A new PBS series about agriculture in the U.S. will be airing in September. I don't have a t.v., so I'm wondering if those of you who do will mark this on your calendar and report on whether this series proves to be as OCA suggests in their headline?

Monsanto, Farm Bureau & PBS Team Up to Brainwash the Public HEARTLAND PBS SERIES TO CELEBRATE AGRICULTURE Farm Bureau News, April 21, 2005 "We project that the first season of the program will be available in markets totaling more than 60 percent of the nation's viewers ... reaching more than 71 million households." \-\-\- Jim O'Donnell, Director of Program Marketing, KVIE\-TV (Sacramento affiliate) Sacramento, Ca., : A new weekly public television show that celebrates the miracle of American agriculture and the farm and ranch families that help make it possible will hit the airwaves this fall, it was announced today. America's Heartland will profile the people, places and products of U.S. agriculture. The magazine\-style, half\-hour program will focus on our national love for the land, our fascination with food and the bedrock American values of family, hard work and independence that make our agricultural system the finest in the world. In announcing the ground\-breaking series today, the series two flagship Supporters\-\- Monsanto Company and the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF)\-\- along with the show's producer, KVIE, the public television affiliate in Sacramento, Calif., said they are proud to collaborate with other U.S. agriculture groups to raise awareness of the significant contribution that agriculture makes to the quality of American living. America's Heartland supporting contributors include American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Cotton Council, United Soybean Board and U.S. Grains Council.

Here is a link that might be useful: oca