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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.

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.

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.

The ancient preservation technique of fermentation turns out to have tremendous health benefits. Meet the team behind Edible Alchemy in San Diego, CA.

Travel to Jack Rabbit Hill Farm in Hotchkiss, CO, where a biodynamic farmer is crafting wines that express his farm’s high-desert environment.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.