FROM THE FARMS TO THE TABLE Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and PCN-TV developed and produced six, 30-minute television programs that explore Pennsylvania’s farm, agri-business and food industries in order to better connect consumers to Pennsylvania's number one industry. The programs tell the story of how our food is produced and processed, the importance of research and technology and what’s involved in getting food to the grocery store and the consumer’s kitchen table.
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Truckenmiller's Dry Run Dairy Farm
This program includes a stop at a Northumberland County dairy farm representing animal agriculture and the family farm.
Flinchbaugh's Orchard and Farm Market
This program profiles a York County family farm representing the fresh fruit, vegetable and cash crop area of agriculture, where the family sells food grown on the farm directly to consumers from their farm market.
Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences
This show centers on agriculture research and developments in technology being worked on at the state's only land-grant university.
New Holland
This segment of the Farms to the Table series, which includes a tour of the New Holland farm equipment manufacturing facility, focuses on the vital role agri-businesses play in providing products and services to farmers and creating jobs throughout rural communities.
Sterman Masser Potato Farms
This TV show provides an inside look at a Schuylkill County family potato operation that grows, processes, packages and transports food to retail food stores.
Giant Food Stores
The final TV program in the series representing food distribution and retailing includes visits to a Giant Food Stores perishable foods distribution center and supermarket in Cumberland County, where consumers purchase products produced on Pennsylvania farms... completing the chain from the farm to the table.
