Today, there are almost 60,000 farms in Pennsylvania, occupying a quarter of the state’s 28 million acres. Agribusiness is a $45 billion dollar industry, employing more than two million people. Ten percent of that revenue comes directly from agriculture. The state ranks fourth in the nation in dairy production, first in mushroom production, hardwood production and Christmas tree farms, and is in the top ten in the production of four vegetable—pumpkins, sweet corn, snap beans, and cantaloupe.

Hearth and Harvest celebrates and chronicles the story of Pennsylvania agriculture. From seed to sprawl, from topography to tax credits, from Guernsey’s to global warming and boom or bust, Hearth and Harvest follows a chronological year in the life of Pennsylvania farmers.

It begins with the Farm Show in Harrisburg in January and concludes with the traditional end of the harvest season. Within this narrative structure, Hearth and Harvest conveys contemporary agriculture in Pennsylvania from seed to shelf through the evocative voices of the farmers themselves.

Hearth and Harvest reveals this amazing legacy, created from character and ingenuity. In doing so, it demonstrates agriculture’s essential contribution to Pennsylvania’s economy and instils in viewers an appreciation and pride in the once and future heaven.