Saturday, May 29, 2010 9pm Producer: Wesley Horner Productions and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University Listen Again For each of the families of Five Farms, the question looms large: Who will take over the farm? Succession features the next generation — the young people in each farm family. Who will continue to […]
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Five Farms: Harvest
Saturday, May 22, 2010 9pm Producer: Wesley Horner Productions and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University Listen Again Autumn is harvest time. That means Iowa corn and soybeans; fruit dried in the California sun; greens, beans, and potatoes; slaughtered hogs and beef trucked to market. It also means Thanksgiving turkeys. Harvest follows the […]
Five Farms: Stewardship
Saturday, May 15, 2010 9pm Producer: Wesley Horner Productions and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University Listen Again Stewardship focuses on the daily choices farming families make to preserve their land, water, and air — the fundamentals of farming. During mid-summer visits to a Massachusetts milking barn, an Iowa soybean field, an apricot […]
Five Farms: Nurturing
Saturday, May 8, 2010 9pm Producer: Wesley Horner Productions and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University Listen Again Early summer is a time of long days on the family farm, perfect for nurturing crops and animals as they approach the peak of growing season. Nurturing illuminates the daily work of farming through the […]
Five Farms: Planting
Saturday, May 1, 2010 9pm Producer: Wesley Horner Productions and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University Listen Again Spring planting on the family farm is the time of the annual gamble — on the alchemies of nature, on the health of livestock, on future fall harvest market prices. Planting introduces five families who […]
Five Farms: Nurturing
Saturday, May 8, 2010 9pm Producer: Wesley Horner Productions and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University Listen Again Early summer is a time of long days on the family farm, perfect for nurturing crops and animals as they approach the peak of growing season. Nurturing illuminates the daily work of farming through the […]