Wesley Horner

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  • Username: Wesley Horner
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Recent Pieces from Wesley Horner

Caption: David Pecusa, Third Mesa, Hopi Nation, Credit: Andrew Lewis

Five Farms, Episode Five: Succession (54:00)
From: The Center for Documentary Studies

For each of the families of Five Farms, the question looms large: Who will take over the farm? Succession features the next generation --- the young people in each farm ...
Caption: Jeff and Annie Main, Capay, Cal., Credit: Alix Lowrey Blair

Five Farms, Episode Four: Harvest (54:00)
From: The Center for Documentary Studies

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 ...
Caption: Sherry Hager, Colrain, Mass., Credit: Steve Schapiro

Five Farms, Episode Three: Stewardship (54:00)
From: The Center for Documentary Studies

Stewardship focuses on the daily choices farming families make to preserve their land, water, and air --- the fundamentals of farming. During mid-summer visits to a ...
Caption: Eddie Wise, Whitakers, N.C., Credit: Tom Rankin

Five Farms, Episode Two: Nurturing (54:00)
From: The Center for Documentary Studies

Early summer is a time of long days on the family farm, perfect for nurturing crops and animals as they approach the peak of growing season. Nurturing illuminates the daily ...
Caption: Craig Griffieon of Ankeny, Iowa, Credit: Elena Rue

Five Farms, Episode One: Planting (54:00)
From: The Center for Documentary Studies

Spring planting on the family farm is the time of the annual gamble --- on the alchemies of nature, on the health of livestock, on future fall harvest market prices. Planting ...