{"id":24972,"date":"2021-01-15T15:04:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T20:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=24972"},"modified":"2021-01-15T15:25:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T20:25:43","slug":"mpts-maryland-farm-harvest-visits-baltimore-and-frederick-counties-and-baltimore-city-during-january-19-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2021\/01\/15\/mpts-maryland-farm-harvest-visits-baltimore-and-frederick-counties-and-baltimore-city-during-january-19-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"MPT\u2019s Maryland Farm &amp; Harvest Visits Baltimore and Frederick Counties and Baltimore City During January 19 Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"attachment_24975\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/IMG_9287-scaled.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24975\" data-attachment-id=\"24975\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2021\/01\/15\/mpts-maryland-farm-harvest-visits-baltimore-and-frederick-counties-and-baltimore-city-during-january-19-episode\/attachment\/img_9287\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/IMG_9287-scaled-e1610741454893.jpeg?fit=550%2C379&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"550,379\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MD_FH_S8Ep6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/IMG_9287-scaled-e1610741454893.jpeg?fit=760%2C523&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-24975\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/IMG_9287.jpeg?resize=550%2C379\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"379\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peaches at Scenic View Orchards in Sabillasville (Frederick County). Photo credit: Maryland Public Television&#8217;s Maryland Farm &amp; Harvest.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>ANNAPOLIS, MD<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u2013 Maryland Public Television\u2019s (MPT) popular original series<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpt.org\/programs\/farm\/\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Farm &amp; Harvest<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, now in its eighth season, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">will feature farms and locations in Baltimore and Frederick counties and Baltimore City during a new episode airing on Tuesday, January 19 at 7 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Farm &amp; Harvest<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> takes viewers on a journey across the state, telling stories about the farms, people, and technology required to sustain and grow Maryland agriculture \u2013 the state\u2019s number one commercial industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With introductions filmed at<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstfruitsfarm.org\/\"> <b>First Fruits Farm<\/b><\/a><b> in Freeland, Baltimore County<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Farm &amp; Harvest<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s January 19 episode features the following segments:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b><i>Farm Firewood is a Blazing Success<\/i><\/b><b> (Baltimore County). <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When father and son, Scott and Roman Braglio, of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bragliofarms.com\/\"> <b>Braglio Farms<\/b><\/a> <b>in Randallstown<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> started selling unwanted trees as firewood, neither could have predicted how popular their business would become. The family operation has grown significantly, and they now turn out loads of wood to keep Maryland homes warm each winter. Find out how firewood is cleaned, dried, and packed in this segment. Also, see how some firewood even makes it under the grill at the Braglio\u2019s farm-to-table restaurant,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodstockinn.net\/\"> <b>The Woodstock Inn<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><b><br \/><br \/><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b><i>Ask a Farmer: How Did You Start Farming?<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In this new segment, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Farm &amp; Harvest<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> producers interview a variety of farmers from across the state who share their stories about how they got into the business of agriculture. Viewers will meet farmers from Hurlock, Ridgley, White Hall, Gaithersburg, Oakland, and Westminster.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b><i>Immigrant Family Brews Mead with Maryland Peaches<\/i><\/b><b> (Frederick County).<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> When Andrzej Wilk&#8217;s family immigrated to the United States from Poland in the 1990s, they noticed a favorite beverage from their homeland was hard to find here: a fermented honey drink called mead. The family decided to start making their own mead and founded<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orchidcellar.com\/\"> <b>Orchid Cellar Meadery and Winery<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in<\/span><b> Middletown<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. On the day <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Farm &amp; Harvest<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> stopped by, Andrzej was brewing a batch of mead using fresh peaches from<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/scenicvieworchards.com\/\"> <b>Scenic View Orchards<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in<\/span><b> Sabillasville.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The segment includes a visit to the fruit farm to see how peaches add a fresh taste to this classic beverage.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b><i>The Local Buy: City-Hydro<\/i><\/b><b> (Baltimore City). <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Segment host<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Al Spoler heads indoors and learns how Larry and Johanna Hountz grow all their crops in one room at<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-hydro.com\/our-vertical-farm\"> <b>City-Hydro<\/b><\/a><b> in Baltimore.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This vertical growing operation in a Fells Point row house produces 85 varieties of microgreens, which supply local restaurants and farmers markets. A former cybersecurity consultant, Larry is now all in on indoor farming and even produces and sells vertical farming kits to people across the country interested in starting their own operations. A recipe using fresh vegetables and microgreens will be available at<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpt.org\/programs\/farm\/\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mpt.org\/farm<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New episodes of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Farm &amp; Harvest<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> air on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. on MPT-HD and are live-streamed on MPT\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpt.org\/anywhere\/live-stream-mpt\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The newest episode will be re-broadcasted on MPT-HD Thursdays at 11 p.m. and Sundays at 6 a.m. and on MPT2\/Create\u00ae on Fridays at 7:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All past episodes can be viewed at<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MPT\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/video.mpt.tv\/show\/maryland-farm-harvest\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Specific segments can be found on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Farm &amp; Harvest<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MarylandFarmHarvest\/featured\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">YouTube channel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nearly 10 million viewers have tuned in to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Farm &amp; Harvest<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> since its 2013 debut. The series has taken MPT viewers to more than 360 farms, fisheries, and other agriculture-related locations during its first seven seasons, covering every Maryland county, as well as Baltimore City and Washington, D.C.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland Department of Agriculture is MPT&#8217;s co-production partner for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Farm &amp; Harvest<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Major funding is provided by the Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additional funding is provided by Maryland&#8217;s Best, Maryland Agricultural Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation (MARBIDCO), MidAtlantic Farm Credit, Rural Maryland Council, Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Fund (MAERDAF), Maryland Soybean Board, Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts, Wegmans Food Markets, Maryland Nursery, Landscape &amp; Greenhouse Association, Seafood Marketing Advisory Commission, Maryland Farm Bureau, and The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other support comes from the Mar-Del Watermelon Association, Eddie Mercer Agri-Services, Inc., and the Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation (MAEF).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">###<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MdAgDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@MdAgDept<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD\u00a0\u2013 Maryland Public Television\u2019s (MPT) popular original series Maryland Farm &amp; Harvest, now in its eighth season, will feature farms and locations in Baltimore and Frederick counties and Baltimore City during a new episode airing on Tuesday, January 19 at 7 p.m. Maryland Farm &amp; Harvest takes viewers on a journey across the state,<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2021\/01\/15\/mpts-maryland-farm-harvest-visits-baltimore-and-frederick-counties-and-baltimore-city-during-january-19-episode\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24972"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24982,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24972\/revisions\/24982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}