Farmers get their moment in the sun on PBS

New Orleans area farmers and fishers will be featured on the television series, The Endless Feast, to be broadcast on PBS stations nationwide and the Create Network. The returning series zeroes in on examples of sustainable agriculture in different parts of the country. Each episode culminates in a five-course community dinner party that incorporates the show’s featured foods and products. Jackson-based Foundation for the Mid South donated $100,000 to help produce the Louisiana episode and separate shows on Arkansas and Mississippi. The three states are the foundation’s geographic target areas. Communications Director Chris Crothers said that while investing in a television program was a departure for FMS, the show’s purpose dovetails with the organization’s objectives. “We’ve approached it from a health and wellness angle, as well as an economic development one,” Crothers says. “Food and the agriculture industry bring people and communities together and are economic drivers in the Mid South.” The Louisiana feast will be shot in and around New Orleans on Sunday, October 25 and will air early next year. – Maggie Heyn Richardson