Whats in the future for the food on your table? Arkansas' Tyson Foods Discovery Center explores new ways to use farmland commodities in dishes for homes and restaurants. The research here is a tasty approach to accommodating new taste demands from consumers. Visit http://tinyurl.com/y8twn5q to see the rest of America's Heartland: Episode 512.

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A large scale harvesting hemp in Canada. Americans should be allowed to have this crop. HEMP FOR JOBS

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Meet Connie Surber, a pig farmer from southern Ohio. In this video Connie welcomes you to take a look inside her pig barn.

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Jennifer and Andy Miller are just starting out in farming. She's a veterinarian; he's a research scientist with the University of Illinois. Both have farming backgrounds, but this is the first time the've begun their own farm operation outside Sidney, Illinois. Visit http://tinyurl.com/5nzopk to watch the entire Episode 410.

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Subscribe to our new Food Farmer Earth channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/foodfarmerearth?sub_confirmation=1 In this Friends of Family Farmer's sponsored talk, Kathy Hessler, Director of the Animal Law Clinic at Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland (Oregon), discusses the important subject of factory farms in relation to animal welfare protections under existing federal and state laws. Check out our new series: Food Farmer Earth - a journey of wide discovery about our food http://www.youtube.com/ffe Cooking Up a Story - Bringing the people behind our food to life http://cookingupastory.com Subscribe to receive the latest videos: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=foodfarmerearth Follow us: Google+ https://plus.google.com/+foodfarmerearth/posts twitter http://twitter.com/cookingupastory Facebook http://www.facebook.com/cookingupastory Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/foodfarmerearth/ Website RSS Feed http://cookingupastory.com/feed

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One pet owner went looking for upscale food for her dogs and found that she had a business opportunity staring her in the face. Visit http://tinyurl.com/bvnocv to watch the entire episode 421.

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Like the Peterson Farm Brothers songs? We do too! Check out some farmers in Ohio that are farming and growing it too!

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Sarah Gardner visits a university in Ohio launching new research and training programs to foster a change in human-animal interaction. The studies come as consumers want more information on animal welfare central to food production.

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Wisconsin has long been known as America's Dairyland. As you might expect, where you find milk, there's bound to be cheese. Jason Shoultz takes us to Wisconsin for a look at the wide varieties of cheese being created in Wisconsin. Tastes that just might surprise you. Visit http://tinyurl.com/5nzopk to watch the entire Episode 410.

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In the early 1800s, it was oxen that plowed the fields of a young nation. But a growing population demanded bigger farms. And new equipment demanded more pulling power. So big, steady European draft horses made their way to America's shores. Visit http://tinyurl.com/555tvc to watch the entire episode 414.

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Jewel is a singer/songwriter whose work has been recognized around the world. Her husband, Ty Murray, is famous in the world of rodeo bull riders. Both of them find themselves in the public eye on many occasions, but out of the spotlight they take on a different life as Texas cattle ranchers. Visit http://tinyurl.com/yzopkp3 to see the rest of episode 510.

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Zinnias are one of the most commonly cut flowers that grow with very long stems. Prepare a fluffy soil bed with plenty of compost to grow zinnias with help from an organic farmer in this free video on flower gardening. Expert: Jarrett Man Contact: stonesoupfarm.googlepages.com Bio: Jarrett Man created and runs Stone Soup Farm, an organic vegetable and fruit operation in Belchertown, Mass. Filmmaker: EquilibrioFilms Jenn

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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to a you pick farm. In this episode you will learn when you should harvest your carrots and how to get connected back to the food you eat.

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A DIY guide to making the best organic fertilizer for FREE, using Urine and Worm Tea! Don't store your urine to long, or it will start to smell. Put any excess urine on your compost pile. ( Although apparent longer term storage with tanks is possible ) NPK of typical urine is 11-1-2 but can vary depending on what you have consumed to perhaps 15-1-2. Some composting toilets actually have urine diverting systems built in enabling urine collection for fertilization purposes. Once you have mixed your worm-tea and urine simply apply with a waterer or sprayer. Worm tea acts as a natural innoculant for your plants. Informational links below: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=human-urine-is-an-effective-fertilizer http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-09/fertilizer-future-might-be-closer-we-think http://www.bigblogofgardening.com/human-urine-as-fertilizer-in-your-home-garden/ Please click the link below and subscribe! https://youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=best333willc My channel is about 10 hr Relaxing Sound Tracks, Do It Yourself Ideas, Natural Remedies, and out side the box thinking! Scotts Fertilizer

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Summer squash, which includes zucchini, is a warm-weather plant that loves the heat of the summer months. Use a rototiller to get summer squash out of the ground with help from an organic farmer in this free video on vegetable gardening and horticulture. Expert: Jarrett Man Contact: stonesoupfarm.googlepages.com Bio: Jarrett Man created and runs Stone Soup Farm, an organic vegetable and fruit operation in Belchertown, Mass. Filmmaker: EquilibrioFilms Jenn

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Almost any plant or animal can be put into a compost pile, with some examples including flowers, corn husks and grass. Find out whether corn cobs or bones can be used in compost piles with help from an organic farmer in this free video on gardening and horticulture. Expert: Jarrett Man Contact: stonesoupfarm.googlepages.com Bio: Jarrett Man created and runs Stone Soup Farm, an organic vegetable and fruit operation in Belchertown, Mass. Filmmaker: EquilibrioFilms Jenn

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One of my goals when I started this channel earlier this year was to show that you can grow a lot of food without spending much money. Our biological approach to improving soil fertility - which relies primarily on compost, vermicompost, mulch, and compost tea - costs almost nothing. Saving seeds also helps us keep our costs down. Despite these savings, we do have gardening expenses, and this video gives a quick overview of what we purchased for the garden in 2013. One Yard Revolution is all about growing a lot of food on a little land using sustainable organic methods, while keeping costs and labor at a minimum. Emphasis is placed on improving soil quality with compost, mulch, and compost tea. No store-bought fertilizers, soil amendments, pesticides, compost activators, etc. are used. Channel Page: http://www.youtube.com/user/OneYardRevolution Join me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/One-Yard-Revolution/543322169040187 Featured Videos: Soil Fertility Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0v8SWe2uDw&list=PLApXYvbprElwCOe5gdtcOMiEMGRpUBb4e Fall And Winter Gardening Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUxbL_cwRV0&list=SPApXYvbprElwtRHz0l63gp6ZsoM-BvdmM&index=1 Biochar Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkGWfRu3Y84&list=SPApXYvbprElwrArh0ffNKWU4pFdRSSjH4 Growing More Perennial Vegetables and Herbs: http://youtu.be/SQw8ul70gG0

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Have a question? Visit us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/indoorharvestgardens/

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Oregano is a shrubby plant that can survive throughout the year if it is kept in a place that is free of weeds. Harvest oregano plants near the base with help from an organic farmer in this free video on herb gardening. Expert: Jarrett Man Contact: stonesoupfarm.googlepages.com Bio: Jarrett Man created and runs Stone Soup Farm, an organic vegetable and fruit operation in Belchertown, Mass. Filmmaker: EquilibrioFilms Jenn

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WEBSITE: http://heirloomseedsaving.com/ Learn how to grow organic runner beans. This is really worth growing in your vegetable garden. A food that will give you a lot of protein. You can eat both the pods and make a nice soup with these large beans.

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How to grow and harvest quinoa. Growing quinoa in the arizona desert can take up to 4-5 months for harvesting. You can get about a pound of quinoa for every 10 plnats. Typically they like cooler weather. http://Twitter.com/thegreendesert http://Facebook.com/TheGreendesert http://pinterest.com/GreenDesert http://green-desert.tumblr.com/

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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Josiah Hunt's Farm to share with you what is biochar, how its made and why you should never use raw biochar in your garden or farm. In this episode, you will discover how biochar can be made in a pit with wood and then how it is processed into a mature biochar. You will also learn why you should not use fresh-made raw biochar, but how it should be matured before use for best result. Finally John will share the proper mixture of biochar to soil you should use in your garden or on your farm to get the benefits of adding the biochar to your land. After watching this episode you will be on your way to making the dark, rich, fertile terra preta soils that was discovered in South America that allowed the native people to flourish. Purchase the Soil Reef Biochar at http://www.soilbiochar.com/ and use the discount code GYOY for 20% discount.

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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to South Central Los Angeles to share with you an urban permaculture food forest in the middle of the city. In this episode you will learn about Ron Finley's food forest he created to create community and make food more available in a food desert. After watching this episode you will discover some unique edible foods you can grow in Southern California or wherever you live. Ron's TED talk was how I got to know his work. It was sent to me by a viewer! You can watch Ron Finley's TED talk at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEsS_YvudEE

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Winter squash will grow and flourish during the summer months, but it needs to be removed from the ground before it starts freezing. Use clippers to harvest winter squash with help from an organic farmer in this free video on vegetable gardening and horticulture. Expert: Jarrett Man Contact: stonesoupfarm.googlepages.com Bio: Jarrett Man created and runs Stone Soup Farm, an organic vegetable and fruit operation in Belchertown, Mass. Filmmaker: EquilibrioFilms Jenn

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Eggplants are crops that hate the cold, so they should be planted in the spring after all danger of frost has passed. Grow eggplant and keep their soil free of weeds with help from an organic farmer in this free video on fruit and vegetable gardening. Expert: Jarrett Man Contact: stonesoupfarm.googlepages.com Bio: Jarrett Man created and runs Stone Soup Farm, an organic vegetable and fruit operation in Belchertown, Mass. Filmmaker: EquilibrioFilms Jenn

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Carrots should be harvested by loosening the soil around the roots of the carrots. Find out why carrots are best stored in root cellars with help from an organic farmer in this free video on root vegetable gardening. Expert: Jarrett Man Contact: stonesoupfarm.googlepages.com Bio: Jarrett Man created and runs Stone Soup Farm, an organic vegetable and fruit operation in Belchertown, Mass. Filmmaker: EquilibrioFilms Jenn

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Peanuts The peanut, or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea), is a species in the legume or "bean" family (Fabaceae). The peanut was probably first domesticated and cultivated in the valleys of Paraguay. It is an annual herbaceous plant growing 30 to 50 cm (1.0 to 1.6 ft) tall. The leaves are opposite, pinnate with four leaflets (two opposite pairs; no terminal leaflet), each leaflet 1 to 7 cm (⅜ to 2¾ in) long and 1 to 3 cm (⅜ to 1 inch) broad. The flowers are a typical peaflower in shape, 2 to 4 cm (0.8 to 1.6 in) (¾ to 1½ in) across, yellow with reddish veining. Hypogaea means "under the earth"; after pollination, the flower stalk elongates causing it to bend until the ovary touches the ground. Continued stalk growth then pushes the ovary underground where the mature fruit develops into a legume pod, the peanut -- a classical example of geocarpy. Pods are 3 to 7 cm (1.2 to 2.8 in) long, containing 1 to 4 seeds. Peanuts are known by many other local names such as earthnuts, ground nuts, goober peas, monkey nuts, pygmy nuts and pig nuts.Despite its name and appearance, the peanut is not a nut, but rather a legume. The domesticated peanut is an amphidiploid or allotetraploid, meaning that it has two sets of chromosomes from two different species, thought to be A. duranensis and A. ipaensis. These likely combined in the wild to form the tetraploid species A. monticola, which gave rise to the domesticated peanut. This domestication might have taken place in Paraguay or Bolivia, where the wildest strains grow today. Many pre-Columbian cultures, such as the Moche, depicted peanuts in their art. Archeologists have dated the oldest specimens to about 7,600 years, found in Peru.Cultivation spread as far as Mesoamerica, where the Spanish conquistadors found the tlalcacahuatl (Nahuatl = "peanut", whence Mexican Spanish, cacahuate and French, cacahuète) being offered for sale in the marketplace of Tenochtitlan (Mexico City). The plant was later spread worldwide by European traders. Although the peanut was mainly a garden crop for much of the colonial period of North America, it was mostly used as animal feed stock until the 1930s.In the United States, a US Department of Agriculture program (see below) to encourage agricultural production and human consumption of peanuts was instituted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. George Washington Carver is well known for his participation in that program in which he developed hundreds of recipes for peanuts. Copyrights : MrZygy3

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Every January through March our pine trees get shaken until they let their pine cones fall to the ground for us to collect by hand, put into trucks, and send off to a factory that processes them. The final product? Lovely white pine nuts that everyone adores for making pesto, fancying up a salad, and decorating the tops of pastries. This beautiful 13 ton machine functions using oil pressure to maneuver the pincer, which grabs the tree near the base. Then, when the pincer is securely clamping the tree, by applying gas the tree gets shaken. The tree must be shaken slowly at first and then be given a faster shake twice for five to ten seconds. Then that's enough. What doesn't fall from the tree is left without insisting further. For more information, visit us at: www.tenutasancarlo.com

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Every wet season in the Western Amazon, Peru's castañeros (brazil nut concession holders and harvesters) gather the huge brazil nut fruits from the forest floor, crack them open to extract the nuts inside, and carry them out of the forest to market. It's physically hard, and there are dangers -- from wild animals to falling nuts. But owning a Brazil nut concession is also a responsibility: owners have to defend their forest from incursions by Brazil nut thieves or illegal loggers. Every Brazil nut you've ever eaten was gathered from the Amazon rainforest by a castañero -- and they want you to know more about their lives. To learn more, and for more stories of CIFOR's work in the Amazon, visit http://blog.cifor.org/amazon MUSIC: Special thanks to composer Oscar Alberto Macedo Mejia for allowing us to use his song "Rio Madre de Dios" from an album composed for the centenary of Madre de Dios. Email: omacedo63@hotmail.com Phone (Peru): 966382109

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As they do every January, peanut producers from around the state gathered in Tifton recently for the annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show. The show is held to inform growers on industry issues, and award those who work to support the industry. Mark Wildman was there, and has this story.

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