'Washington Grown' TV show enters second season
Pasco farmer Jared Balcom and Washington Grown host Kristi Gorenson film a segment for the show earlier this summer. The show's second season debuts this Sunday on Northwest Cable News (NWCN).
MOSES LAKE - "Washington Grown," a television show highlighting various food commodities grown in the state, is set to return to the airwaves this coming weekend.
The second season of the show debuts on Northwest Cable News (NWCN) at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday.
The show, which is produced by North by Northwest, is a part of the Washington Grown campaign, a project of the Washington Farmers and Ranchers coalition. The first season of "Washington Grown" earned a Bronze Telly Award in the information category of the Telly's Film/Video competition earlier this year.
Like last season, each of the 13 episodes this season will track a food item from the farm to the plate. State commodities such as potatoes, wheat, tree fruit and beef, were some of the topics of episodes that aired in the show's first season, according to a previous Columbia Basin Herald.
Each 30-minute episode this season will introduce viewers to different farmers and ranchers in the state and educate them on how food and agriculture impacts everyone's lives, according to a WFR statement. In addition to farms, the show will also feature restaurants, bakeries, processing facilities and other food-related places throughout the state.
Spokane farmer and WFR board member Marci Green said the goal of the TV show is to help connect people back to the state's farms and ranches and highlight how important food and agriculture is to Washington's economy.
"As the landscape of our society continues to change fewer and fewer people have the chance to visit a working farm anymore and really understand the efforts our growers take to sustain the land while providing the highest quality product to those throughout the state and beyond," she said in a recent statement.
After the premiere of the first episode, "Washington Grown" will air at noon and 8:30 p.m. on NWCN. Episodes can also be viewed online at www.wagrown.com the Monday after they air on television.
Spokane's PBS affiliate, KSPS, will also air episodes beginning in January.