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America's Heartland
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Season 2
Episode 17
America’s cowboy heritage is present in fiction and real life, but the main pursuit has always been agriculture. Learn the cowboy profession at a Cowboy College! One week in January each year, thousands of cowboys share their lives as range rhymers. Experience cowboy art as it captures a period of American history. Who was the first American author to capture the grit and spirit of the West?
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Farm stays shows city kids rural life. Mushroom pasta recipe. Dairy turns cow manure into energy.
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Oregon farm raises tulips. Protecting pollinating bees. Man saves and restores old barns.
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Sweet potatoes become popular vodka. “Sassy” cows help create special cheese and ice cream.
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Cactus farm finds success. Georgia peanut harvest. “Mule Days” draws fans of the farm animal.
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“Big Apple” harvest in New York. Ohio family sells crops overseas. Tasty new carrot soup recipe.
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U.S. winter “salad bowl.” Florida farmers feed the hungry. Montana growers raise gluten-free crops.
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Rice farmer sells directly to consumers. Virginia corn grower reaps nation’s largest harvest.
