazing blue...
The coffee break. A time where people in an office environment can leave their designated work space and grab that hot cup of java for a midmorning boost. My guess is chatting and catching up on the latest television shows is part of it, too. But with so many people working from home, including...
Robots milking cows? It's a thing — very much like the robotic arms that you see in auto manufacturing plants. But these robots are so gentle the ladies never seem to notice. In fact, it's just part of the pampering the herd at Hickory Hill Milk gets 24/7. Which is all part of making it the finest...
The machines do all the work at Hickory Hill Milk in South Carolina and the pampered cows get on-demand service. They make a premium creamline milk you still have to shake. It's so good it's used in world-famous Clemson blue cheese. The Dorn Family are multi-generational dairy people in South...
Many years ago, more than I care to count, Interstate 95 became my family's pipeline from New Jersey to our favorite haven. We would pass South of the Border, the legendary South Carolina tourist attraction, but never stopped. What we were waiting for was the sign: Welcome to Florida! The welcome...
