John Pfeiffer has dedicated his life to his family, taking care of the land and his livestock, and serving his community. It is why he is being inducted into the Oklahoma Ag Hall of Fame!
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau introduces us to him as he tells us why he loves what he does.
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Show producer Donna Sanders shares her perspective on filming the latest episode of Where the Food Comes From at Splenda Stevia Farms, a company growing a sweet specialty crop here in the U.S. that is typically imported from overseas.
Splenda’s new stevia farm in Florida is the first of its kind in the United States. Thousands of plants produce millions of leaves that are then turned into plant-based stevia sweetener products. But how do they get the sweet stuff out?
What does Splenda have to do with farming? Sweeteners like monk fruit and stevia are plant-based — so they are just not sugar, but are comprised of those other plants also grown on farms.