{"id":26006,"date":"2021-11-04T13:12:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T17:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=26006"},"modified":"2021-11-04T15:01:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T19:01:02","slug":"new-season-of-mpts-maryland-farm-harvest-premieres-november-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2021\/11\/04\/new-season-of-mpts-maryland-farm-harvest-premieres-november-9\/","title":{"rendered":"New Season of MPT\u2019s Maryland Farm & Harvest Premieres November 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

First episode visits sites in Carroll, Howard, and Montgomery counties<\/i><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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ANNAPOLIS, MD (Nov. 3, 2021)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Maryland Public Television\u2019s (MPT) popular original series<\/span> Maryland Farm & Harvest<\/span><\/i><\/a> returns for its ninth season on Tuesday, November 9 at 7 p.m. with the first of 13 new half-hour episodes. A preview is available for viewing at <\/span>https:\/\/bit.ly\/3pMCbiA<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The season premiere features farms and locations in Carroll, Howard, and Montgomery counties as part of a \u201cplanting\u201d themed episode. Later in the season, <\/span>Maryland Farm & Harvest<\/span><\/i> will return to these same farms for an episode all about harvesting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Maryland Farm & Harvest<\/span><\/i> airs on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. on MPT-HD and online at <\/span>mpt.org\/livestream<\/span><\/a>. Encore broadcasts are available on MPT-HD Thursdays at 11 p.m. and Sundays at 6 a.m. Each episode also airs on MPT2\/Create\u00ae on Fridays at 7:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The weekly series takes viewers on a journey across the Free State, telling interesting stories about the farms, people, and technology required to sustain and grow agriculture in Maryland, the number one commercial industry in the state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Joanne Clendining, who has earned two Emmy\u00ae awards from the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for her work on <\/span>Maryland Farm & Harvest<\/span><\/i>, returns as host. She is joined by Al Spoler, who handles duties for each episode\u2019s <\/span>The Local Buy<\/span><\/i> segment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Segments featured on the November 9 episode are:<\/span>
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