America's Heartland: Episode 508

Reporter John Lobertini takes us to meet a Utah ranching family where sheep, snowmobiles and horses are part of a family operation thats been honored for protecting the environment. Reporter Akiba Howard visits a Nebraska farm where a young couple has decided to make their future on the land. Reporter Sarah Gardner discovers that a "better chicken" comes from research that ultimately affects dinner on your table. Reporter Rob Stewart finds a New England company bringing the past to life in restoring Americas historic barns.

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[TheIyiyilovecodysimp]

@pattijor thank god someone knows what theyre talking about....

[acularp]

@jonan1404

Monsanto = My Satan 

[jonan1404]

spanish please

[beetz15s]

Do you guys eat vegetables?

[beetz15s]

instead of milking cows now we milk the public

[jayshi1981]

America's Heartland is a great show; too bad it is sponsored by a purely evil company like Monsanto.

[pattijor]

They see those baby chicks as $ signs, not animals. Get your eggs from your local farm and make sure the chickens have grass, sunlight, and space to be a chicken.

[klaverenvrouwke]

Watch Joel Salatin's vids... no pathogens there because that is the way farming should be done. this industrial farming is ruining the world

[Jimmy81190]

Monsanto would like to thank American farmers for paying them every year to buy their patented seeds and filling their pockets with cash