Maryland

The main event of a week-long focus on cute calves, happy heifers, cuddly cows, bubbly bulls and the farm families that care for them. See why Maryland farmers are growing particular breeds. Walk a minute in a cattle farmer's shoes and learn why Maryland has lost hundreds of dairy farms over the past 10 years. Al Spoler hits the ice cream trail for a tasty treat.

Becca and Rosaline, two sisters living worlds apart in Manchester and London, receive the worst news imaginable about their mother, Mary.

Becca and Rosaline wake up to their new reality in Mary’s home on the Isle of Man, reeling from the shock of learning of their mother’s infidelity and cause of death.

Everything comes to a head as Richard and Jim descend on Bayview, Mary’s house in the Isle of Man. Whilst the family tries to heal and reconnect, the fallout from Mary’s actions continue to reverberate.

Sisters bond over showing cattle; new technology helps apply fertilizer; growing poultry with solar power. Also: Al Spoler samples maple syrup.

Farmers adapt to local development; grower connects farmers and environmentalists; keeping chicken litter on the farm. Also: Al Spoler enjoys a bison burger.

Farmers donate to the Maryland Food Bank; growing Maryland mushrooms; high school class in a barn. Also: Al Spoler finds the perfect holiday dessert.

The Season 3 premiere spotlights the use of drone aircraft to improve farming. Also: a horse dentist; soil scientists; and soil conservation past and present.

Agricultural irrigation; Worcester County's Chesapeake Bay Dairy, which uses land preservation, buffer strips and cover crops to reduce its environmental impact; and John Isabelle Acres Farm in Prince George's County.

Imperfect produce; a large urban farm in Baltimore; heritage Narragansett turkeys; and fish peppers. Also: poultry farmer Jenny Rhodes is profiled.

The Season 4 premiere explores the challenges of raising and riding rodeo bulls. Also: a satellite-aided farm; alpacas; and

A custom feed business; beef cattle breeds; and plants for green roofs.

Young farmers who cultivate the farm-restaurant tradition. Also: a pea harvest.

Agricultural statistics, Navy vet farmer, and hydroponic lettuce.

Wool to yarn, milk to cheese, and barley to beer.

Hatching chicks, Operation CatSnip, and adopted piglets.

Tractor pull, invasive blue catfish, and breeding bees.

The making of a locally-grown Thanksgiving meal.

Syrup to cereal, dairy industry struggles, and a farmer-conservationist.

Organic potting mix, farm to farmers market, manure management, and Lithuanian sausage.

Rockfish, breeding mealworms, rural internet access, and meal kits with local ingredients.

Century farm, Baltimore urban farm, 92-year-old equine vet, and purple snow peas.

An award-winning hay farmer, precision agriculture, and the Old Wye Grist Mill.

Goats for Hire; Greenhouse Donates Produce; Farmer Grows Healthy

Restoring streams, healthy soil fights climate change, and buying local helps the planet.

Planting Special: growing corn, seedless watermelons, and aquaponic lettuce.

The 2021 cicada swarm, Black Dirt Farm Collective, and growing beets.

What Animals Eat: making chicken feed, grass-fed dairy, and homemade dog food.

Veterans continue to serve their country through farming. Plus, brunch on The Local Buy.

A farm earns an award. We revisit the Grimmel Girls. Al visits John Brown Butchery.

A farmer fundraises for Ukraine. An altruistic partnership. The Local Buy: microgreens.

Moon Valley Farm, development of a climate resistant CSA farm, summer blueberry sampling.

Stomach-friendly A2 milk; CSA and Education center; Chef Chu whips up an amazing meal.

Volunteers plant 5000 trees, microgreens growing popularity, and a lavender farm visit.

Joanne heads to Dickerson MD where she meets the Baker family of Deere Valley Farm just in time for the winter wheat harvest.

Beginning of a 4H Journey; Baltimore's Futuristic Fish Farm; Chef Steve Chu Takes to the Street.

Eastern Shore Super Crop; A Legacy of Advocacy; Chef Kurt Peter Makes Pan Seared Soft Crab.

A Japanese Cow in Maryland; Milking Robot Saves Dairy Farm; Al Visits Baltimore's Flower Mart.

Mike Greaves: Farm Mechanic; A Tree Farm for Baltimore City; Cookin' Up Blue Catfish & Grits.

A Bonus Cover Crop program offers farmers a tailored approach to the challenges they face in the fields. Then, burned out from the courtroom grind, three D.C. lawyers built a high-tech hydroponic greenhouse that's flipping the script on lettuce, land use, and the future of farming. And, Al Spoler visits the oldest goat dairy farm in the state of Maryland.