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# Homegrown Heroes: Matt Smiley
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/lidia-celebrates-america/extras/homegrown-heroes-matt-smiley-1thvea/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:52:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T08:48:38.000Z
- Description: Hear Matt Smiley describe how important farming can be to veterans coming home.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Lidia Celebrates America, #ZZZ_Show_73725357-5345-4d91-b1dc-7769ddf28616, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_7d64329a-1334-496e-a2a5-36d76442c4e3, #extra

In this clip from Lidia Celebrates America: Homegrown Heroes, Matt Smiley discusses how farming can help veterans coming home, the similarities between farming and soldiering, and why farming is so important to him.