Weekly update on America’s Heartland series.
If you visit the websites listed below, you can videostream the episodes
in your classroom – no $$$/fees involved. Likewise, you can contact
America’s Heartland and order an individual episode or an entire season.
Ask for a teacher discount.
http://www.americasheartland.org/shop/index.htm
I have worksheets that I have made for all episodes in this series:
101-120, 201-220, 301-322, 401-410. Please email and I will be happy to
send you up to around 5 worksheets at a time as an attachment.
* NOTE - The worksheets are using the font: ZapfHumnst BF and are best
viewed using this font.
Season 4 – Episode 410
http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_410/index.htm
* Meat goat farming in Illinois
* Cheese-making in Wisconsin, the Mars Cheese Castle
* Kansas City Farmer’s Market
* Vermont diner serving local food
Season 4 – Episode 409 – How bad weather affects agriculture
http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_409/index.htm
* Nebraska winter wheat farmer, crop diversity, GPS systems
* Farrier training at Kentucky Horseshoeing School…using cadaver legs!
* National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame in Kansas
* Quirky agricultural art, etc. in Kansas
Season 4 – Episode 408 – How bad weather affects agriculture
http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_408/index.htm
* 2008 Flooding in the Midwest – soybeans, alfalfa
* Farmers in CA and AL deal with wildfires and drought
* MO nursery/greenhouse business - bedding plants, houseplants, tomatoes
* Agricultural Weather Information Services (AWIS) - tracks weather for
farmers
Season 4 – Episode 407
http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_407/index.htm
* Oysterman off Florida coast
* Wine production in Texas
* Illinois horseradish festival/farming
* California lemon growers
Season 4 – Episode 406
http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_406/index.htm
*18 year old farmer in Wesport, Mass– just getting started
*Associated Milk Producers Inc. butter production plant in Minnesota
*Portrait photographer Paul Mobley captures images of farmers and
ranchers
*Stuckmeyer’s – Farmer’s market and greenhouse operation in Missouri
Season 4 – Episode 405
http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_405/index.htm
*Young Arizona ranchers diversifying into agritourism, timber, etc. to
keep their ranch
*Dairy co-op in Rhode Island helps put farmers back in the black
*Diversified farm in Missouri profits from agritourism, innkeeping, and
educating about the rural life
*Schell Brewery in MN – manufacture of beer and rootbeer
Season 4 - Episode 404
http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_404/index.htm
*Wind turbine "farm" in Texas
*Rice production
*Metrolina automated greenhouse (floriculture) in NC
*Harness racing horses in solar stables
Season 4 - Episode 403
http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_403/index.htm
*Large Animal/Food Supply Veterinarian - shortage
*Shearing Sheep in new Mexico
*Equine veterinary research at UC Davis
*Tupelo honey in Florida
Season 4 - Episode 402
http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_402/index.htm
*Poultry farm that processes poultry waste as its main source of fuel
*Uses for soybeans - foams
*Walnut farm in CA that generates energy from walnut waste
*Cheese "factory" in California
Season 4 - Episode 401
http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_401/index.htm
*Growing Cotton in Texas
*Forestry in West Virginia
*Lavender Farm in California
*Agricultural Artist (painter)
- Libby Lintel
Libby Lintel
Horticulture Teacher
Kennesaw Mountain High School
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