Maryland Farm & Harvest

Sisters bond over showing cattle; new technology helps apply fertilizer; growing poultry with solar power. Also: Al Spoler samples maple syrup.

Farmers adapt to local development; grower connects farmers and environmentalists; keeping chicken litter on the farm. Also: Al Spoler enjoys a bison burger.

Farmers donate to the Maryland Food Bank; growing Maryland mushrooms; high school class in a barn. Also: Al Spoler finds the perfect holiday dessert.

Farm safety; Maryland ice cream trail; science behind animal feed.

An Eastern Shore seed farm; honeybees on the farm; visiting the state fair. Also: Maryland citrus.

The largest fiber festival on the East Coast; and Perigeaux Vineyards and Winery. Also: How organic corn from Kent County is being used for Blackwater Distilling's new Maryland Rye Whiskey; and how wheat is transformed into flour.

Miss Maryland Agriculture; oyster farming. Also: Al Spoler picks strawberry and rhubarb at Walnut Springs Farm in Elkton.

One of the state's largest grain farms; a test drive of a tractor by John Davis; and duck eggs. Also: the first in a four-part series on the economics of grain farming.

Why many fruits and vegetables are cared for and harvested by hand; a farmer who's turning chicken manure into electricity; and a pheasant dinner.

Greenhouses, hoop houses and high tunnels; Full Moon Farm, which specializes in teaching people how to ride horses; and a homemade jam with a kick.

A typical winter's day for Kent County farmer Kurt Dill, which includes guarding his wheat crop from geese; the tofu trek of Kent County-grown soybeans; a global corporation that brings Maryland wheat to area malls; and how blue cheese is made.

Queen Anne's County farmer Keith Leaverton learns about his role in the global commodities market; and visits a grain elevator on the eastern shore.