America's Heartland.

America's Heartland

Much of the food Americans eat is produced by farmers and ranchers in the country's heartland, but many people don't know how it's produced. "America's Heartland" provides information about the people and processes responsible for the availability of food and fuel across the country and around the world. The show's reporters and producers tell stories in topics that include farm families, consumer issues, animal welfare and crop sustainability. Some episodes also take the show abroad to countries such as Egypt and Taiwan, to show the impact American agriculture has on the global economy.

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UPCOMING EPISODES

Sun, 5/11 at 11:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD

An urban couple moves to the country and grows saffron; a tomato farmer adds solar panels to farmland affected by drought; new soybean varieties resist drought and disease.

Sun, 5/18 at 11:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD

Mandarins; a lettuce and herb farm that grows just about everything needed for a salad; making spanakopita with tzatziki sauce; a multigenerational family in Iowa grows soybeans.

Sun, 5/25 at 11:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD

A farmer grows dates he calls "black gold"; the sugar content of dates; a family passes their prune orchard to their daughters; cooking a spicy roasted red bell pepper pasta; a cooking school and farm for elementary school students.