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Explore Kentucky’s food traditions with The Farmer & The Foodie
Get to know the food grown by Kentucky farmers and celebrate the Commonwealth’s diverse food traditions with The Farmer & The Foodie.
The Farmer & The Foodie hosts, Maggie Keith (The Farmer) and Lindsey McClave (The Foodie), celebrate regional food traditions and create delicious recipes by visiting the people and places providing the ingredients and inspiring simple, healthy meals. The two friends travel the state, where they draw inspiration from the farms, ingredients and people they encounter. Then they bring what they’ve learned into the kitchen to create delicious and approachable recipes.
Each episode wraps up with Maggie, Lindsey, and the friends they’ve met sitting down and enjoying a meal together — underscoring The Farmer & The Foodie‘s mantra that “good food is meant to be shared.”
About the hosts
Lindsey McClave is a food and wine writer and self-taught home cook with a knack for creating original recipes with fresh, locally sourced ingredients.
Maggie Keith is the owner and operator of Foxhollow Farm and a passionate advocate for Kentucky farmland.
This program is funded in part by the KET Endowment for Kentucky Productions.
Recent Episodes
TV Schedules
Upcoming
Family Farming - Groce Family Farm - S4 E6
Turkeys, ducks, pigs and cattle welcome Maggie and Lindsey to Groce Family Farm in English, Indiana right outside Louisville. In the kitchen, spatchcock turkey, butternut squash puree and a late fall market salad with torn croutons make the perfect family meal.
- Friday April 19, 2024 10:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday April 19, 2024 9:30 am CT on KETKY
Foxhollow Farm; Growing the Next Generation of Farmers - S1 E2
Premiered On: 01/25/2020
Maggie and Lindsey head to Foxhollow, Maggie's family farm, to meet the diverse group of young farmers making a living from the land. They craft a seasonally inspired feast, including grass-fed beef meatballs with homemade marinara sauce and a rosemary spritz cocktail.
- Saturday April 20, 2024 3:30 pm ET on KET
- Saturday April 20, 2024 2:30 pm CT on KET
- Friday May 3, 2024 10:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday May 3, 2024 9:30 am CT on KETKY
Food, Family & The Hindman Settlement School - S1 E1
Premiered On: 01/18/2020
Maggie and Lindsey travel to Eastern Kentucky, for the Hindman Settlement School's annual Family Folk Gathering. They learn about the region's rich heritage and how the school is partnering with Grow Appalachia to empower local residents to grow their own food. Maggie helps prep a garden before they head back to Lindsey's kitchen to cook a meal inspired by their visit, including the Hindman Settlement School's apple stack cake cobbler.
- Friday April 26, 2024 10:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday April 26, 2024 9:30 am CT on KETKY
The State of Hunger in Louisville - S1 E3
Premiered On: 02/01/2020
Maggie and Lindsey explore the state of hunger in their community and visit Dare to Care Food Bank. They help prep over 1,000 hot meals at the Community Kitchen served at Kids Cafes throughout Louisville.
- Saturday April 27, 2024 3:30 pm ET on KET
- Saturday April 27, 2024 2:30 pm CT on KET
- Friday May 10, 2024 10:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday May 10, 2024 9:30 am CT on KETKY
Farming Well - S1 E4
Premiered On: 02/08/2020
Maggie and Lindsey visit a decades-old family farm in New Castle, Kentucky, where they learn what it means to farm well from Steve Smith. They spend some time with Mary Berry of The Berry Center before heading back to Lindsey's kitchen, where Mary teaches them to cook her family's brown sugar pie, and they make a hearty winter meal of braised Boston butt with sweet potato BBQ sauce.
- Monday April 22, 2024 12:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday April 22, 2024 11:30 am CT on KET2
- Monday April 22, 2024 5:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday April 22, 2024 4:30 pm CT on KET2
- Saturday May 4, 2024 3:30 pm ET on KET
- Saturday May 4, 2024 2:30 pm CT on KET
- Friday May 17, 2024 10:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday May 17, 2024 9:30 am CT on KETKY
Tackling Carp in Western Kentucky - S1 E6
Premiered On: 02/22/2020
The season's final episode brings Maggie and Lindsey to Paducah, Kentucky, where they learn firsthand how the community is turning the problem of the invasive carp fish into an opportunity. Chef Sara Bradley of Freight House cooks carp for Maggie and Lindsey, sharing with them the many benefits of this misunderstood fish. Maggie joins local fisherman Marcus on his boat and helps catch his daily carp haul, which Lindsey fries and serves with squash soup.
- Monday May 6, 2024 12:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday May 6, 2024 11:30 am CT on KET2
- Monday May 6, 2024 5:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday May 6, 2024 4:30 pm CT on KET2
Coming Around One Table with Common Earth Gardens - S1 E5
Premiered On: 02/15/2020
Maggie and Lindsey take part in the kitchen skills classes taught at the Common Table, a six-week program preparing refugees and others for careers in hospitality. They visit the vibrant vegetable beds of Common Earth Gardens, where refugees from around the world are able to make a living from the earth.
- Monday April 29, 2024 12:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday April 29, 2024 11:30 am CT on KET2
- Monday April 29, 2024 5:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday April 29, 2024 4:30 pm CT on KET2
- Saturday May 11, 2024 3:30 pm ET on KET
- Saturday May 11, 2024 2:30 pm CT on KET
Chickens - Foxhollow and Rootbound Farms - S2 E1
Maggie and Lindsey learn natural ways of raising chickens, take part in a chicken roundup and collect eggs. They return to the kitchen to create a speedy weeknight meal of spatchcock chicken and asparagus, poached eggs topped with a hollandaise sauce.
- Monday May 13, 2024 12:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday May 13, 2024 11:30 am CT on KET2
- Monday May 13, 2024 5:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday May 13, 2024 4:30 pm CT on KET2
Recent
The State of Hunger in Louisville - S1 E3
- Monday April 15, 2024 5:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday April 15, 2024 4:30 pm CT on KET2
- Monday April 15, 2024 12:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday April 15, 2024 11:30 am CT on KET2
Food, Family & The Hindman Settlement School - S1 E1
- Saturday April 13, 2024 3:30 pm ET on KET
- Saturday April 13, 2024 2:30 pm CT on KET
- Monday April 1, 2024 5:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday April 1, 2024 4:30 pm CT on KET2
- Monday April 1, 2024 12:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday April 1, 2024 11:30 am CT on KET2
Seedleaf - S4 E5
- Friday April 12, 2024 10:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday April 12, 2024 9:30 am CT on KETKY
Foxhollow Farm; Growing the Next Generation of Farmers - S1 E2
- Monday April 8, 2024 5:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday April 8, 2024 4:30 pm CT on KET2
- Monday April 8, 2024 12:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday April 8, 2024 11:30 am CT on KET2
Family Farming - Groce Family Farm - S4 E6
- Saturday April 6, 2024 3:30 pm ET on KET
- Saturday April 6, 2024 2:30 pm CT on KET
- Monday March 25, 2024 5:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday March 25, 2024 4:30 pm CT on KET2
- Monday March 25, 2024 12:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday March 25, 2024 11:30 am CT on KET2
Artisanal Cheese - Wildcat Mountain Cheese - S4 E4
- Friday April 5, 2024 10:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday April 5, 2024 9:30 am CT on KETKY
Seedleaf - S4 E5
- Saturday March 30, 2024 3:30 pm ET on KET
- Saturday March 30, 2024 2:30 pm CT on KET
- Monday March 18, 2024 5:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday March 18, 2024 4:30 pm CT on KET2
- Monday March 18, 2024 12:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday March 18, 2024 11:30 am CT on KET2
Strawberries - Whitesburg; Quillen Farm - S4 E3
- Friday March 29, 2024 10:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday March 29, 2024 9:30 am CT on KETKY
Artisanal Cheese - Wildcat Mountain Cheese - S4 E4
- Saturday March 23, 2024 3:30 pm ET on KET
- Saturday March 23, 2024 2:30 pm CT on KET
Strawberries - Whitesburg; Quillen Farm - S4 E3
- Saturday March 16, 2024 3:30 pm ET on KET
- Saturday March 16, 2024 2:30 pm CT on KET
The World of Mushrooms - The Appalachian Forager; Ashbourne Farms - S4 E2
- Friday March 15, 2024 5:00 am ET on KET
- Friday March 15, 2024 4:00 am CT on KET
