tasteMAKERS

  • Premiered: Oct 2018
  • Episodes: 38
  • Followers: 1
  • Ended
  • PBS
  • Monday at 20
  • Documentary

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Season 1
1x1
Preserved
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 15, 2018
Cane Creek Farms and Braeburn Farm in the tiny North Carolina town of Saxapahaw sustainably raise heritage pork and grass-fed beef, which is sourced to Left Bank Butchery.
1x2
Sweet Stuff
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 22, 2018
Travel to Houston, TX, to meet a woman who is educating people about the food system one sweet spoonful of frozen custard at a time.
1x3
Not So Fast
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 29, 2018
Heliculture, a fancy word for snail farming, is on the rise in the U.S. Visit a tiny greenhouse in Cutchogue, NY, where tens of thousands of snails are being hand raised on foraged greens.
1x4
Fun Ferments
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 05, 2018
The ancient preservation technique of fermentation turns out to have tremendous health benefits. Meet the team behind Edible Alchemy in San Diego, CA.
1x5
On the Vine
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 12, 2018
Travel to Jack Rabbit Hill Farm in Hotchkiss, CO, where a biodynamic farmer is crafting wines that express his farm’s high-desert environment.
1x6
Shelled Out
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 19, 2018
Farmed mussels, clams and oysters are a sustainable seafood choice, and that’s good for you and the environment. Venture to Coupeville, WA, to meet a farmer on the forefront of sustainable shellfish farming.
1x7
Extracted
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 10, 2018
There’s a world of flavor to explore beyond standard extra-virgin olive oil. Take a trip to Pitts, GA, where coldpressed, unrefined oils are made from sunflower, okra and sesame seeds.
1x8
Warm and Wooly
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 17, 2018
Green Dirt Farms in Weston, MO, specializes in cheeses made from rich and creamy sheep’s milk. The cheeses get their start in well-tended soil that grows a range of prairie grasses that are responsible for the seasonal flavors in the cheeses.
1x9
Pucker Up
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 07, 2019
Indian River Lagoon, in Vero Beach, FL, makes this part of Florida one of the world’s best citrus-growing regions. Meet a couple who is crafting sour beers that celebrate the region’s farming history.
1x10
Out of the Box
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 14, 2019
Hydroponics are considered one way to efficiently and sustainably grow more fruits and veggies. Enter Boston based Freight Farms, who build self-contained hydroponic farms from cast-off shipping containers.
1x11
In the Wild
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Air date
Jan 21, 2019
Meet the owner of Broken Arrow Ranch in Ingram, TX, who travels across the state, harvesting game on Texas ranches in a humane, sustainable way.
1x12
Soy to the World
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 28, 2019
Illinois produces the highest volume of soybeans of any state and some of those beans make it to Phoenix Bean, whose tofu is on the menus of some of Chicago’s best restaurants.
1x13 Season finale
Grounded
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 04, 2019
In Louisvillle, KY, Louismill works directly with grain farmers to source wheat, rye and corn that is stone ground into its flour and grits. Some of the flours make their way to its wood-fired pizza restaurant.

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