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HERE, THEY PROVIDE TO THOSE EXPERIENCING EMOTIONAL, AND PHYSICAL CHALLENGES.

HI, I'M JOANNE CLENDINING, A VERY SPECIAL EPISODE OF AFTER EIGHT SEASONS ON TV, ACROSS THE STATE.

TODAY, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK BACK COMING UP, WE WATCH SOYBEANS BUT FIRST IN 2018, IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY TO BREED A NEW QUEEN.

* THE HUM OF THE HONEYBEE HIVE OF A WELL-OILED MACHINE IN SOME GATHER FOOD, OR RAISE YOUNG.

AT THE TOP OF IT, ALL THE SINGLE OF THIS COMPLEX SOCIAL IS AND IF YOU KNOW WHAT TO LOOK Maggie Mills: HER ABDOMEN AND SHE WALKS DIFFERENTLY.

HER ROLE IN THE HIVE IS Joanne: IN THE SPRING, POLLEN ABOUNDS AND THEIR RUNNETH OVER WITH NECTAR.

AND THE QUEEN IS AS BUSY AS Maggie: WITH THE WEATHER THE QUEEN WILL LAY MORE THE IDEA IS THE BEES WILL WANT THAT CAN GO OUT AND FORAGE AND BRING IT BACK.

[BEES BUZZING] Maggie: SO, SHE'S LAYING SHE'LL COME BACK OUT, Joanne: AND WITH HER OR RETINUE AROUND HER, UP TO A THOUSAND TIMES EACH DAY.

Maggie: YES, THE RETINUE IS Joanne: THIS TIME OF YEAR, OF HOPE HONEY FARM IN IS BUSY TOO.

SHE'S FOCUSED ON HER BEES' OR SPLIT INTO NEW COLONIES.

Maggie: THE EXISTING QUEEN WITH APPROXIMATELY HALF Joanne: THE REMAINING BEES ARE IT'S THE PERFECT TIME FOR MAGGIE THIS COVERT REGIME CHANGE IT'S A WAY TO BUILD Maggie: WHAT I'M DOING IS AND BUILDING SOME NUCLEUS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW BEEKEEPERS THEIR COLONIES OVER WINTER.

Joanne: ABOUT A THIRD OF RELIES ON POLLINATION.

SO THE MORE COLONIES, MAKING A NUCLEUS COLONY - - TAKES PATIENCE, Maggie: I'M BLOWING ON THE BEES SO I CAN FIND THE LARVA I WANT.

Joanne: ANY FEMALE BEE CAN AS LONG AS SHE'S FED A STEADY BEFORE SHE FULLY MATURES.

Maggie: IT'S A SUPER RICH, I LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS BECAUSE IT WILL ACTUALLY YEAH, THIS IS PERFECT.

Joanne: BUT GRAFTED QUEENS AT BEING ACCEPTED BY THE HIVE MAGGIE LOOKS FOR BEE LARVA Maggie: THE YOUNGEST LARVA POSSIBLE, ROYAL JELLY DIET ITS Joanne: OF COURSE, THE SMALLEST.

THAT'S WHERE THE GOOD VISION Maggie: WE WANT TO JUST BE REALLY GENTLE WHEN WE MOVE Joanne: EACH OF THESE QUEEN CUPS EACH COLOR SIGNIFIES DIFFERENT WHICH HELPS MAGGIE BUILD Maggie: I WAS ABLE TO BRING IN SPECIFICALLY BRED TO HAVE AND I COUPLED THOSE WITH Joanne: HYGIENIC BEES ARE LESS WITH COLONY KILLING MAGGIE PUTS THE QUEEN CANDIDATES IN NEED OF A QUEEN AND HOPES Maggie: IF THE LARVA WAS OF TRANSFERRING IT FROM THE BEES WON'T BE INTERESTED IN FACT, THEY'LL CLEAN OUT WILL JUST BE LEFT FOR DEAD.

Joanne: IN A FEW DAYS, MAGGIE Maggie: THEY'RE CARING FOR THE QUEEN Joanne: IN ANOTHER TWO WEEKS, READY TO MATE.

AND IN A FEW DAYS, MAGGIE CAN TELL HOW HEALTHY THAT IS, HER BABY BEES.

Maggie: FULL FRAME OF BROOD OF A REALLY HEALTHY, Joanne: IT'S A JOB WELL DONE AND IT MEANS THE NEW COLONY AND SOLD.

SHE FILLS A BOX WITH ABOUT A FEW FRAMES OF POLLEN ON THEIR JOURNEY; HER MAJESTY, THE QUEEN.

* AFTER THAT STORY DEBUTED, WHEN IT TOOK HOME AN EMMY AWARD.

* Joanne: ALL RIGHT, YOUR AGRICULTURAL EXPERTISE.

HERE IS OUR THINGAMAJIG YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS?

WELL, HERE'S A HINT.

IT'S NOT A MOTORCYCLE HANDLE.

STAY TUNED AND WE'LL HAVE THE A LOT OF SOYBEANS GROWN IN POULTRY INDUSTRY AS BUT AS THIS STORY FROM SOME OF THOSE BEANS ALSO VIA A DIFFERENT ROUTE - SOY OIL.

* IF WE REALLY ARE WHAT WE EAT, WHETHER IN CHIPS, CANDY BARS, THIS UBIQUITOUS GRAIN ACCOUNTS THAT WE CONSUME AS A NATION, LIKE SOY OIL OR AND IT ALL BEGINS WITH A BEAN.

Sonny Eaton: WE'VE BEEN CUTTING THEY'RE YIELDING PRETTY GOOD.

THEY WENT THROUGH A COUPLE OR NOT ENOUGH RAIN, THEY'D BE AS GOOD AS THEY ARE.

Joanne: THIRD GENERATION FARMER COLERAINE FARMS ON ABOUT ON MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE.

Sonny: WE PLANT ABOUT 1,350 ACRES OF CORN, OF EARLY BEANS.

AND THAT'S ALL WE GROW IS CORN, Joanne: ON A WARM AFTERNOON HE'S BUSY HARVESTING THE LATTER ONE OF WHOM HASN'T EVEN REACHED Sonny: MY NINE-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON AND HE DRIVES FOR US OVER WHEN HE'S HOME FROM SCHOOL.

AND HE'S JUST A GOOD KID.

HE'S BEEN DRIVING A LOT OF HE WAS LITTLE.

Joanne: SONNY GROWS MULTIPLE INCLUDING A HIGH OLEIC BEAN, TO PRODUCE OIL THAT CAN WITHOUT GOING RANCID.

BUT TODAY, HE'S HARVESTING AND USING MONITORS IN HIS EVERYTHING LOOKS OKAY.

Sonny: NOT TOO DRY OR TOO WET, THEY'RE JUST A NINE, Joanne: THAT'S 9% MOISTURE, OF 13% REQUIRED FOR STORAGE.

IN OTHER WORDS, THESE BEANS DRIED DOWN BEFORE THEY CAN IN A GRAIN BIN.

Sonny: WE HAUL ABOUT A YEAR.

Joanne: ONCE HARVESTED, THE TO THE PURDUE EDIBLE OIL Wayne Hudson: WE'RE PROCESSING OF BEANS THAT WERE ACTUALLY COMING INTO THE EXTRACTION WE START OFF WITH THE WHOLE SOYA Joanne: UPON ARRIVAL, AND STORED IN ONE OF MANY GRAIN BINS, UNTIL... Wayne: THE FIRST PROCESS CRACK THE BEANS.

THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO REMOVE Joanne: THE SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT AND GROUND INTO A MILL FEED AS FOR THE BEANS THEMSELVES... Wayne: NOW, THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS, AND MAKE IT SOFT AND PLIABLE TO RUPTURE THE OIL CELLS.

THE WAY WE DO THAT IS TWO BIG ROLLERS AND ACTUALLY Joanne: PRESSING THE BEANS INTO MORE EASILY ACCESSIBLE, MEANING...IT'S JUST A QUICK TRIP AND VOILA!

Wayne: THAT'S HOW YOU EXTRACT LEAVING YOU WITH BASICALLY - WHICH HAS THE OIL REMOVED Joanne: THE DE-OILED FLAKES Wayne: THIS IS YOUR THAT IS USED IN ANIMAL FEED Joanne: BUT THE OIL STILL HAS Wayne: YOU'RE NOW LEFT WITH YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A SOLID WHERE IT'S NATURALLY FALLEN OUT.

Joanne: THOSE SOLIDS ARE REMOVED A WORD YOU MIGHT BE IF YOU'VE EVER TAKEN THE TIME ON YOUR FAVORITE SWEET TREAT.

Wayne: THAT'S SOLD TO NESTLE, Joanne: MEANWHILE, BLEACHED, DEODORIZED... Wayne: THEN, THEN YOU CAN MIX IT WITH ANOTHER OR WHATEVER CUSTOMER WOULD LIKE.

Joanne: THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN THEIR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

FINALLY, IT'S OUT THE DOOR, Wayne: TYPICALLY, WE'RE ANYWHERE BETWEEN SIX POUNDS OF OIL THAT WILL LEAVE Joanne: AND WHILE, HAS DOZENS OF DIFFERENT RANGING FROM INK TO BIODIESEL, THIS REFINERY SPECIALIZES IN Wayne: POTATO CHIPS, Joanne: CHEW ON THAT, * DURING THE COURSE OF EIGHT OUR TV CREW HAS BEEN IN SOME FROM THE TOP OF A GRAIN BIN WELL, YOU KNOW.

HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME BEHIND THE SCENES MOMENTS.

* WE'VE BEEN CAPTURING IMAGES OF BUT SOMEONE ELSE HAD WHEN WE MET EDWIN REMSBERG HE SHARED A PASSION FOR FARM DECADES IN THE MAKING.

* WHEN IT COMES TO FARMING, COMES AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT Edwin Remsberg: WHEN WE NEED WE CAN JUST RUN OUT BACK WE CAN FIND A PICTURE.

Joanne: THE SHEEP ON EDWIN'S SERVE NOT ONLY AS HIS BUT ALSO AS A CONNECTION TO HIS Edwin: MY FAMILY HAS FARMED, FOR 300 YEARS AND ON THIS ROAD SO THERE'S A BIT OF THAT I FEEL A NECESSITY Joanne: BUT FARMING SUCH A HOLD ON EDWIN.

AFTER GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE, FROM HIS ROOTS.

Edwin: I INITIALLY WANTED DARING PHOTOJOURNALIST, YOU KNOW, PHOTOGRAPHING, WAR ZONES AND CHAOS ALL OVER THAT WAS MY DREAM, FROM THE FARM AS POSSIBLE.

Joanne: BUT IN HIS THIRTIES, HIS FAMILY'S LEGACIES FROM HIS GRANDFATHER'S DIARIES FROM Edwin: AFTER HIS DEATH, I WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FARM THE GHOST OF MY GRANDFATHER.

Joanne: IT WAS THIS LOOK BACK A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.

AFTER ALL, FOCUS IS ESSENTIAL.

Edwin: AND SO, WHERE I CAME FROM AND THE WORK THAT WAS MOST MEANINGFUL TO ME.

I HAD A UNIQUE ABILITY OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING Joanne: HE TOOK THAT STORY EDWIN'S PHOTOGRAPHY COMPANY, HAS PHOTOGRAPHED FARMING AND 16 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

HE TAKES PHOTOS FOR AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTS, HE'S BUILT ONLINE.

AND WHILE, HE LIKES TO KEEP HIS WORK Edwin: A VERY VALUABLE PART FOR PEOPLE SO THEY CAN SEE AND JUST HOW IMPORTANT Joanne: AS HE FINDS HIS FRAME, THE NON-FARMING PUBLIC IN MIND.

Edwin: AS FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE IN THE ACTIVITIES OF FARMING, NOT JUST THE SCENE BUT THE AND SO FORTH IS REALLY Joanne: AND HE BRINGS THE SPIRIT OF HIS WORK, AS STUDIO MANAGER Hannah Smith: MY FIRST DAY I WALKED INTO THE OFFICE AND WAS BOTTLE FEED A NEWBORN Joanne: THERE'S NO TYPICAL DAY.

SOME INVOLVE HELPING OUT OTHERS INCLUDE TAKING SHOTS TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT MAY NOT BUT IT IS SIGNIFICANT.

BELVEDERE FARM HAS BEEN IN IT'S WHERE EDWIN RECREATED AND YOU COULD SAY, HIS PHOTOGRAPHY CAREER.

Edwin: THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH WAS OF THIS CAR, WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER I TOOK A PICTURE OF IT AND IT AND SO FORTH.

PEOPLE WERE SO ENTHRALLED WELL, MAYBE I CAN DO THIS.

THIS IS SOMETHING I COULD Joanne: TODAY, EDWIN PLANS TO NEWEST INCARNATION AS RUN BY HIS UNCLE BILL HARLAN.

Edwin: BUT THE CLIP, FROM WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT Bill Harlan: OKAY.

Joanne: WHILE, AS A BAD ANGLE AT A BLOOMING EDWIN IS MORE FOCUSED ON Edwin: AND I THINK THAT'S OFTEN THERE'S A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL BUT THERE'S NOT MANY PEOPLE OF FARM WORK.

Joanne: AND ACCORDING TO BILL, IN FRONT OF AND BEHIND Bill: AND I THINK, THE SUBJECTS WHAT THEY DO AND THEY'RE PROUD * Joanne: OUR NEXT STORY IS BUT AT FIRST GLANCE, WATCH AS AL SPOLER VISITS THAT GROWS A WIDE VARIETY INCLUDING MUSHROOMS.

* Al Spoler: YOU CAN STILL HEAR THE SOUNDS AT BACKBONE FOOD FARM MAX DUBANSKY, ALONG WITH HIS IS USING EQUINE-FUELED TO CULTIVATE CROPS ON HIS Max Dubansky: A HORSE THEY RUN ON GRASS.

THAT ALWAYS APPEALS TO ME, AND WHAT COMES OUT THE OTHER ISN'T CARBON DIOXIDE, Al: THE DUBANSKY'S HAD BEEN APPLYING TRADITIONAL METHODS WHEN NEEDED.

WHILE, WORKING THE FIELDS WITH WILLIS ISN'T ENOUGH.

Max: WE FARM 50 ACRES SO, IN THE PAST, WE'VE FARMED WITH HORSES BUT FOUND THAT THE WORK DONE IN TIME.

SO NOW, WE MIX IT UP.

WE USE TRACTORS AND HORSES.

Al: BUT HARVESTING MUSHROOMS HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED HOW WELL, I FOUND OUT COME ON, TAKE A LOOK.

THESE TUBULAR-SHAPED STRUCTURES FOR PUNCHING BAGS, Max: WE TURN A $3 BALE OF STRAW Al: IN THIS CONTROLLED MAX IS ABLE TO GROW PORTOBELLO Max: OYSTERS MUSHROOMS ARE TO CULTIVATE.

THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR THERE'S AT LEAST 70 OR 80 OF OYSTER MUSHROOMS.

Al: IT ALL STARTS WITH A BAG INOCULATED WITH RYE GRAIN Max: THIS IS ACTUALLY THE OYSTER THE STRAW.

AND ONCE, IT FEEDS THROUGH THEN IT WANTS TO REPRODUCE.

Al: MYCELIUM IS THE THREAD-LIKE IT'S THE BASE FOR PRODUCING Max: SO THIS IS STRAW THAT ABOUT THREE DAYS AGO.

AND YOU CAN EASILY SEE HERE THIS IS ONE GRAIN OF RYE, THE MYCELIUM IS JUMPING OFF YOU CAN SEE THE THREADS Al: IN ABOUT A WEEK, WHICH MEANS IT'S READY TO Max: THIS IS A CLUSTER OF THIS MORNING.

THIS CLUSTER IS ABOUT TWO Al: A BABY OYSTER MUSHROOM ALSO REFERRED TO AS A PIN.

THIS STAGE DOESN'T LAST LONG.

TOMORROW, THIS CLUSTER AND BY DAY FOUR, Max: THE EDGE OF THE MUSHROOMS IN-CURLED.

Al: WHICH MEANS TODAY, MAX'S YOUNGER DAUGHTERS, HELP HIM WITH THE HARVEST.

Max: JUST BE GENTLE.

YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB.

ONCE, WE HAVEN'T DISTURBED AND IN ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER CLUSTER OF MUSHROOMS IT'LL DO THAT ABOUT FOUR TIMES.

BASICALLY, IT'LL PRODUCE ALL THE NUTRIENTS IN THE STRAW.

Al: OYSTER AND PORTOBELLO OF MUSHROOMS MAX GROWS.

Max: AND WE GROW THOSE OUTDOORS AND WE ALSO GROW A COUPLE ON WOOD CHIPS OUTDOORS.

WE DROVE 30 TO 40 HOLES PER LOG WE PUT THE SHITAKE MYCELIUM.

IT'S THE SHITAKE MYCELIUM Al: AFTER A YEAR, Max: THE WHITE YOU SEE AT THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SHITAKE OF THE END OF THE LOG IS NOW FULLY INOCULATED.

Al: NEXT, THEY'RE SOAKED AND NOW, THEY'RE READY Max: WE GOT ABOUT 150 TO 200 ABOUT A HUNDRED POUNDS OF 30 POUNDS OF PORTOBELLOS.

Al: THE DUBANSKY'S MUSHROOM AT THE FARMER'S MARKET.

WHAT DRAWS THE CUSTOMERS IN?

THE EYE CATCHING GOLDEN OYSTERS.

Max: THEY'RE TROPICAL SPECIES, TEND TO BE REALLY DELICATE BUT FULL OF FLAVOR.

THEY JUST LOOK REALLY COOL Al: NOW, WHAT DID YOU WHIP UP Katharine Dubansky: TODAY, MUSHROOM SPREAD FOR YOU.

SOME BASIC INGREDIENTS, AND I USED PORTOBELLO, SHITAKE, AND SOME HERBS AND BUTTER, Al: YOU KNOW, CAN BE REALLY, IS THAT TRUE?

Katharine: IT IS TRUE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE EQUAL TO GREATER AND THEY ALSO ARE ONE OF THAT HAS VITAMIN D Al: AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, THIS IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

VERY, VERY TANGY.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS RECIPE AT MPT.ORG/FARM.

YOU CAN TRY IT AT HOME.

THANK YOU.

Katharine: FOR THE LOCAL BUY, JOANNE?

* Joanne: THANKS AL.

THAT WAS A FUN LOOK BACK AT SOME OF COURSE, THERE ARE HUNDREDS SO BE SURE TO CHECK OUT WHERE YOU CAN WATCH AND YOU CAN FIND OUR NOW, HOLD ON.

WE'RE NOT DONE YET.

REMEMBER OUR THINGAMAJIG?

DID YOU GUESS IT?

OUR HINT WAS THAT IT'S THIS IS A TOOL HOLDER.

YOU PUT A CHISEL IN HERE WITH A HAMMER WITHOUT WORRYING CONGRATULATIONS, JOIN US NEXT WEEK FOR ALONG WITH MORE STORIES ABOUT PASSIONATE PEOPLE WHO FEED BEFORE WE GO, WE'D LIKE TO WHO MADE THE LAST EIGHT SEASONS A SUCCESS, HERE'S TO MANY MORE.

I'M JOANNE CLENDINING, 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...

THE MARYLAND NURSERY, LANDSCAPE, THE MARYLAND SEAFOOD THE MARYLAND FARM BUREAU, THE KEITH CAMPBELL FOUNDATION AND BY... *