AMERICA'S HEARTLAND Season 16


#1601 - North Carolina fishermen face challenges from the ocean and consumers in keeping their industry alive. Sarah Gardner heads for Arizona to meet a farmer trying to create the perfect pepper. Sharon Profis serves up a deliciously different recipe for salmon. Kristen Simoes heads for the Great Plains to sample some fine wine from Wyoming.

#1602 - Discover the historic California ranch of William Randolph Hearst, home to a special grass-fed cattle operation. Meet an Alabama woman rancher working to improve the environment. A look at the World Cattle Auctioneering Contest, and an Arkansas ranch raises big buffalo.

#1603 - Rodney Dillard returns to his family farm. Jewel shows off her Texas ranch. Michael Martin Murphey sings to support farmers and ranchers. A Mississippi farmer celebrates Blues music and his farm’s rural roots.

#1604 - Discover two maple syrup farms in New England. Come along on a huge sheep drive in the wilds of Arizona, one of the last of its kind in the nation. An Oregon grain operation run by one family for 150 years. Visit a historic farm in Ohio that once hosted Bogey and Bacall.

#1605 - Explore the many uses of U.S. soybeans - from materials in car seats to animal feed, bio-fuel, tasty snacks, even beauty lotions!

#1606 - Discover how American agriculture is part of our vacation plans. US food products are featured on a Carnival cruise, Amtrak train journey, and in a "flight kitchen" for tasty meals in the sky.

#1607 - An Illinois farm's "country connection" includes hosting weddings. Two Michigan sisters grow ripe red apples while protecting the environment. Discover "life on the range" with some tasty campfire cooking.

#1608 - Travel to Montana for a one-of-a-kind sheep roundup. Experience apple harvest time in New England. Discover how one farmer's soybeans end up as products in your home.

#1609 - Head south to visit a century-old South Carolina family peach farm. Cranberries are harvested in Massachusetts. Making maple syrup in Vermont, and new consumers find CA strawberries.

#1610 - Saddle up with city folk on a Utah cattle drive. Colorado female rancher works with environmentalists. Learn the cowboy life out on the range.

#1611 - In this special episode, we join U.S. growers as they discover how their grain products are used in Egypt and Morocco. American ranchers also help a Moroccan farmer raise healthier cattle.

#1612 - Celebrate Americans working together to make a difference: overcoming hardships and disabilities to continue working the land. It's a cross-country look at Heartland Heroes.

#1613 - Utah eco-friendly ranch family is honored; young Nebraska couple begins farming; research leads to better chicken for consumers; New England company restores historic barns.