Behind the Scenes - Meet another America's Heartland Team Member

Mindy Yuen is the latest addition to the America's Heartland Staff.

My Travels with America's Heartland

With this being my first blog I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Tyler Bastine and I’m an Associate Producer for the America's Heartland series. I’ve been apart of AH team for over three years now and prior to working for the program I did not have any background in agriculture, so for me this has been quite an eye opening experience!

I consider myself very fortunate to have the opportunity to travel across the country (As well as overseas) to capture our stories. I would say this is ‘hands down’ the best part of my job. I’m able to meet the fine folks who work extremely hard from sun up to sun down daily. I must admit, they are some of the most down-to-earth (literally) and genuine people I've met. It takes a certain breed of individual to do what they do. All in all I’ve come away with much more respect and appreciation for the farmers that work so hard to provide food, fiber, and clothing for the rest of us. I'm very proud to be a part of a national program that celebrates all they do for this country and abroad.