Joanne Clendining
Self
Maryland Farm & Harvest (2013)
Season 1
Hosted by Joanne Clendining, Maryland Farm & Harvest takes viewers around the state to see and experience what it's like to run a 21st century farm – from technological advances and conservation challenges to age-old complications such as weather hardships. MF&H also captures the number one reason why planters and growers dedicate themselves to it all: their simple love of farming.
Released Nov. 19, 2013
Episode 27 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, History, Reality
Keywords: tmdb.farm, tmdb.maryland, tmdb.public-television, tmdb.local-farmers, tmdb.local-television, imdb.agriculture, imdb.farming, imdb.maryland
Production Companies: Maryland Public Television
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Episode 101
Maryland's elite cow embryos; rebuilding a farm following a devastating loss; a new generation of farmer works to save the Chesapeake; locally-raised Thanksgiving turkeys.
Nov. 19, 2013, midnight
S1E2 - Episode 102
A snapdragon farm in Harford County; and a 5th-generation Kent County farm family that grows radishes to help clean up the bay. Also: Annie's Project; heirloom tomatoes grown and sold locally.
Nov. 26, 2013, midnight
S1E3 - Episode 103
One of Maryland's largest swine farms; cutting-edge farm technologies; a Frederick County organic dairy farm; tobacco barn heritage; selecting peppers.
Dec. 3, 2013, midnight
S1E4 - Episode 104
Spotlighting farmers and their conservation practices.
Dec. 10, 2013, midnight
S1E5 - Episode 105
Maryland's Ice Cream Trail; the big business of plant nurseries; Frederick County's high-end hay for race horses; county fairs; sweet corn.
Dec. 17, 2013, midnight
S1E6 - Episode 106
New life at the Maryland State Fair; a Frederick farmer that grows barley for beer; livestock auctions; organic produce.
Dec. 24, 2013, midnight
S1E7 - Episode 107
Innovative farm technologies that reduce local pollution; farmers growing hops for beer; watermelon farming. Also: the history of shipping Maryland grain; farm-made cheese.
Dec. 31, 2013, midnight
S1E8 - Episode 108
Airplanes that plant seeds for cover crops; and a hi-tech poultry house. Also: Al Spoler with grilling techniques.
Jan. 7, 2014, midnight
S1E9 - Episode 109
Sheep cheese; timing the corn harvest to increase profits; 4-H's robotics and photography. Also: Al Spoler spotlights Maryland beef cattle.
Jan. 14, 2014, midnight
S1E10 - Episode 110
Life after tobacco farming; sunflowers brighten a Harford County farm. Also: Al Spoler visits Catoctin Mountain Orchard.
Jan. 21, 2014, midnight
S1E11 - Episode 111
Maryland apples shipped overseas; the challenges of growing at 3200 feet in Garrett County; and a city farmer expands to the countryside. Also: Maryland pork.
Jan. 28, 2014, midnight
S1E12 - Episode 112
Agritourists in Talbot County; life's simple pleasures at Queen Anne's County Fair; and root vegetable stew with Al Spoler and John Shields.
Feb. 4, 2014, midnight
S1E13 - Episode 113
Maryland soy beans treasured by the Japanese; the fall and rebirth of Maryland's thoroughbred horse industry; and new technology that allows farming at night. Also: year round Maryland greens.
Feb. 11, 2014, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 27 min.
Season Runtime: 567 min.
Released: Nov. 19, 2013
Last Air Date: March 5, 2024, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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