Harvest to Harvest with TSH
Harvest to harvest, 1,617.4 miles in between one another, The Sampson House digital marketing team is able to see the hard work put into the season throughout a multitude of industries. As we gear up for fall, this means shooting content for the harvest season. While those of us who grew up in the Midwest naturally associate harvest with soybeans, corn, wheat, etc. but there are SO many more harvests that take place across the country.
The TSH team has the opportunity to work with and assist in marketing for many different clients, in a variety of industries. This has allowed us to see what harvest looks like in South Dakota, but also the processes and hard work that goes into harvest season in Sonoma County, California.
Two of our clients are beginning to prepare for harvest, both providing a farm-to-table service. In South Dakota, our client, Hungry for Truth, is shedding light on the local farms and the farmers that are providing beef, pork, corn, soybeans, etc.
With harvest coming up, our calendars are filling up with content shoots to film farmer features and build marketing plans. These features highlight a farmer's day-to-day life on the farm during the season, how they prepare, their schedules during their busiest season, what makes for a great harvest, and everything the average consumer might not know.
The initiative behind Hungry for Truth is to help consumers gain more knowledge of agriculture, the largest industry in South Dakota. Below is some of our past work with Hungry For Truth during the harvest season.
On the other side of the country, in Sonoma County, California, our client, Daylight Wine and Spirits is gearing up to harvest the grapes to make all your favorite wines. To see a grape harvest happen is so uniquely different from what we are used to. Harvesting wine grapes is determined by color, taste, and ripeness.
Then when it’s ready to pick the grapes it takes a full team of hardworking individuals, up with the sun, ready to pick and carry the grapes to a crusher destemmer. This is a machine that is used to separate the grapes from the stems and then crushes the grapes to get to the sugary juice.
There are more steps that the winemaking experts take to get each bottle aged to perfection, but we’ll leave that to them! Each type of grape/wine has its own harvest time, but wine grapes are typically harvested from late August to early October.
We’ve had the joy to see what a morning in the vineyard harvesting grapes looks like, which you can find photos of below.
No matter where you are within the U.S. it’s important to remember that there are all kinds of farmers and each of their jobs is important to the economic growth and success of their region. They each have their processes to help set your table, so next time you enjoy a steak and glass of wine that you remember to thank a farmer, no matter what type they are!
