America's Heartland

Episode 4

Olives grown near Sacramento are rushed to a nearby processing plant and mill, guaranteeing the freshest olive oil. Follow along as we prepare an Olive and Goat Cheese Focaccia bread recipe. See what it takes to grow figs and pistachios in California’s Central Valley. A family-owned South Dakota cattle ranch is trying some innovative practices borrowed from abroad.

Episode 4

26m 46s

Olives grown near Sacramento are rushed to a nearby processing plant and mill, guaranteeing the freshest olive oil. Follow along as we prepare an Olive and Goat Cheese Focaccia bread recipe. See what it takes to grow figs and pistachios in California’s Central Valley. A family-owned South Dakota cattle ranch is trying some innovative practices borrowed from abroad.

Previews + Extras

  • Fresh Olive Oil: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Fresh Olive Oil

    S17 E1704 - 5m 37s

    Olives grown near Sacramento are rushed to a nearby processing plant and mill, guaranteeing the freshest olive oil. Great soil, water, and weather create the perfect growing conditions for this bountiful harvest and the production of extra virgin olive oil. Cobram Estate has a quarter million trees on thousands of acres of land in the Sacramento Valley.

  • South Dakota Cattle Ranch: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    South Dakota Cattle Ranch

    S17 E1704 - 4m 30s

    A family-owned South Dakota cattle ranch is trying some innovative practices borrowed from abroad.

  • California Figs and Pistachios: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    California Figs and Pistachios

    S17 E1704 - 4m 43s

    See what it takes to grow figs and pistachios in California’s Central Valley. Pistachios are one of California's fastest-growing specialty crops. California grows more than a billion pounds each year, or 99 percent of all the pistachios grown in the United States.

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