
Much of the food Americans eat is produced by farmers and ranchers in the country's heartland, but many people don't know how it's produced. "America's Heartland" provides information about the people and processes responsible for the availability of food and fuel across the country and around the world. The show's reporters and producers tell stories in topics that include farm families, consumer issues, animal welfare and crop sustainability. Some episodes also take the show abroad to countries such as Egypt and Taiwan to show the impact American agriculture has on the global economy.

American grain products improve living conditions in Egypt and Morocco; help from U.S. grain farmers makes a difference in people's lives.

Songwriter Michael Martin Murphey on how his "America's Heartland" title song reflects his concern about the challenges facing American farmers; how research is working to face the challenge of water shortages.

Creating products certified as organic; a bluegrass-playing tobacco farmer in North Carolina; creating homes from bales of rice straw in California.

Farming in George Washington's Virginia; a family who raise the crops of their ancestors; Texas prairie dogs.