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HERE, THEY HAVE A SPECIAL FOR VETERANS AND FIRST "HEROES, HORSES, HOUNDS."

HI, I'M JOANNE CLENDINING, MARYLAND FARM & HARVEST .

TODAY, WE'RE SHARING STORIES BY DOING THINGS JUST A LITTLE COMING UP, IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY, BUT FIRST, BUT IT WAS IN NIGERIA.

SEE HOW A SPECIAL PROGRAM HERE IN MARYLAND.

* Niyi Balogun: I LOVE HARVESTING.

WHEN I REMEMBER HOW I CLEARED PREPARED THE SOIL, PUT COMING UP, GERMINATING, TO TAKE TO THE MARKET FOR PEOPLE IS A REAL YOU KNOW, Joanne: AND EVEN IN NOVEMBER, WITH WINTER JUST AROUND THERE'S STILL PLENTY FOR TO HARVEST HERE AT DODO FARMS Niyi: SO, WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT COLLARD GREENS, LETTUCE.

THESE ARE CROPS THAT THEY LIKE Joanne: BUT FOR NIYI, BACK IN HIS NATIVE NIGERIA, IDEA TOOK A LITTLE GETTING Niyi: THE WEATHER IN NIGERIA, WE JUST PLANT SAME THING BUT UNLIKE HERE, WE HAVE SPRING CROP, SO WHEN I CAME IN HERE, THAT I DID AN INTERNSHIP IN AND FROM THERE I LEARNED WHAT Joanne: HE NEEDED TO START DODO FARMS, WHICH HE RUNS WITH HIS WIFE TOPE FAJINGBESI.

Niyi: WHEN I GOT HERE, IF I SHOULD COME TO THIS THE ONLY THING, Tope Fajingbesi: I DIDN'T KNOW BUT I JUST WANTED HIM TO SO I SAID, YES.

Joanne: BUT IT WASN'T LONG UNDER CONTROL.

Niyi: IT'S NOT LIKE, ALL THESE THINGS HAPPEN.

SHE WAS ON THE DRIVER SIDE.

SHE'S ON TOP OF EVERYTHING.

Joanne: INCLUDING FINDING THE Tope: I THINK, WHO IS COMING IN THE U.S., ACCESS TO LAND, ESPECIALLY IS A DIFFICULT, Joanne: TOPE CAME ACROSS THE MONTGOMERY NINETY-THREE THOUSAND ACRES OF THAT'S BEEN SET ASIDE FOR Tope: AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE WITH AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE POWER BUT THEY CAN'T TURN IT INTO Joanne: INSTEAD, "THE MONTGOMERY COUNTRYSIDE WORKS TO MATCH UP THESE LOOKING TO LEASE OR BUY LAND, "LAND LINK."

Tope: THEY MATCHED US WITH THIS THIS LAND.

PRETTY MUCH GAVE IT TO US FOR A DIME.

AND WE'VE BEEN HERE Joanne: OVER THE YEARS, CONNECT FARMERS WITH MORE IN THE AG RESERVE.

ANYONE CAN APPLY, BUT IN 2020, UPTICK IN APPLICATIONS FROM A REFLECTION OF THE COUNTY'S AND SOME OF THESE FARMERS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY TO HAVE THEIR OWN WAY OF Tope: I THINK, IN NIGERIA ARE DIFFICULT, ARE LABOR INTENSIVE ALL OF THEM HERE.

BECAUSE HE TENDS TO THE PLANTS WHERE PEOPLE WOULD JUST WHERE THEY WOULD USE SOME HE LIKES TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP AND I THINK THAT'S VERY AFRICAN.

Joanne: NIYI ALSO GROWS A NUMBER OF NOT JUST OUT OF NOSTALGIA, GOOD BUSINESS SENSE.

Niyi: IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND I KNOW THAT TO BREAK EVEN, TO DO IS TO GROW WHAT OTHER THIS IS BROCCOLI GREEN.

IT'S AN ITALIAN GREEN, THIS THE ASIAN EGG PLANTS.

IN NIGERIA, WE LOVE THIS - Joanne: AND JUDGING BY THEIR DUPONT CIRCLE FARMER'S MARKET.

THAT STRATEGY SEEMS TO BE Niyi: THEN, WE JUST NEED TO DO AND THEY ALWAYS COME BACK "OH, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US Joanne: AND IF YOU ASK NIYI IT'S MOMENTS LIKE THIS THAT Niyi: THE JOY FOR ME IS WHEN BEING HAPPY, TELLING YOU IT'S DELICIOUS.

I MEAN, IT'S EVEN MORE THAN * Joanne: BEFORE MOVING NIYI FARMED ABOUT 250 ACRES MOSTLY CORN AND CASSAVA.

AND DID YOU KNOW NIGERIA PRODUCER OF CASSAVA.

IT'S A STARCHY ROOT USED INCLUDING TAPIOCA PUDDING.

* Joanne: ALL RIGHT.

IT'S TIME TO TEST YOUR HERE IS OUR THINGAMAJIG YOU THINK, YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS?

WELL, HERE'S A HINT, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT IT STAY TUNED.

AND WE'LL HAVE THE ANSWER Joanne: ALL SEASON LONG, TO SEND THEIR PHOTOS TO WITH DIFFERENT THEMES EACH WEEK.

THIS TIME WE'RE LOOKING BACK * Joanne: OFTEN, THE LOVE OF THAT'S PASSED DOWN THROUGH MOM'S BLUE EYES OR DAD'S SO, WHAT IF FARMING IS IN BUT THERE'S NO FARM IN YOUR SEE HOW ONE CARROLL COUNTY A NEW FAMILY LEGACY.

* Joanne: COLLIN O'MEARA AROUND HIS CARROLL COUNTY FARM SIX-YEAR-OLD RYAN.

Collin O'Meara: HE'S RIGHT THERE WITH ME.

Joanne: RIGHT THERE, Collin: IT REALLY SURPRISES ME.

I'LL HAVE A PIECE OF MACHINERY TO FIX IT, HE'LL BE TELLING ME AND HE'S TELLING ME EXACT THING Joanne: LIKE, MANY FARM KIDS, FOUR-YEAR-OLD AUBREY ARE STARTING YOUNG.

Collin: I DON'T THINK, FOR KIDS TO GROW UP ON A FARM.

THEY'RE EXPOSED TO THE WHOLE A COUPLE OF YEARS OLD.

YOU KNOW, THEY'VE SEEN THINGS DIE.

IT'S REALLY AMAZING.

Joanne: EXPERIENCE IS THEIR DAD DIDN'T HAVE TODAY.

HE RAISES BLACK ANGUS CATTLE WHEAT, SOYBEANS, AND HAY.

Collin: BUT WHEN I STARTED, IT WAS AN OPTION.

OF COURSE, I WANTED TO BE BUT DIDN'T REALLY THINK [FOOTSTEPS & DRILL NOISE] Joanne: WHEN IT COMES TO COLLIN IS A RARE BREED, BREAKING INTO THE BUSINESS IT TAKES A LOT OF LAND TO GET WHERE HE IS TODAY, [TRACTOR ENGINE NOISE] Collin: ALL RIGHT, IT WAS THE FIRST TRACTOR, ACTUALLY, MY PARENTS GAVE IT AND IT WAS IN ROUGHER SHAPE Joanne: THE 107 ACRES WAS IN ROUGH SHAPE TOO.

WHEN COLIN'S PARENTS HELPED HIM BUT FOR COLLIN AND HIS WIFE Collin: ANYBODY TELLS YOU, FROM SCRATCH AND FARM FULL TIME.

YOU LOOK AT THEM LIKE AND I'D PROBABLY DO IF SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT TODAY.

BUT ONE THING ABOUT IT, THAT FROM SCRATCH, THAT MEANS [CAR BEEPING/DOOR CLOSES/ Joanne: STARTING FROM SCRATCH, IS HAVING ENOUGH LAND.

IN WESTMINSTER, FARMERS OFTEN LEASE ACREAGE TO TO TURN A PROFIT GROWING GRAIN, AND THE COMPETITION FOR LAND [COMBINE NOISE] Collin: THE BIGGEST THING IS GETTING A NAME FOR YOURSELF.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE THE NEW IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T BUT IF THEY DON'T KNOW YOU, A CHANCE TO RENT THEIR LAND.

Joanne: LUCKY FOR HIM, DIDN'T GO UNNOTICED.

Carroll Bish: I WATCHED HIM HE WAS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB WHETHER HE WAS INTERESTED IN Joanne: A FEW YEARS AGO, SIX DECADES, CARROLL BISH, SOMEONE TO HELP HIM MANAGE Collin: AND WE STARTED WITH ONE KIND Joanne: CAROL DIDN'T WANT TO AND THE PROFIT THAT CAME ALONG SO, HE AND COLLIN HAVE A CUSTOM THAT MEANS COLIN DOES THE WORK, AND HAS THE FINAL SAY.

Collin: THE BIGGEST THING NEVER TO DOUBT WHAT HE SAYS, FOR SOME STUFF THAT SOUNDS I LEARNED NOT TO DOUBT IT WHAT MR. BISH SAYS IS GOING TO Joanne: FOR CARROLL WHO DOESN'T THAT'S BEEN IN HIS FAMILY FOR HE'S GRATEFUL TO HAVE Carroll: I CAN TRUST HIM.

Joanne: AND FOR COLLIN, TO PAVE THE WAY FOR * Joanne: COLLIN'S SON RYAN, TO BECOMING A FARMER.

IN 2020, HE WON BLUE RIBBONS THAT HE ENTERED IN DON'T FORGET IF YOU WANT YOU CAN FIND ON YOUTUBE AND BE SURE THIS SEASON, WE'VE ALREADY AND SOYBEANS HAVE TRANSFORMED AND MILES INTO THE CROPS, HERE'S THE JOURNEY OF FROM THEN TO NOW.

* Joanne: WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL AND VEGGIES GROWN IN YOU EVER WONDER WHERE THEY IT TURNS OUT THAT SOME OF IN OUR STATE CAME FROM WATERMELON MAY SEEM LIKE BUT ITS ANCESTORS WERE THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS BITTER HARD MELONS AROUND OVER TIME, FARMERS BRED AND THEY SPREAD TO ASIA, THE AMERICAS THROUGH AND ENSLAVED AFRICANS.

WHEN SPANISH CONQUISTADORS BACK FROM PERU IN THE 1500s, WHAT TO MAKE OF THE GNARLY Joanne: SOME THOUGHT THEY WERE OTHERS THOUGHT THEY CAUSED BUT THE PLANT CAUGHT ON WHEN THEY COULD BE GROWN ON FALLOW THE POTATO MADE ITS WAY LIKELY IN THE 17TH CENTURY WITH Joanne: WILD APPLES ARE AND THEIR SEEDS TRAVELED VIA THE SILK ROAD.

THEN, SPREAD THROUGHOUT WHEN THE PILGRIMS TRAVELED THEY BROUGHT APPLE SEEDS IN 1634, LORD BALTIMORE ADVISED TO BRING APPLES ALONG TOO.

FOR CENTURIES, APPLES UNTIL NEW VARIETIES BECAME SO, NEXT TIME, YOU'RE BITING A SLICE OF WATERMELON TAKE A MOMENT TO REMEMBER THAT BROUGHT THAT FOOD * Joanne: COMING UP.

AL SPOLER MAKES SOME BUT BEFORE WE GO TO AL, MECHANIC, ECONOMIST, SO, IT HELPS WHEN THEY HAVE JOE LIGO SHOWS US, * Joe Ligo: YOU MIGHT THINK BUT THIS FOUR WHEELED COMPANION CALLED A "SKID LOADER" THIS MACHINE CAN DO HUNDREDS YOU WON'T FIND A STEERING WHEEL INSTEAD, YOU CONTROL THE MACHINE WHICH CHANGE THE SPEED OF WHEN ONE SIDE GOES SLOWER IT SKIDS AND THE MACHINE TURNS, AND THE OTHER FORWARD, AND THIS MANEUVERABILITY MAKES FOR TIGHT SPACES WHERE LIKE...INSIDE A BARN.

AND THE SKID LOADER BUCKET HAUL, AND DUMP, THE BUCKET COMES OFF, NUMBER OF ACCESSORIES, FROM TO DITCH DIGGERS AND EVEN THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

AND SOME PEOPLE EVEN MAKE LIKE THIS MANURE SCRAPER AND IT'S THAT VERSATILITY SUCH AN INDISPENSABLE COMPANION EVEN IF THE DOG IS STILL AND THAT IS THE WAY IT WORKS.

* Joanne: IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR HIGHLAND BEEF MIGHT BE AL SPOILER'S HEADED TO TO MEET A HAIRY HERD OF CATTLE THE LOCAL BUY, AL.

* Al Spoler: THERE'S OVER OF BEEF CATTLE IN THE WORLD.

AND THEY COME IN ALL SIZES AND COLORS ALL THE WAY FROM BELTED GALLOWAYS.

NOW, HERE AT RUNNING W FARM FARMER JIM LINDAUER HAS CHOSEN HIGHLAND CATTLE OF ALL HE COULD HAVE CHOSEN; THE MOST SENSE FOR TODAY'S AN EXCITING DAY FOR FARMER JIM LINDAUER IS GIVING PUMPKIN'S AND THE CATTLE FOR INDULGING BECAUSE WITH HEALTH BENEFITS.

Jim Lindauer: IN THE FALL HERE, SOME PUMPKINS TO OUR CATTLE.

IT'S CERTAINLY, BUT ALSO IT IS A NATURAL FOR THE CATTLE TO SHED SOME OF AND THINGS.

Al: ALTHOUGH, THE HERD JIM CHOSE THIS BREED PRIMARILY TO THRIVE ON GRASS.

Jim: THEIR GENETICS, WITHIN THE SCOTTISH ISLES VERY WELL ON GRASS.

THEY'LL EAT, NOT ONLY THEY'LL EAT OTHER WEEDS WE CAN ACTUALLY, FATTEN CATTLE EVEN IN THE WINTER Al: OF COURSE, THAT MAKES THIS BREED STANDOUT.

THEIR UNIQUE LOOK ALSO Jim: HIGHLAND CATTLE BOTH THE MALES AND FEMALES THEY ALL HAVE LONG COATS, THE FARTHER NORTH YOU GO THOUGH, THE INNER COAT IS WARM AND THEN THE SNOW AND THE RAIN.

Al: AND WITH ALL THAT HAIR, TO PET ONE.

JIM, WHO IS THIS PRETTY Jim: THIS IS POPPY.

SHE WAS BORN ON FATHER'S DAY, SO, SHE'S ALMOST A YEAR SHE REALLY LIKES TO BE BRUSHED.

YOU WANT TO TRY?

Al: YEAH, I'D LOVE TO BECAUSE I WOULD THINK, IT WOULD BE IT'S ALMOST LIKE BABY HAIR.

VERY FINE.

AND I BET SHE JUST LOVES Al: A WARM COAT ALSO MEANS TO PUT ON MUCH FAT FOR THOSE THIS MAKES THEIR MEAT LEANER Jim: HERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUST CUT IT HAS SOME FAT, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WASTE.

SO, IT'S A GREAT MEAL CAN BE Al: DESPITE THE LACK OF FAT, THANKS IN PART TO THE BREEDS Jim: THEY'RE JUST HANGING OUT.

THEY'RE MORE LIKE COUCH POTATOES SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THEIR MUSCLES TENDER.

Al: JIM SELLS HIS HIGHLAND BEEF AND AT THE CHESTER TOWN HE ALSO SUPPLIES MEAT TO A LOCAL BAKERY CAFE AND CATERER "THE BEEF IS A BIG HIT Zack Ledoux: WE GET PHONE CALLS OF OUR PRODUCT AND SPECIFICALLY AND THEN, PEOPLE COME SOMETIMES ON THE WEEKEND JUST TO GET THE BRISKET Al: IF YOU'D LIKE TO TRY TO USING HIGHLAND BEEF, THAT CAME TO US FROM CHEF ZACK PUT TOGETHER AND THEY'RE REALLY DELICIOUS.

HE'S GOT A BREAKFAST SANDWICH, AND THEN A ROAST BEEF SANDWICH IF YOU'D LIKE TO TRY THESE WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE RECIPES GIVE IT A TRY I'M AL SPOLER.

JOANNE.

* Joanne: THANKS, AL.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT FOR ALL OUR LOCAL BUY RECIPES THERE AS WELL.

ALSO, DON'T FORGET TO FOLLOW US AND A LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES.

NO, HOLD ON.

WE'RE NOT DONE YET.

REMEMBER OUR THINGAMAJIG?

DID YOU GUESS IT?

OUR HINT WAS THAT IT'S A MAGNET, ON YOUR FRIDGE.

THIS IS A COW MAGNET, EATS A PIECE OF METAL, HER FOUR STOMACHS AND MAKE BUT IF A VETERINARIAN IT ATTRACTS ANY METAL AND SINKS WHERE IT CAN'T HURT THE COW.

Joanne: THANKFULLY, BECAUSE FARMERS WORK VERY HARD AND PASTURES, CLEAN, AND SAFE.

CONGRATULATIONS, JOIN IN NEXT WEEK FOR ALONG WITH MORE STORIES ABOUT PASSIONATE PEOPLE WHO FEED I'M JOANNE CLENCHING.

THANKS FOR WATCHING CLOSED CAPTIONING HAS BEEN MADE EMPOWERING THOSE WITH TO STAY CONNECTED.

* Announcer: MAJOR FUNDING FOR IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY...

THE MARYLAND GRAIN PRODUCERS INVESTING IN SMARTER FARMING AND AFFORDABLE FOOD, FEED, ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY GOOD FOR YOU, MARBIDCO, HELPING TO SUSTAIN FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS...

THE MARYLAND AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT MID-ATLANTIC FARM CREDIT, AND RURAL AMERICA...

RURAL MARYLAND COUNCIL, A COLLECTIVE VOICE FOR THE MARYLAND SOYBEAN BOARD PROGRESS POWERED BY FARMERS... WEGMANS FOOD MARKETS, HEALTHIER, THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND BY...

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