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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
Strawberries - Whitesburg; Quillen Farm - S4 E3
Maggie and Lindsey visit southeastern Kentucky, on the hunt for delicious strawberries. They stop in Deane, Kentucky to pick strawberries, and then drive on to Whitesburg, a community rebuilding from a devastating flood in 2022. After meeting friends and neighbors at the Whitesburg Farmers Market, Cowan Community Center and CANE Kitchen, the hosts make strawberry cake with local kids.
- Friday March 29, 2024 10:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday March 29, 2024 9:30 am CT on KETKY
Seedleaf - S4 E5
Maggie and Lindsey explore community and urban farming in Lexington, Kentucky led by Seedleaf. They tour two community gardens, dig up sweet potatoes and learn about how refugees from Central Africa are growing food from their homeland in Central Kentucky. Back in the kitchen, harvested veggies take center stage in a roasted veggie frittata and sweet potato fritters with zhug sauce. A 2024 KET production.
- Saturday March 30, 2024 3:30 pm ET on KET
- Saturday March 30, 2024 2:30 pm CT on KET
Artisanal Cheese - Wildcat Mountain Cheese - S4 E4
Maggie and Lindsey visit a third-generation dairy farm in East Bernstadt, Kentucky to learn about the cheese-making process including hooping and cutting fresh Swiss cheese curd. The versatile and beloved ingredient is on display in recipes like cheese souffle, pimento cheese, quick-pickled Swiss chard stems and the ultimate cheese board.
- Friday April 5, 2024 10:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday April 5, 2024 9:30 am CT on KETKY
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. A 2024 KET production.
- Saturday April 6, 2024 3:30 pm ET on KET
- Saturday April 6, 2024 2:30 pm CT on KET
Seedleaf - S4 E5
Maggie and Lindsey explore community and urban farming in Lexington, Kentucky led by Seedleaf. They tour two community gardens, dig up sweet potatoes and learn about how refugees from Central Africa are growing food from their homeland in Central Kentucky. Back in the kitchen, harvested veggies take center stage in a roasted veggie frittata and sweet potato fritters with zhug sauce.
- Friday April 12, 2024 10:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday April 12, 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.
- Monday April 1, 2024 12:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday April 1, 2024 11:30 am CT on KET2
- Monday April 1, 2024 5:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday April 1, 2024 4:30 pm CT on KET2
- Saturday April 13, 2024 3:30 pm ET on KET
- Saturday April 13, 2024 2:30 pm CT on KET
- Friday April 26, 2024 10:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday April 26, 2024 9:30 am CT on KETKY
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.
- Monday April 8, 2024 12:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday April 8, 2024 11:30 am CT on KET2
- Monday April 8, 2024 5:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday April 8, 2024 4:30 pm CT on KET2
- Saturday April 20, 2024 3:30 pm ET on KET
- Saturday April 20, 2024 2:30 pm CT on KET
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
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.
- Monday April 15, 2024 12:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday April 15, 2024 11:30 am CT on KET2
- Monday April 15, 2024 5:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday April 15, 2024 4:30 pm CT on KET2
- Saturday April 27, 2024 3:30 pm ET on KET
- Saturday April 27, 2024 2:30 pm CT on KET
Recent
Family Farming - Groce Family Farm - S4 E6
- 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
- Saturday March 23, 2024 3:30 pm ET on KET
- Saturday March 23, 2024 2:30 pm CT on KET
- Monday March 11, 2024 5:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday March 11, 2024 4:30 pm CT on KET2
- Monday March 11, 2024 12:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday March 11, 2024 11:30 am CT on KET2
Seedleaf - S4 E5
- 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
- Saturday March 16, 2024 3:30 pm ET on KET
- Saturday March 16, 2024 2:30 pm CT on KET
- Monday March 4, 2024 5:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday March 4, 2024 4:30 pm CT on KET2
- Monday March 4, 2024 12:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday March 4, 2024 11:30 am CT on KET2
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
- Monday March 11, 2024 2:30 am ET on KET
- Monday March 11, 2024 1:30 am CT on KET
- Monday February 26, 2024 5:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday February 26, 2024 4:30 pm CT on KET2
- Monday February 26, 2024 12:30 pm ET on KET2
- Monday February 26, 2024 11:30 am CT on KET2
Maker's Mark Distillery - S3 E7
- Friday March 8, 2024 10:44 am ET on KETKY
- Friday March 8, 2024 9:44 am CT on KETKY
Heirloom Seeds - S3 E6
- Friday March 1, 2024 10:33 am ET on KETKY
- Friday March 1, 2024 9:33 am CT on KETKY