Synopsis

Across America’s orchards and fields, a long contest between manual work and machines has given rise to numerous harvesting techniques – some remarkably efficient, others strikingly unusual. Discover the methods employed by an orchard manager and his team as they measure fruit ripeness and monitor atmospheric conditions. Explore California's largest fruit packing facility and attempt to match the pace of conveyors moving at ten fruits a second. Then journey onward to Nebraska’s cornfields and Wi