Lidia Celebrates America
Homegrown Heroes: Matt Smiley
Clip: Season 2017 Episode 1 | 1m 54sVideo has Closed Captions
Hear Matt Smiley describe how important farming can be to veterans coming home.
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.
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Funding for LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Lidia Celebrates America
Homegrown Heroes: Matt Smiley
Clip: Season 2017 Episode 1 | 1m 54sVideo has Closed Captions
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.
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Clip: S2017 Ep1 | 1m 24s | Alvina describes how farming gives a person purpose. (1m 24s)
Homegrown Heroes: Calvin Riggleman
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Clip: S2017 Ep1 | 1m 56s | Watch Lidia Bastianich try whisky shots from Calvin Riggleman's distillery. (1m 56s)
Homegrown Heroes: Jon & Tara Darling
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Clip: S2017 Ep1 | 1m 58s | Lidia makes a porchetta roll with Jon and Tara Darling, and they have dinner outside. (1m 58s)
Homegrown Heroes: Kelly Carlisle
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Clip: S2017 Ep1 | 1m 57s | Learn about Kelly Carlisle's journey to farming and gardening. (1m 57s)
Homegrown Heroes: Lidia's Toast
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Clip: S2017 Ep1 | 1m 33s | At a celebratory dinner, Lidia gives a moving toast to the Homegrown Heroes. (1m 33s)
Homegrown Heroes: Mark & Denise Beyers
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Clip: S2017 Ep1 | 1m 47s | Mark and Denise Beyers make a turkey, and then fresh homemade ricotta with Lidia. (1m 47s)
Homegrown Heroes: Nate Looney & Edgar Hercila
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Clip: S2017 Ep1 | 1m 45s | See how a farm in the middle of the city uses fish, and hydroponics, to grow microgreens. (1m 45s)
Lidia Celebrates America: Homegrown Heroes - Preview
Preview: S2017 Ep1 | 2m 24s | Lidia Bastianich looks at veterans who find farming to be a path back to civilian life. (2m 24s)
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