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 Modern Marvels "Harvesting" DVD 50 minutes Closed Captioned History Channel
Overview
The History Channel's Modern Marvels series is one of the most fascinating and informative video programs on TV. The series is famous for its brilliant and wonderfully detailed coverage of technical and industrial subjects, of which many are about foodservice and food manufacturing.
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Modern Marvels Harvesting
Cutting, digging, picking, stripping, shaking, and raking--whatever the crop, there's a custom machine to harvest it.
It all began with handpicking and today it's often one man and one machine harvesting hundreds of acres in a single day. The farmer may even get a little help from satellites. Far above the earth, high-resolution photography is giving the grower more opportunities to cut costs and maximize the harvest.
From the debut of the sickle in ancient Egypt to McCormick's famous Reaper to the field of Ergonomics that assists human harvesters, we'll dig into the past and future of the harvest.
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