Five Farms, Episode Four: Harvest
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families
Length: 54:00
Autumn is harvest time. That means Iowa corn and soybeans; fruit dried in the California sun; greens, beans, and potatoes; slaughtered hogs and beef trucked to market. It also means Thanksgiving turkeys. Harvest follows the families to the grain elevator, the farmers markets and, in a welcome break from work, the State Fair. It's the time of summing up after the long growing season --- the time to decide whether the gamble of early spring planting season has paid off.
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Broadcast History
Distributed as limited series by PRI, 2009
Segments on Griffieons of Iowa aired as 8-part series on All Things Considered, 2008-9
Timing and Cues
00:00 - 01:00 Billboard
01:00 - 06:00 Blank for newscast
06:00 - 59:00 Program
Built-in one-minute break with music at 23:44 - 24:44 of program (29:44 - 30:44 after the hour)
Intro and Outro
INTRO:Self-contained
OUTRO:n/a
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Five Farms Theme | Wesley Horner, Composer | Original. | None | 2009 | 05:00 |
Additional Credits
Field producer/recordists:
Ben Adler
Rob Dillard
Camille LaCapa
Susannah Lee
Executive Producer: Wesley Horner
Theme music performed by:
Yi Wei, percussion
Kalindi Bellach, viola
Music recording: Antonio Oliart Ros at the studios of WGBH Boston
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