‘Harvest of Faith’ Church News documentary series explores Church’s global agricultural efforts

Meet the people behind the welfare farms, welfare processing and distribution centers, and the for-profit AgReserves

Published: Nov 22, 2025, 9:24 p.m. MST

Elder Spencer Arrington, service missionary in the Utah Ogden Mission, cuts dead wood off peach trees at the North Ogden Orchard Welfare Farm in Pleasant View, Utah, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

A new TV documentary series from the Church News goes around the world to show the welfare farms and the welfare food processing and distribution facilities owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The series also features AgReserves, the commercial arm of Farmland Reserve, which is an investment affiliate of the Church.

The three-part series, titled “Harvest of Faith,” is part of the ‘Living Record: A Church News Documentary Series.” The first episode is scheduled to air on BYUtv on Sunday, Nov. 23, at 9 a.m. Mountain Time, with episodes 2 and 3 to follow in the coming weeks.

In addition to the TV episodes, the Church News will have a three-part series of articles.

View Comments

Looking for comments?

Find comments in their new home! Click the buttons at the top or within the article to view them — or use the button below for quick access.