For the past 12 months, Natalina Sents, an Iowa native, has been crisscrossing the country on Beck’s Why I Farm Roadtrip, a year-long, 50-state tour documenting agriculture’s diversity. Sents finished her travels on May 19, 2017 and has revealed the untold stories of over 150 American farmers and ranchers through blogs and photography. In total, more than 50 different types of agriculture were represented from the farms she visited. The first half of the trip included blueberries, pumpkins, hydroponic lettuce, cranberries, pigs, beef cattle, dairy cows, alpaca fiber, bison, mushrooms, orchards, nuts, hops, lavender, honey and more. The most recent stories highlighted items like rice, crawfish, okra, barley, garlic, peaches, canola, cotton, peanuts, olive trees, chiles, coffee, sugarbeets, sweet potatoes, broccoli, and taro, a native crop of Hawaii. Watch this video for a recap of Sents’ time on the road and the farmers she met across the country. To meet the farmers that were featured in Beck’s Why I Farm Roadtrip, visit www.WhyIFarm.com/blog, www.facebook.com/WhyIFarm, and www.twitter.com/WhyIFarm, as well as @WhyIFarm on Instagram and Snapchat. To submit a story idea, please email ******
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