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America's Heartland
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Season 3
Episode 16
The Hoover Dam is critical to the American Southwest as a water and electricity resource. Meet Jack Vessey, a fourth generation grower in California’s Imperial Valley! A quarter of a million acres of leafy greens in Arizona rely on the Colorado River. Learn about an ornamental grass that may be a source for creating ethanol. It’s a race to get their part of CA’s 11 million-ton tomato harvest!
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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.
