MPT series Maryland Farm & Harvest features locations in Anne Arundel, Charles, Harford and Howard counties on Dec.19

OWINGS MILLS, MD – Maryland Public Television’s (MPT) popular original series Maryland Farm & Harvest, now in its fifth season, will feature farms in Anne Arundel, Charles, Harford and Howard counties during a Christmas-themed episode airing Tuesday, December 19 at 7 p.m.

The upcoming episode features the following segments:

• Jarrettsville Nurseries, in Street (Harford County). The episode begins with the story about how the Harford County farm community rallied around the Saulsbury family last year after patriarch, Boyd Saulsbury, died of cancer.  Neighboring farm families came together to help the Saulsburys as they worked to open their Christmas tree farm, Jarrettsville Nurseries, to customers for the first time since Boyd’s death. Viewers are introduced to Boyd’s wife Dana as well as their son Brandon, who has taken over operation of the popular tree farm. The farm donates a portion of its proceeds to the Chesapeake Cancer Alliance.
• Bunker Hill Farm, in Newburg (Charles County). One of the country’s leading advocates for corn growers doesn’t hail from the Midwest. Rather, it’s on a farm in Charles County where Maryland Farm & Harvest caught up with Chip Bowling – former president and chairman of the National Corn Growers Association and current vice chairperson of the U.S. Farmers and Rancher’s Alliance. Chip operates a 400-plus acre farm in Newburg along the Wicomico River. In addition to planting, managing and harvesting corn on his farm, Chip has traveled across the country about 200 days annually in recent years as part of his leadership role with the National Corn Growers Association.
• Greenstreet Gardens, in Lothian (Anne Arundel County). This segment takes viewers to Greenstreet Gardens nursery located in Anne Arundel County. Greenstreet Gardens has installed 10 living walls in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. commercial buildings. These walls not only look beautiful, they serve as a biological filter and create cleaner air. A recently completed 780-sq.-ft. installation in a northern Virginia building featured in this segment uses 2,800 plants to help filter one-million cubic feet of air each day and is the largest such “bio-wall” in the Washington, D.C. area.
• Larriland Farm, in Woodbine (Howard County). During this episode on “The Local Buy” segment, host Al Spoler gets a tour from farmers Lynn and Emily Moore through the family’s western Howard County fruit and vegetable farm and market. Al then samples fresh peach cobbler using just-picked fruit. The recipe for the Moore family’s peach cobbler is available at www.mpt.org/farm.

Maryland Farm & Harvest airs Tuesdays at 7 p.m. on MPT-HD and is rebroadcast Thursdays at 11:30 p.m. and Sundays at 6 a.m. Each show also airs on MPT2 Fridays at 7:30 p.m.  More information about the series is available at mpt.org/farm. Viewers can join the conversation on social media at #MDFarmHarvestFans.

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