Maryland Farm & Harvest

NEW EPISODES: Season 9

Airing Tuesdays at 7pm on MPT

• Repeats Thursdays at 11:00pm and Sundays at 6am on MPT
• Repeats Fridays at 7:30pm on MPT2

With host Joanne Clendining

EPISODE 908

Air Date: January 18, 2022

Join host Joanne Clendining in this special episode about the history of agriculture in Maryland. Learn about the complicated history of growing tobacco. See an historic plantation confront its legacy of slavery. Then, watch Al Spoler cook up and old-fashioned Maryland feast with local ingredients.

EPISODE 907

Air Date: December 21, 2021

Join host Joanne Clendining for a special holiday episode! See what it takes to plant and grow Christmas trees. Then, Al Spoler tries a modern twist on a favorite Hanukkah recipe. Plus, we have wintertime photos from farms across the state.

EPISODE 906

Air Date: December 14, 2021

Join in on a session of Goat Yoga. See how sheep's wool is turned into colorful yarn. Then, Al Spoler visits a free range farm on The Local Buy. Plus, farmers share why the farm and see the history of agritourism both Then & Now.

EPISODE 905

Air Date: December 7, 2021

Join host Joanne Clendining as she explores local Maryland farms. Watch a beautiful outdoor painting contest, showcasing local agriculture. Visit an unusual fruit farm. Then, get behind the wheel with MotorWeek for a tractor test drive. Plus, see electric tractors on The Way it Works.

EPISODE 904

Air Date: November 30, 2021

Join host Joanne Clendining as she explores local Maryland farms. See how herbicide is carefully used to control weeds, so that farmers can grow better crops. Next, see how an all-organic farm manages weeds differently. Then, Al Spoler tries a desert recipe made with an unusual spring crop.

EPISODE 903

Air Date: November 23, 2021

Join host Joanne Clending in this episode all about what animals eat. Watch how grain is turned into chicken feed. Learn what makes grass-fed milk different. Then, Al Spoler bring his best friend along to taste locally-made dog food! Plus, look inside of a hay baler on The Way it Works.

EPISODE 902

Air Date: November 16, 2021

Join host Joanne Clendining as she explores local Maryland farms. Learn how the 2021 cicada swarm impacted tree farmers. Meet a group of returning generation African American farmers. Then, Al Spoler meets a farmer who shares his love of beets on The Local Buy. Plus, this history of greenhouses, Then & Now.

EPISODE 901: Season 9 Premiere

Air Date: November 9, 2021

Join host Joanne Clendining in this episode all about planting. See the work that goes into perparing a cornfield. Learn how seedless watermelons are grown. Then, Al Spoler shows how fish and lettuce grow together on a farm that uses aquaponics on The Local Buy. Plus, go inside a corn planter on The Way it Works and watch the history of seed, Then & Now. 

The Maryland Department of Agriculture is MPT's co-production partner for Maryland Farm & Harvest.