{"id":28612,"date":"2024-11-07T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=28612"},"modified":"2024-11-06T15:14:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T20:14:51","slug":"new-season-of-mpts-maryland-farm-harvest-debuts-november-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2024\/11\/07\/new-season-of-mpts-maryland-farm-harvest-debuts-november-12\/","title":{"rendered":"New Season of MPT\u2019s Maryland Farm & Harvest Debuts November 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Award-winning Original Series Highlights the Best of Maryland Agriculture from the Appalachian Mountains to the Coastal Plain and Everywhere Between<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

ANNAPOLIS, MD (November 7, 2024)<\/strong> \u2013 Maryland Public Television<\/a>\u2019s (MPT) original series Maryland Farm & Harvest<\/a> returns for its 12th season<\/strong> on Tuesday, November 12<\/strong> with the first of 13 new half-hour episodes. A two-minute teaser video for the upcoming season is available to view on the series\u2019 YouTube channel at youtube.com\/@MarylandFarmHarvest<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Maryland Farm & Harvest<\/strong> airs on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. on MPT-HD and online at mpt.org\/livestream<\/a>. Episodes are also available to view live and on demand using the free PBS app<\/a> and MPT\u2019s online video player<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The popular weekly series takes viewers on a journey across the Free State, telling engaging and enlightening stories about the farms, people, and technology required to sustain and grow agriculture in Maryland, the state\u2019s number one commercial industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the course of the season, Maryland Farm & Harvest will follow three farming families with children competing in 4-H across the state. Viewers will be introduced to the Smithson family from Harford County, the Chamelin family from Carroll County, and the King family from Queen Anne\u2019s County as their children compete at their respective county fairs. Those who win at the county level will appear again during a special season finale episode covering their competitions at the 2024 Maryland State Fair.<\/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 Maryland Farm & Harvest, returns as host. She is again joined by Al Spoler, host of \u201cThe Local Buy\u201d segments, and by a variety of local chefs who serve as guest hosts of the series\u2019 \u201cFarm to Skillet\u201d segments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With introductions filmed at the Carroll County Farm Museum<\/a><\/strong> in Westminster<\/strong>, the November 12 season premiere features the following stories:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n