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# 215
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/americas-heartland/episode/americas-heartland-215/
- Published: 2024-05-08T14:08:11.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T08:52:00.000Z
- Description: Alabama cotton, Iowa’s mightiest machines, an aquaculture farmer who harvests shellfish
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: America's Heartland, Season 2, Episode 15, #ZZZ_Episode_7ab50d73-e801-4ab3-a718-70d75d6bda61, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_e2dd9911-ad05-4ab5-aadb-338e5c6e1486, #v1.16

Farmers across the South roll out massive equipment to bring the crops in! Celebrate the harvest season with a unique event called a tractorcade in Iowa! A South Carolina hog farmer raises them the natural way. It’s a harvest straight from the sea! Meet a female aquaculture farmer who’s a third generation shellfish harvester! Celebrate the end of the harvest with the people who work the land.