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<i>Hey, John, you there?</i>

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<i>Yeah, go ahead.</i>

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<i>These animals are
in a terrible spot.</i>

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<i>We're gonna move 'em all
into a pasture that's safer.</i>

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<i>They'll be fine.</i>

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<i>Copy.</i>

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<i>Breaking news in Southern California.
Six major wildfires now.</i>

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John, what's going on?
Are you coming with us?

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<i>Molly, it's still
really far away.</i>

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<i>But just get prepared
in case, okay?</i>

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- Whoa.
- Oh, my God.

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There's fire
over there on that side.
There's fire down there.

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And then there's a fourth one
that's up that way.

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As soon as you're done this,
you guys can go.

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We're gonna move
the ewes and the lambs

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all together in 16,
and that's just one pasture.

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John, I'm not okay with this.

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I can see a lot of smoke
out the window.

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We're gonna go.

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<i>I never dreamed we could
even get to this point</i>

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<i>to have so much to lose.</i>

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<i>But... I was wrong.</i>

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Okay, guys, you're gonna
get knocked down.

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But just remember,
keep getting up
and keep moving forward.

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Look. She's not scared.

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<i>Everyone told us
this idea was crazy.</i>

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<i>That attempting to farm
in harmony with nature...</i>

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<i>would be reckless,
if not impossible.</i>

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<i>But what's crazier
is that this all started</i>

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<i>with a promise
we made to a dog.</i>

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Hi! So I'm doing
a scallop cook-off,

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and John ate all the ones
that I had already done.

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But they were so good.

34
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<i>John and I were living in a
tiny apartment in Santa Monica.</i>

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I just wanted everybody
to see how I started my day.

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Oh, he's still half asleep!

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<i>John was a cameraman
working on wildlife projects
all over the world.</i>

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I love these zucchinis,
'cause look how
they're all different shapes.

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<i>Molly was a private chef
and culinary blogger...</i>

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And the dense flesh
makes for a really nice soup.

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<i>...specializing in
the health benefits</i>

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<i>of more traditional
cooking methods.</i>

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Bone broths
are rich in gelatin,

44
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which supports
the digestion...

45
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<i>And she knew
an even deeper truth.</i>

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You know, the health
of our food

47
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is really determined
by how it's farmed.

48
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<i>We promised each other
that we'd build</i>

49
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<i>a life of purpose together.</i>

50
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<i>And there was no question
for Molly</i>

51
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<i>that we'd both find
plenty of purpose on a farm.</i>

52
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<i>But this farm would have
orchards, gardens, animals...</i>

53
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<i>Not just any farm.</i>

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<i>We're talking like something
out of a children's book.</i>

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<i>We would grow apricots
and peaches, plums,</i>

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<i>nectarines, cherries,
kumquats, grapefruits,
guava, limes...</i>

57
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<i>Her dream was literally to grow</i>

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<i>everything she could
possibly cook with.</i>

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<i>This vegetable garden,
it wouldn't be just
any vegetable garden.</i>

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<i>We would have
flowers, herbs...</i>

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<i>And we'd do all of this</i>

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<i>in perfect harmony
with nature.</i>

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<i>Thyme, rosemary,
oregano, basil...</i>

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<i>Like a traditional
farm from the past.</i>

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<i>Fennel, strawberries,
boysenberries,</i>

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<i>raspberries,
kale, broccoli...</i>

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<i>Sounded like a meaningful life.</i>

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<i>But our reality
was so far away</i>

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<i>from anything like a farm.</i>

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Okay, ready?
Go ahead.

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So I'm starting to get
the red tomatoes.

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<i>Her excitement for
food was infectious.</i>

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And that is my
September porch garden.

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<i>But I couldn't see any way
to make it happen...</i>

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Look, I've got these
little wasabi sprouts.

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<i>...until one day,
when we saved a life
that would change ours.</i>

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<i>I found myself filming
an animal hoarder for work.</i>

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<i>She had 200 dogs
in one house.</i>

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Buster, quiet.

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<i>And the county was about
to come take them all.</i>

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Hey, I like this guy.

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<i>That's where I met Todd.</i>

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Hey, buddy.

84
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<i>She kept him in a tiny pen
with these huge</i>

85
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<i>Great Pyrenees dogs
three times his size.</i>

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Molly, this one right here.
You see him?

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<i>Come on, John.
For real? Bad idea.</i>

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Yeah,
but look at his eyes.

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<i>Today, about 200 animals
have been removed
from a home near Tehachapi.</i>

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<i>Many of the dogs had
to be euthanized.</i>

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We had a baby.

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<i>Todd filled us
with purpose.</i>

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Are you gonna do anything fun?

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- What's he doing?
- Rollin' on his back.

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Roll over. Good.

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Shake. Chair.

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Speak.

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Good boy!

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<i>We made one promise to him.</i>

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<i>Our home
would be his last.</i>

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- <i>Hey, guys, this is Jacob from downstairs.
- The problem was...</i>

102
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<i>Your dog's been barking...
...if we left,
he would bark...</i>

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<i>...all day.
...nonstop for eight hours.</i>

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<i>Yeah.
We tried everything.</i>

105
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<i>We got Todd one of those
fancy LA dog trainers.</i>

106
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<i>If your dog's
an out-of-control barker,</i>

107
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<i>then this program
is for you.</i>

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- <i>Actually,
a couple of them.
- That didn't work.</i>

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<i>We got him
a citronella barking collar</i>

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<i>that sprays orange in his face
every time he barks.</i>

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<i>And when we got home, the whole
entire house smelled like oranges,</i>

112
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<i>and the canister was empty.</i>

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<i>Then we got him
this anxiety shirt</i>

114
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<i>that was supposed to
wrap around him
and make him really calm.</i>

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<i>That was the day
he tore the carpet up.</i>

116
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<i>Oh, and remember you even
tried that service vest</i>

117
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<i>so that you could
take him everywhere?</i>

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Oh, man, Todd.
This is so wrong.

119
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<i>We sensed it was coming.</i>

120
00:09:03,836 --> 00:09:05,338
<i>The landlord called.</i>

121
00:09:06,506 --> 00:09:08,758
<i>Todd had to go.</i>

122
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<i>Moving to another apartment
wouldn't stop Todd's barking.</i>

123
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<i>We couldn't just give up on him.</i>

124
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<i>And then it hit us.</i>

125
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<i>Molly's dream could be
the answer to everything.</i>

126
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<i>We had a great idea</i>

127
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<i>with no way to pay for it.</i>

128
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<i>So we read every farming
book we could find.</i>

129
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<i>Cold-called old farmers.</i>

130
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<i>And we drew up a business plan.</i>

131
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<i>It was time to find an investor.</i>

132
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<i>But first,
we shared our vision</i>

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<i>with our closest friends
and family.</i>

134
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<i>Old MacMolly had a farm</i>

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<i>E-I-E-I-O</i>

136
00:10:01,978 --> 00:10:03,603
<i>Yeah, they made fun of us.</i>

137
00:10:03,604 --> 00:10:06,648
<i>With an oink-oink here
And an oink-oink there</i>

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It's a long story.

139
00:10:09,235 --> 00:10:13,113
<i>But it worked, because one
person told another person...</i>

140
00:10:13,114 --> 00:10:17,450
<i>And the word of our dream
spread and spread.</i>

141
00:10:17,451 --> 00:10:20,829
<i>Until it eventually connected
us to some investors</i>

142
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<i>who actually saw
this old way of farming
as the future.</i>

143
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<i>All we needed was a farm.</i>

144
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The apple orchard could go here.

145
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And we need a lot of
different kinds of chickens.

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- We need to find a spot for cherimoya.
- Yeah.

147
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And over there, I saw
a perfect spot for a garden.

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- I wonder if we can grow bananas.
- Oh, my God.

149
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Come on, Todd.

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Here we are.

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Apricot Lane Farms.

152
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There's Todd runnin' by,

153
00:11:03,164 --> 00:11:05,166
the happiest dog
in the world.

154
00:11:06,584 --> 00:11:09,085
<i>Molly's bold vision
has landed us</i>

155
00:11:09,086 --> 00:11:12,130
<i>on over 200 acres of</i>

156
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<i>somewhat neglected land</i>

157
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<i>about an hour north
of Los Angeles.</i>

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Looks like
what used to be

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an old irrigation pond
or something.

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- <i>To Todd, it was perfect.</i>
- Todd, come here!

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Come on. Yeah!

162
00:11:34,654 --> 00:11:38,073
Molly, look.
It's a beehive.

163
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- Man, they're all dead.
- Oh.

164
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<i>It didn't quite have
an abundant feeling of life,</i>

165
00:11:47,667 --> 00:11:50,127
<i>yet not much
around here does.</i>

166
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<i>We're surrounded
by these large-scale
monoculture-type farms.</i>

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<i>To our north, the ruins</i>

168
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<i>of the largest
indoor egg operation
in the world.</i>

169
00:12:07,395 --> 00:12:11,357
<i>Egg City once housed
3.5 million chickens,</i>

170
00:12:11,524 --> 00:12:14,193
<i>laying about
two million eggs a day.</i>

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<i>To our west,</i>

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<i>miles of red raspberries
growing under plastic
hoop houses.</i>

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<i>And I guess this is what
farming has become,</i>

174
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<i>so that farmers
can make a living.</i>

175
00:12:29,709 --> 00:12:31,501
<i>And the farm we're on</i>

176
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<i>followed a similar
monocrop-type approach.</i>

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<i>They were really only
growing lemons and avocados.</i>

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<i>So it's pretty clear
that our plan for a farm</i>

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<i>is way outside
of the norm.</i>

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So, how long you
been beekeepin'?

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Forty-eight years.

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00:12:52,481 --> 00:12:55,734
Whoa. You ever been
out here before?

183
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Nope.
So what do you
think killed 'em?

184
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How long
you been doin' this?

185
00:13:07,079 --> 00:13:08,581
Beekeeping?

186
00:13:11,250 --> 00:13:13,626
This is
what we're fighting.

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It doesn't smash.

188
00:13:17,173 --> 00:13:18,923
<i>The soil was dead,</i>

189
00:13:18,924 --> 00:13:23,595
<i>and we had no idea
how to bring it back to life.</i>

190
00:13:23,596 --> 00:13:26,431
<i>And worse yet,
every other farmer</i>

191
00:13:26,432 --> 00:13:29,810
<i>we've mentioned Molly's
dream farm idea to</i>

192
00:13:31,020 --> 00:13:33,563
<i>thinks we're crazy.</i>

193
00:13:33,564 --> 00:13:37,860
Consultant for
traditional farming...

194
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- Okay, anytime.
- <i>She was like, "Hey, John,</i>

195
00:13:44,033 --> 00:13:48,495
<i>"this guy named Alan York
is coming today
to give us some advice."</i>

196
00:13:48,496 --> 00:13:51,165
Are there any questions?

197
00:13:52,458 --> 00:13:55,335
<i>He's like this
world-renowned expert</i>

198
00:13:55,336 --> 00:13:58,129
<i>in traditional
farming practices.</i>

199
00:13:58,130 --> 00:14:01,133
<i>And he shows up
wearing all linen</i>

200
00:14:01,300 --> 00:14:03,010
<i>and sandals.</i>

201
00:14:03,260 --> 00:14:07,430
I can't even...
Get in an inch.

202
00:14:07,431 --> 00:14:10,850
<i>But there was
this emphatic cadence
to his speech</i>

203
00:14:10,851 --> 00:14:13,102
<i>that made him sound
believable.</i>

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00:14:13,103 --> 00:14:15,356
This is devil weed.

205
00:14:15,731 --> 00:14:17,565
By the end of the day,

206
00:14:17,566 --> 00:14:21,486
you will have such hate
for this plant

207
00:14:21,487 --> 00:14:25,114
that you'll
burn that stuff, man,
as if it's a ritual.

208
00:14:25,115 --> 00:14:28,952
Oh, Molly, here's another
of my favorite plants.

209
00:14:28,953 --> 00:14:30,662
Puncture weed.
What does that do?

210
00:14:30,663 --> 00:14:32,455
Look. Just grab a hold...
Ooh!

211
00:14:32,456 --> 00:14:34,541
Do you love it?
No.

212
00:14:34,542 --> 00:14:37,460
Wow, Molly.

213
00:14:37,461 --> 00:14:38,962
You don't love it.
I hate it.

214
00:14:40,339 --> 00:14:43,132
<i>Molly thinks he's great.</i>
Molly.

215
00:14:43,133 --> 00:14:46,094
<i>But his goal for the farm...</i>
This is your filter.
Pour it through it.

216
00:14:46,095 --> 00:14:48,638
<i>...sounds almost
too good to be true.</i>

217
00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:51,724
The objective is
to emulate

218
00:14:51,725 --> 00:14:54,185
how natural
ecosystems work.

219
00:14:54,186 --> 00:14:57,730
<i>They regulate themselves
through diversity.</i>

220
00:14:57,731 --> 00:15:02,151
So you don't get epidemics
of pests and disease.

221
00:15:02,152 --> 00:15:06,699
<i>The natural ecosystem right now is
in the middle of a record drought,</i>

222
00:15:07,533 --> 00:15:09,284
<i>so to build a life here,</i>

223
00:15:09,285 --> 00:15:11,995
<i>we have to rely entirely</i>

224
00:15:11,996 --> 00:15:15,040
<i>on a finite source of water
from our well.</i>

225
00:15:15,791 --> 00:15:17,876
Okay, Molly, you ready?

226
00:15:17,877 --> 00:15:21,046
Here we go.
Irrigation's comin' on.
All right.

227
00:15:24,091 --> 00:15:25,676
Whoo!

228
00:15:31,849 --> 00:15:34,851
Shoot. John, it's barely
comin' out.

229
00:15:34,852 --> 00:15:37,186
Well, it's goin'
somewhere.

230
00:15:37,187 --> 00:15:41,065
<i>Alan promised that
farming in this way...</i>

231
00:15:41,066 --> 00:15:42,817
It just shut off.

232
00:15:42,818 --> 00:15:45,487
<i>...will eventually
feel like surfing.</i>

233
00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:49,825
Found the broken line.

234
00:15:50,993 --> 00:15:53,494
<i>This feels nothing
like surfing.</i>

235
00:15:53,495 --> 00:15:57,373
Oh, boy. So, we tried
to irrigate our pastures,

236
00:15:57,374 --> 00:15:58,958
and when
we turned on the well...

237
00:15:58,959 --> 00:16:01,420
- You should probably turn it off.
- Okay, I hear you.

238
00:16:04,798 --> 00:16:08,051
<i>Alan didn't really care
about watering the pastures.</i>

239
00:16:08,052 --> 00:16:11,012
<i>He was more focused
on starting over</i>

240
00:16:11,013 --> 00:16:13,097
<i>with everything.</i>

241
00:16:13,098 --> 00:16:16,726
Where can we get rid
of things that should have
never been planted?

242
00:16:16,727 --> 00:16:20,314
<i>That opens up the opportunity
to diversify.</i>

243
00:16:25,277 --> 00:16:28,196
<i>We ripped out
55 acres of old trees.</i>

244
00:16:28,197 --> 00:16:31,324
<i>We built compost piles.</i>

245
00:16:31,325 --> 00:16:34,452
<i>To make money,
we need to be growing crops,</i>

246
00:16:34,453 --> 00:16:36,871
<i>and all we're doing is
ripping the crops out.</i>

247
00:16:36,872 --> 00:16:37,957
Burn it!

248
00:16:40,751 --> 00:16:43,294
<i>We restored an old pond.</i>

249
00:16:43,295 --> 00:16:46,005
<i>We fixed over five miles
of irrigation.</i>

250
00:16:46,006 --> 00:16:48,508
<i>Alan convinced us to build</i>

251
00:16:48,509 --> 00:16:51,719
<i>a state-of-the-art
worm compost facility,</i>

252
00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:55,139
<i>which is essentially
an oversized palace</i>

253
00:16:55,140 --> 00:16:57,058
<i>for collecting worm poop,</i>

254
00:16:57,059 --> 00:17:01,104
<i>what he called
the holy grail of soil food.</i>

255
00:17:01,105 --> 00:17:05,900
<i>And then we're gonna
brew this poop into a tea</i>

256
00:17:05,901 --> 00:17:07,986
<i>and feed it to our soil.</i>

257
00:17:07,987 --> 00:17:11,823
<i>We've blown through the first
year's budget in six months,</i>

258
00:17:11,824 --> 00:17:14,701
<i>and we haven't even
planted a single crop.</i>

259
00:17:14,702 --> 00:17:16,995
<i>You know, we have a
saying in the South,</i>

260
00:17:16,996 --> 00:17:19,039
<i>"Never enough time
to do it right,</i>

261
00:17:20,708 --> 00:17:22,917
"but always enough time
to do it over."

262
00:17:22,918 --> 00:17:25,921
- That's pretty good.
- Barely.

263
00:17:26,630 --> 00:17:28,966
Okay. All right.

264
00:17:31,593 --> 00:17:34,971
<i>We hired two guys,
Flavio and Raul.</i>

265
00:17:34,972 --> 00:17:38,391
<i>Raul had been on this farm
since he was 14 years old</i>

266
00:17:38,392 --> 00:17:40,936
<i>and has actually worked
through five of its owners.</i>

267
00:17:43,188 --> 00:17:46,149
<i>Oh, and two of those owners
were the banks</i>

268
00:17:46,150 --> 00:17:48,860
<i>that foreclosed on the farm
when it failed.</i>

269
00:17:48,861 --> 00:17:51,320
<i>But at least
he knows the farm.</i>

270
00:17:52,573 --> 00:17:56,659
<i>Flavio grew up on his father's
thousand-acre farm in Mexico.</i>

271
00:17:56,660 --> 00:18:00,788
<i>He brought some experience,
but our plan would require
more hands.</i>

272
00:18:00,789 --> 00:18:01,873
Come on, Todd.

273
00:18:01,874 --> 00:18:05,877
"Come join us."
<i>So, Molly got back
on the Internet.</i>

274
00:18:05,878 --> 00:18:08,546
"Traditional farm."

275
00:18:08,547 --> 00:18:10,382
<i>And it worked.</i>

276
00:18:12,134 --> 00:18:15,720
<i>We had young people
from all over the world</i>

277
00:18:15,721 --> 00:18:18,932
<i>coming to learn how to farm,
just like us.</i>

278
00:18:19,391 --> 00:18:21,935
You want to dig in at an angle
and just let the stuff fall down.

279
00:18:22,352 --> 00:18:24,521
Yeah, exactly like that.

280
00:18:24,688 --> 00:18:27,190
We were shoveling weeds
into the trailer
and I saw movement,

281
00:18:27,191 --> 00:18:30,359
<i>and there's a tiny
little newborn baby.</i>

282
00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:31,570
Oh, he's tryin' to hide.

283
00:18:32,488 --> 00:18:33,821
Too much excitement
for one day.

284
00:18:33,822 --> 00:18:35,823
Aw!

285
00:18:35,824 --> 00:18:40,120
We're finally ready to refill
the old irrigation pond.

286
00:18:48,754 --> 00:18:52,632
Go ahead, Maria.
Enjoy your new home, little catfish.

287
00:18:52,633 --> 00:18:56,052
We are adding
the very first worms
to the 40-foot

288
00:18:56,053 --> 00:18:58,638
Apricot Lane Farms bin.

289
00:19:00,891 --> 00:19:03,684
Whoo!

290
00:19:03,685 --> 00:19:05,312
All right, Molly,
open that baby up.

291
00:19:08,232 --> 00:19:10,192
Whoo-hoo!

292
00:19:12,402 --> 00:19:14,571
All right!
We are compost tea-ing!

293
00:19:15,322 --> 00:19:18,450
You introduced us
to all of these things.

294
00:19:24,832 --> 00:19:26,500
<i>Plants build soil.</i>

295
00:19:29,002 --> 00:19:33,340
If there's no plants,
there will never be
any fertility.

296
00:19:34,466 --> 00:19:37,301
<i>We planted
tons of new trees,</i>

297
00:19:37,302 --> 00:19:41,139
<i>we seeded cover crop,
dug culverts
to prevent runoff,</i>

298
00:19:41,140 --> 00:19:45,184
<i>turned a horse arena
into a garden,
planted natives and other...</i>

299
00:19:45,185 --> 00:19:47,103
<i>The list went on for pages.
Built chicken coops.</i>

300
00:19:47,104 --> 00:19:50,899
<i>Every time I crossed
something off my list,
10 more things went on.</i>

301
00:19:56,113 --> 00:19:58,948
<i>Our goal is the highest level</i>

302
00:19:58,949 --> 00:20:01,909
- of biodiversity possible.
- Got it.

303
00:20:01,910 --> 00:20:04,036
<i>And we took that literally.</i>

304
00:20:04,037 --> 00:20:06,205
The post office called
us at what time?

305
00:20:06,206 --> 00:20:07,874
5:30.

306
00:20:07,875 --> 00:20:09,334
For this.

307
00:20:12,004 --> 00:20:15,548
They're the cutest things
I've ever seen!

308
00:20:15,549 --> 00:20:17,800
What do you think
of this, Todd?

309
00:20:17,801 --> 00:20:20,970
Why are you so mean?

310
00:20:20,971 --> 00:20:22,638
<i>It was like every animal</i>

311
00:20:22,639 --> 00:20:24,224
<i>you'd see
in a children's book.</i>

312
00:20:25,058 --> 00:20:26,684
<i>Each...</i>

313
00:20:26,685 --> 00:20:28,270
<i>...with a purpose
to contribute.</i>

314
00:20:30,189 --> 00:20:33,149
One hundred baby ducks.

315
00:20:33,150 --> 00:20:35,985
<i>It was everything that
we had ever talked about.</i>

316
00:20:35,986 --> 00:20:37,778
I can hardly stand it!

317
00:20:40,365 --> 00:20:42,909
Yay! We own a bull!

318
00:20:48,582 --> 00:20:50,542
Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa!

319
00:20:52,794 --> 00:20:56,923
Presenting Caya and Rosie,
our livestock guardian dogs.

320
00:20:56,924 --> 00:20:58,633
Well... One day.

321
00:20:58,634 --> 00:21:01,177
Molly and John are
very happy about this,

322
00:21:01,178 --> 00:21:03,387
but Todd is not.

323
00:21:03,388 --> 00:21:05,890
He won't even look at us.

324
00:21:05,891 --> 00:21:07,725
Here's the new chicken house.

325
00:21:07,726 --> 00:21:09,685
There are some chickens
over there.

326
00:21:09,686 --> 00:21:13,064
And the sheep like
the chicken house, too.

327
00:21:13,065 --> 00:21:15,191
What do you think, chickens?

328
00:21:15,192 --> 00:21:16,525
Why?

329
00:21:16,526 --> 00:21:19,070
What are you guys
doing in my office?

330
00:21:19,071 --> 00:21:21,531
Oh, boy.

331
00:21:22,032 --> 00:21:23,283
Poor Todd.

332
00:21:24,576 --> 00:21:26,828
Back with
Great Pyrenees again.

333
00:21:30,958 --> 00:21:32,834
<i>Their poop is our gold.</i>

334
00:21:33,460 --> 00:21:37,380
<i>It's as valuable as a crop.</i>

335
00:21:37,381 --> 00:21:39,548
<i>And now you can build compost</i>

336
00:21:39,549 --> 00:21:43,344
<i>that is of very high quality.</i>

337
00:21:43,345 --> 00:21:46,138
<i>The animals,
compost and cover crops</i>

338
00:21:46,139 --> 00:21:48,099
<i>all share the same goal,</i>

339
00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:50,893
<i>to bring our soil
back to life,</i>

340
00:21:50,894 --> 00:21:55,482
<i>infusing it with a host
of beneficial microorganisms.</i>

341
00:21:56,858 --> 00:21:58,651
<i>I just hope it works,</i>

342
00:21:58,652 --> 00:22:02,029
<i>because Alan said
without the microorganisms,</i>

343
00:22:02,030 --> 00:22:05,032
<i>our way of farming
won't work at all.</i>

344
00:22:05,033 --> 00:22:08,327
How's it going, Josh?
Every now and then,
when you hit it with the hose,

345
00:22:08,328 --> 00:22:11,414
you get a nice
face full of...

346
00:22:11,415 --> 00:22:14,583
- Come.
- Get in there, Todd.

347
00:22:14,584 --> 00:22:17,461
<i>We had everything on the farm
we could have ever wanted.</i>

348
00:22:17,462 --> 00:22:19,922
That's it.
They went through that fast.

349
00:22:19,923 --> 00:22:22,091
<i>But we were missing something</i>

350
00:22:22,092 --> 00:22:24,094
<i>that every real farm needs.</i>

351
00:22:25,387 --> 00:22:28,640
<i>And the day she arrived,
the farm felt complete.</i>

352
00:22:32,978 --> 00:22:35,563
<i>She came to us pregnant,</i>

353
00:22:35,564 --> 00:22:39,026
<i>but also with
horrible diarrhea.</i>
Ugh!

354
00:22:39,568 --> 00:22:43,070
<i>And the only thing worse
was the name she came with,</i>

355
00:22:43,071 --> 00:22:45,156
<i>Ugly Betty,</i>

356
00:22:45,157 --> 00:22:48,869
<i>which we quickly changed
to Emma.</i>

357
00:22:49,661 --> 00:22:52,538
Oh, man, she pooped
everywhere in here.

358
00:22:52,539 --> 00:22:55,834
<i>When it comes to
the care of our animals,</i>

359
00:22:56,209 --> 00:22:58,753
<i>I've begun to realize
that there's really</i>

360
00:22:58,754 --> 00:23:02,048
<i>only one thing
that Alan knows about them.</i>

361
00:23:02,049 --> 00:23:06,427
You need animals
for a farm to be healthy.

362
00:23:06,428 --> 00:23:07,971
<i>And that's it.</i>

363
00:23:16,229 --> 00:23:19,023
The only way
she'll eat her greens
is if we douse it

364
00:23:19,024 --> 00:23:22,402
in a soaked-grain
apple cider vinegar dressing.

365
00:23:25,572 --> 00:23:27,449
How come
you don't like oranges?

366
00:23:29,618 --> 00:23:31,870
<i>Her first contribution
to the farm was</i>

367
00:23:32,746 --> 00:23:35,540
<i>destroying our pastures</i>

368
00:23:36,875 --> 00:23:38,960
<i>and wasting water.</i>

369
00:23:40,003 --> 00:23:41,922
<i>But she knew
what she was doing.</i>

370
00:23:43,590 --> 00:23:45,300
<i>She was making the farm</i>

371
00:23:48,428 --> 00:23:49,679
<i>her home.</i>

372
00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:06,445
<i>We're a year in
and Molly and Alan</i>

373
00:24:06,446 --> 00:24:09,990
<i>still have one
20-acre orchard to plant.</i>

374
00:24:09,991 --> 00:24:12,786
<i>I only suggested
three fruit tree varieties.</i>

375
00:24:13,829 --> 00:24:17,207
<i>But Alan is making
this farm so complicated.</i>

376
00:24:18,250 --> 00:24:21,753
<i>I feel like we're gonna be
reliant on him forever.</i>

377
00:24:23,422 --> 00:24:25,966
<i>We call it the fruit basket.</i>

378
00:24:27,342 --> 00:24:30,095
<i>Seventy-five different
varieties of stone fruit.</i>

379
00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,807
<i>Plums, peaches, nectarines,
cherries, apricots...</i>

380
00:24:34,808 --> 00:24:38,561
You may think
it's a crazy idea,

381
00:24:38,562 --> 00:24:41,231
and it very well may be,

382
00:24:42,399 --> 00:24:44,817
<i>but, diversify,
diversify, diversify.</i>

383
00:24:44,818 --> 00:24:47,988
<i>That's the link
to the whole thing.</i>

384
00:24:52,993 --> 00:24:54,661
Are there piglets?

385
00:24:57,581 --> 00:24:58,748
Good job, Emma.

386
00:25:00,959 --> 00:25:02,585
How many do you think
she'll have?

387
00:25:02,586 --> 00:25:05,839
They said, like,
maybe eight or 10,
but she's pretty small.

388
00:25:07,924 --> 00:25:11,261
Five? Is that
gonna be the end?

389
00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,640
She seems like
she might be done.

390
00:25:16,641 --> 00:25:18,602
If she stops now,
I'd be good.

391
00:25:20,645 --> 00:25:21,938
Uh-oh.

392
00:25:23,607 --> 00:25:24,982
She's pushing again.

393
00:25:27,194 --> 00:25:29,278
Seven?

394
00:25:29,279 --> 00:25:30,697
Already ready to run.

395
00:25:31,698 --> 00:25:33,574
Nine!
Yeah.

396
00:25:33,575 --> 00:25:35,368
I'm startin' to get
a little nervous now.

397
00:25:36,578 --> 00:25:39,538
- Another one.
- Okay.

398
00:25:39,539 --> 00:25:41,790
Oh, it's big.

399
00:25:41,791 --> 00:25:44,835
Wait. Is that 11?
I don't know. I lost count.

400
00:25:44,836 --> 00:25:46,962
There's another?
This is crazy.

401
00:25:46,963 --> 00:25:50,383
Another one?
Oh, geez, no.

402
00:25:52,302 --> 00:25:55,054
- How many is that now?
- I do believe we've hit a dozen.

403
00:25:55,055 --> 00:25:58,475
How did she have room?
She was so skinny.
I don't understand.

404
00:25:58,642 --> 00:26:01,519
Yes, but you've been
feeding her well
for the last couple days.

405
00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:05,273
Oh, no.
Another one? She's created
a few more.

406
00:26:07,317 --> 00:26:09,026
She knows what to do.

407
00:26:09,027 --> 00:26:12,321
Oh, no. Oh, my God.

408
00:26:12,322 --> 00:26:13,989
Are you serious?

409
00:26:13,990 --> 00:26:16,200
Oh, my goodness.

410
00:26:16,201 --> 00:26:18,495
- This is so fun!
- I love our life!

411
00:26:19,829 --> 00:26:21,789
Have you washed
your hands, John?

412
00:26:21,790 --> 00:26:23,749
Wow.

413
00:26:23,750 --> 00:26:26,627
- Oh, there's 14.
- Oh, my gosh.

414
00:26:26,628 --> 00:26:29,964
- We're in a lot of trouble.
- Another one. Oh, my gosh.

415
00:26:29,965 --> 00:26:32,967
I think we're
officially pig farmers.

416
00:26:32,968 --> 00:26:35,971
- Hey, John, another one.
- No.

417
00:26:38,974 --> 00:26:43,060
John, please be careful.

418
00:26:43,061 --> 00:26:45,271
<i>I'm not sure
when the moment is</i>

419
00:26:45,272 --> 00:26:48,858
<i>that you actually feel
like you've earned
the title of "farmer."</i>

420
00:26:50,944 --> 00:26:53,154
Uh-oh. What?

421
00:26:53,405 --> 00:26:55,322
Oh, my God.

422
00:26:55,323 --> 00:26:56,865
Oh... Hey!

423
00:26:56,866 --> 00:27:00,161
<i>Each day still feels
both terrifying</i>

424
00:27:01,371 --> 00:27:03,539
<i>and magically unpredictable.</i>

425
00:27:03,540 --> 00:27:08,294
This is an abnormally
large chicken egg,

426
00:27:08,295 --> 00:27:11,005
<i>and we are gonna crack it
to find out</i>

427
00:27:11,006 --> 00:27:13,842
what kind of surprises
are inside.

428
00:27:15,176 --> 00:27:17,219
Another egg!

429
00:27:20,432 --> 00:27:22,391
That's amazing.

430
00:27:22,392 --> 00:27:24,561
It was an egg in an egg.

431
00:27:25,270 --> 00:27:26,896
Oh, hi, Scissor Beak.

432
00:27:27,147 --> 00:27:30,609
<i>We didn't expect this to be
our first breakthrough.</i>

433
00:27:30,900 --> 00:27:33,778
<i>They line up at stores
waiting for our delivery.</i>

434
00:27:34,487 --> 00:27:38,199
<i>Fifty dozen sell out
in less than an hour.</i>

435
00:27:39,284 --> 00:27:41,536
<i>Literally fighting over them.</i>

436
00:27:42,579 --> 00:27:44,080
<i>We're onto something.</i>

437
00:27:46,166 --> 00:27:49,085
<i>So, we got a lot more.</i>

438
00:27:53,173 --> 00:27:54,841
Aw!

439
00:27:59,262 --> 00:28:02,474
<i>We're farming over
200 different things.</i>

440
00:28:03,892 --> 00:28:07,311
<i>And Alan claims that
all of this diversity</i>

441
00:28:07,312 --> 00:28:10,815
<i>will somehow
lead to simplicity.</i>

442
00:28:13,068 --> 00:28:15,527
The flywheel is being built,

443
00:28:15,528 --> 00:28:18,739
<i>so now it becomes
self-perpetuating</i>

444
00:28:18,740 --> 00:28:21,575
<i>and self-regulating.</i>

445
00:28:21,576 --> 00:28:25,120
<i>So I picture this
circle, full of life,</i>

446
00:28:25,121 --> 00:28:28,582
<i>with plants,
livestock, wildlife,</i>

447
00:28:28,583 --> 00:28:31,085
<i>all working together,</i>

448
00:28:31,086 --> 00:28:34,880
<i>pushing us forward,
building our soil,</i>

449
00:28:34,881 --> 00:28:37,174
<i>living in harmony.</i>

450
00:28:37,175 --> 00:28:38,802
<i>That would be great.</i>

451
00:28:40,220 --> 00:28:43,847
<i>Always you're looking for
opportunities to integrate,</i>

452
00:28:43,848 --> 00:28:47,143
<i>so that everything
works in harmony.</i>

453
00:28:49,104 --> 00:28:51,815
<i>For example,
we've established cover crops</i>

454
00:28:52,691 --> 00:28:54,859
<i>to rebuild our soil.</i>

455
00:28:55,652 --> 00:28:57,236
<i>The problem,</i>

456
00:28:57,237 --> 00:28:59,489
<i>this requires
more labor to mow them.</i>

457
00:29:00,573 --> 00:29:03,867
<i>But Alan quickly
shifted our lens,</i>

458
00:29:03,868 --> 00:29:07,747
<i>calling it a problem
with an opportunity.</i>

459
00:29:10,500 --> 00:29:14,295
<i>That cover crop
is food for our sheep.</i>

460
00:29:15,672 --> 00:29:18,883
<i>And then, the X factor.</i>

461
00:29:20,218 --> 00:29:22,219
<i>As they trample the grass,</i>

462
00:29:22,220 --> 00:29:25,598
<i>they leave behind
their droppings and urine.</i>

463
00:29:26,516 --> 00:29:29,351
It all circles back

464
00:29:29,352 --> 00:29:31,604
to the health of the soil.

465
00:29:41,656 --> 00:29:44,324
<i>We're entering a
phase of regeneration</i>

466
00:29:44,325 --> 00:29:46,536
<i>beyond just simply farming.</i>

467
00:29:48,705 --> 00:29:50,914
<i>Intermixed among our animals,</i>

468
00:29:50,915 --> 00:29:54,794
<i>the delicate wildlife
is returning to our land.</i>

469
00:30:00,967 --> 00:30:04,429
<i>The farm is becoming
a habitat for them, too.</i>

470
00:30:45,178 --> 00:30:48,847
<i>The trick will be
to balance the needs
of the farm</i>

471
00:30:48,848 --> 00:30:50,517
<i>with that
of the wildlife,</i>

472
00:30:51,559 --> 00:30:55,647
<i>something Alan has
encouraged from the beginning.</i>

473
00:31:01,194 --> 00:31:03,738
- You found all these around the pump?
- Yeah.

474
00:31:06,616 --> 00:31:07,784
Coyote.

475
00:31:10,787 --> 00:31:12,663
How many did they get?

476
00:31:12,664 --> 00:31:14,499
About a dozen.

477
00:31:15,208 --> 00:31:18,335
We need to put up an
electric fence or something,

478
00:31:18,336 --> 00:31:20,296
so they can make it
to the house.

479
00:31:20,463 --> 00:31:23,924
<i>I know I've got some neighbors
who would probably
shoot a coyote</i>

480
00:31:23,925 --> 00:31:26,094
<i>for chewing
an irrigation line,</i>

481
00:31:26,636 --> 00:31:31,057
<i>but we're trying to figure out
what beneficial role
the coyote plays here.</i>

482
00:31:32,058 --> 00:31:34,476
I feel it's very humane

483
00:31:34,477 --> 00:31:37,062
to try to prevent us
from having to kill them.

484
00:31:37,063 --> 00:31:40,899
Well, if we make it
difficult for the coyote
to kill the ducks,

485
00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:43,152
it'll figure out
another way
to get some food.

486
00:31:45,113 --> 00:31:47,907
You know, it's at least
worth trying again.
Yeah.

487
00:31:50,368 --> 00:31:53,078
So now with the fence
running all the way
to the pond,

488
00:31:53,079 --> 00:31:55,790
hopefully it'll give
the ducks a chance
to get inside.

489
00:31:57,500 --> 00:31:58,793
It's working
with the chickens.

490
00:32:03,965 --> 00:32:06,050
<i>"It's a simple way of farming."</i>

491
00:32:06,926 --> 00:32:08,636
<i>That's what
Alan always says.</i>

492
00:32:09,846 --> 00:32:11,472
<i>It's just not easy.</i>

493
00:32:11,973 --> 00:32:16,853
<i>In his own way, I think
he's always been honest
with us about that.</i>

494
00:32:18,980 --> 00:32:21,857
<i>But today we learned
about something</i>

495
00:32:21,858 --> 00:32:24,319
<i>that Alan had been
keeping from us.</i>

496
00:32:25,153 --> 00:32:26,945
<i>Molly, it's Alan.</i>

497
00:32:26,946 --> 00:32:29,949
<i>Can you please give me a call
when you get a chance?</i>

498
00:32:31,868 --> 00:32:35,872
<i>Apparently, he's been fighting
an aggressive form of cancer.</i>

499
00:32:45,340 --> 00:32:49,177
<i>I don't think he's feeling
up to visiting the farm.</i>

500
00:32:49,802 --> 00:32:53,014
<i>It feels like the ground has
just dropped from beneath us.</i>

501
00:32:54,015 --> 00:32:58,352
<i>And on top of that,
we're starting to face
all these new problems</i>

502
00:32:58,353 --> 00:33:01,772
<i>that we just don't have
the answers for.</i>

503
00:33:01,773 --> 00:33:03,273
Wait, wait. Are you talking
about what happened

504
00:33:03,274 --> 00:33:05,151
in the front valley
or somewhere else?

505
00:33:05,610 --> 00:33:09,322
<i>No, no. I'm talking
about the pig, Emma.</i>

506
00:33:11,741 --> 00:33:14,952
Okay. Let me go down
to the valley first and see
what's going on there,

507
00:33:14,953 --> 00:33:16,871
and then I'll come
to you guys.

508
00:33:19,832 --> 00:33:22,293
There's no way
this was one coyote.

509
00:33:25,713 --> 00:33:28,632
The coyotes
figured out how to

510
00:33:28,633 --> 00:33:31,135
pull this wire open.

511
00:33:32,011 --> 00:33:33,638
Went inside and...

512
00:33:38,017 --> 00:33:39,852
They're all over
the place.

513
00:33:53,157 --> 00:33:56,327
Seventeen, 18, 19, 20.
And then there's 10
in the truck.

514
00:33:59,163 --> 00:34:01,331
<i>Thirty chickens?</i>

515
00:34:01,332 --> 00:34:04,668
Yeah, 30. And now
I'm heading down
to meet Flavio,

516
00:34:04,669 --> 00:34:07,046
because apparently
there's something wrong
with Emma.

517
00:34:07,755 --> 00:34:09,716
<i>Wait, what happened
to Emma?</i>

518
00:34:14,387 --> 00:34:17,848
She's definitely got a fever.
It's like 106.9. It's high.

519
00:34:17,849 --> 00:34:19,641
<i>Uh-huh.
Right. Uh-huh.</i>

520
00:34:19,642 --> 00:34:22,352
All of her udders
are hard on the topside.

521
00:34:22,353 --> 00:34:23,980
<i>Mastitis.</i>
Yeah.

522
00:34:24,272 --> 00:34:25,940
You know, she ended up
having 17.

523
00:34:26,315 --> 00:34:29,317
<i>Probably that litter size
that did it.</i>

524
00:34:29,318 --> 00:34:34,031
<i>We'll knock that fever down
so she doesn't cook her brain,</i>

525
00:34:34,032 --> 00:34:36,159
<i>and then just pray.</i>

526
00:34:41,998 --> 00:34:43,916
Maybe let's take
the babies away.

527
00:35:09,776 --> 00:35:11,486
Septicemia.

528
00:35:21,704 --> 00:35:23,413
<i>Rampant infection.</i>

529
00:35:23,414 --> 00:35:26,666
<i>Over 50% of cases
are caused by</i>

530
00:35:26,667 --> 00:35:28,836
<i>gram-positive organisms.</i>

531
00:35:52,819 --> 00:35:54,904
You got
her fever down, right?

532
00:35:56,155 --> 00:35:57,198
Yeah.

533
00:35:57,865 --> 00:36:00,451
But if she doesn't eat soon,
she's gonna die.

534
00:36:16,342 --> 00:36:18,177
<i>Flavio to John.</i>

535
00:36:26,853 --> 00:36:29,438
I never see something like that.

536
00:36:31,983 --> 00:36:33,151
What happened?

537
00:36:35,111 --> 00:36:38,573
The intestines come out
from the baby.
Oh, man.

538
00:36:38,948 --> 00:36:40,283
It's bad.

539
00:36:46,622 --> 00:36:49,667
It's like a herniated
umbilical cord or something.

540
00:36:49,959 --> 00:36:52,128
I'm gonna have to
put her down.

541
00:37:09,854 --> 00:37:11,689
Just set her down here.

542
00:37:24,452 --> 00:37:26,787
If nothing else,
it's a little more
water for her.

543
00:37:30,583 --> 00:37:32,376
You gotta eat, Emma.

544
00:37:39,091 --> 00:37:43,429
<i>It's all, like,
this slow disillusionment</i>

545
00:37:43,971 --> 00:37:46,557
<i>of our earnest intent.</i>

546
00:37:49,185 --> 00:37:54,273
<i>Intent alone
is not a protector.</i>

547
00:38:13,209 --> 00:38:16,045
<i>I've run out of ways
to get Emma to eat.</i>

548
00:38:17,255 --> 00:38:19,757
<i>She needs to decide
if she wants to live.</i>

549
00:38:25,972 --> 00:38:27,723
Now they're puttin' them in.

550
00:38:43,781 --> 00:38:47,117
I don't know.
She seems excited.

551
00:38:51,330 --> 00:38:52,665
Come on.

552
00:39:00,589 --> 00:39:02,008
Good girl.

553
00:39:09,890 --> 00:39:12,643
You're, like, moving
every piece of lettuce
out of the way.

554
00:39:15,354 --> 00:39:17,273
You're such a finicky pig.

555
00:39:30,077 --> 00:39:32,078
<i>In trying to save
the animals</i>

556
00:39:32,079 --> 00:39:34,874
<i>that will one day
become food,</i>

557
00:39:37,209 --> 00:39:41,589
<i>it naturally develops
this bond.</i>

558
00:39:45,468 --> 00:39:49,388
<i>And that's not something
I've fully processed.</i>

559
00:40:11,410 --> 00:40:14,120
I think I'm okay.

560
00:40:14,121 --> 00:40:16,207
But this is
a swarm of bees.

561
00:40:19,418 --> 00:40:21,379
I can see
why they're showing up.

562
00:40:22,713 --> 00:40:24,589
Take a look at this place.

563
00:40:24,590 --> 00:40:29,719
It's a 500% improvement
compared to where it was
when we first come out here.

564
00:40:47,571 --> 00:40:51,241
I've never seen bees
swarm to one spot
like this before.

565
00:40:51,242 --> 00:40:53,284
This is definitely
a good sign.

566
00:40:59,750 --> 00:41:02,085
They showed up at the
perfect time, huh?

567
00:41:02,086 --> 00:41:04,879
Looks like the fruit trees
are pretty happy, too.

568
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:05,965
Yeah, right?

569
00:41:17,935 --> 00:41:19,687
<i>The fruit basket.</i>

570
00:41:20,646 --> 00:41:22,856
<i>It's an important orchard</i>

571
00:41:22,857 --> 00:41:25,818
<i>because of the rare
and unique varieties,</i>

572
00:41:26,527 --> 00:41:29,488
<i>and that's what's
gonna give us
an edge at the market.</i>

573
00:41:35,661 --> 00:41:37,830
<i>As we enter
into our third spring,</i>

574
00:41:38,539 --> 00:41:41,083
<i>it's truly become
a paradise.</i>

575
00:41:44,003 --> 00:41:47,423
<i>I can see now
why Alan pushed for this.</i>

576
00:41:54,305 --> 00:41:56,098
Looks like starlings.

577
00:41:57,349 --> 00:41:59,560
Yeah.
That's what I think, too.

578
00:42:40,142 --> 00:42:43,395
- We lost almost 70% of the fruit.
- Oh, my gosh.

579
00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:46,482
We are feeding the birds.

580
00:42:50,236 --> 00:42:54,073
<i>Alan told us that things like
this would eventually balance out.</i>

581
00:42:55,908 --> 00:42:59,036
<i>I'm just not clear on
how that's supposed to happen.</i>

582
00:43:05,793 --> 00:43:08,294
<i>At the tone,
please record your message.</i>

583
00:43:08,295 --> 00:43:10,380
Hey, Alan, it's Molly.

584
00:43:10,381 --> 00:43:12,925
I was just calling
to see how you're doing.

585
00:43:13,175 --> 00:43:15,594
So, we're all
thinking of you here.

586
00:43:16,262 --> 00:43:17,805
Okay, take care.

587
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:23,310
Hey, Caya, stop!

588
00:43:24,937 --> 00:43:26,188
Caya!

589
00:43:30,609 --> 00:43:34,195
<i>I guess I don't know what
Alan's idea of a perfect harmony</i>

590
00:43:34,196 --> 00:43:36,907
<i>is even supposed
to look like,</i>

591
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:41,536
<i>because every step we take
to improve our land</i>

592
00:43:41,537 --> 00:43:45,457
<i>seems to just create
the perfect habitat
for the next pest.</i>

593
00:43:50,045 --> 00:43:53,132
<i>Apparently,
snails thrive in cover crops,</i>

594
00:43:53,757 --> 00:43:56,760
<i>and they love
eating the leaves
of our citrus trees,</i>

595
00:43:57,011 --> 00:44:01,181
<i>which directly compromises
the trees' ability
to produce fruit.</i>

596
00:44:17,990 --> 00:44:19,992
<i>Alan would have known
what to do.</i>

597
00:44:24,830 --> 00:44:28,417
<i>But tonight
we got the call
that Alan had died.</i>

598
00:44:57,738 --> 00:45:00,908
<i>In one way,
I feel abandoned,</i>

599
00:45:01,158 --> 00:45:05,621
<i>but I really
just want to cry
because I lost my friend.</i>

600
00:45:20,344 --> 00:45:22,763
Hey, John,
did you see this?

601
00:45:27,476 --> 00:45:29,019
Man.

602
00:45:30,646 --> 00:45:32,231
Yeah, she's bloated.

603
00:45:39,238 --> 00:45:42,740
I know she's got
at least one baby somewhere,

604
00:45:42,741 --> 00:45:45,201
but we'll have to
figure it out
in the morning,

605
00:45:45,202 --> 00:45:47,246
'cause there's no way
we're gonna find it now.

606
00:45:53,961 --> 00:45:55,462
Ah, man.

607
00:45:56,839 --> 00:45:59,216
I think that's
the orphan right there.

608
00:46:02,219 --> 00:46:04,512
The one that lost
its mom last night.

609
00:46:04,513 --> 00:46:06,306
I think so.

610
00:46:07,182 --> 00:46:10,978
Well, we bottle-feed it
three to four times a day,

611
00:46:11,145 --> 00:46:14,356
or we see if he can
work it out on its own.

612
00:46:14,940 --> 00:46:16,358
Yeah.

613
00:46:50,350 --> 00:46:53,936
<i>It's a really weird feeling
to be both heartbroken</i>

614
00:46:53,937 --> 00:46:56,898
<i>and completely frustrated
and angry</i>

615
00:46:56,899 --> 00:46:58,984
<i>at the one who has died.</i>

616
00:47:02,696 --> 00:47:06,116
<i>Obviously, Alan
wouldn't have wanted this
to stop us,</i>

617
00:47:06,325 --> 00:47:11,246
<i>but it's also hard to
move forward without him.</i>

618
00:47:21,298 --> 00:47:23,383
John, come here.

619
00:47:26,011 --> 00:47:28,764
Oh, my God.
I thought that was the trunk.

620
00:47:28,972 --> 00:47:31,809
I mean, what do we do?
This is too many.

621
00:47:32,226 --> 00:47:34,561
So we can't put poison out.
Nope.

622
00:47:36,188 --> 00:47:38,815
So how do
they expect us to...

623
00:47:38,816 --> 00:47:41,401
I have no idea.

624
00:47:44,196 --> 00:47:46,073
This feels overwhelming.

625
00:47:48,283 --> 00:47:50,285
I don't even want
to think about it.

626
00:48:20,190 --> 00:48:21,692
Go on.

627
00:48:26,071 --> 00:48:27,322
Three-twenty.

628
00:48:40,168 --> 00:48:42,045
John,
should we take Bart?

629
00:48:45,674 --> 00:48:46,967
No.

630
00:49:01,773 --> 00:49:05,568
<i>A long dry spell across
the central and western US</i>

631
00:49:05,569 --> 00:49:08,029
<i>has now turned
into a full-scale drought.</i>

632
00:49:08,030 --> 00:49:11,073
<i>Farmers and ranchers
across 11 states
are struggling</i>

633
00:49:11,074 --> 00:49:13,367
<i>with a severe lack
of rain and snow.</i>

634
00:49:13,368 --> 00:49:15,829
<i>Among the hardest-hit
states, California.</i>

635
00:49:27,507 --> 00:49:30,134
<i>As the drought continues,</i>

636
00:49:30,135 --> 00:49:33,220
<i>there's no fresh rainwater
for the pond.</i>

637
00:49:33,221 --> 00:49:37,767
<i>And combined with
excess nutrients
from duck poop,</i>

638
00:49:37,768 --> 00:49:40,646
<i>it has caused
a toxic algae bloom.</i>

639
00:49:46,652 --> 00:49:48,862
<i>Another problem
created by us.</i>

640
00:49:50,697 --> 00:49:54,409
<i>Everything on this farm
must be contributing.</i>

641
00:49:55,494 --> 00:49:56,995
<i>And when it's not...</i>

642
00:50:02,167 --> 00:50:05,045
<i>What do we do
with a hundred ducks?</i>

643
00:50:08,465 --> 00:50:12,134
<i>I feel like Todd is
constantly staring deeply</i>

644
00:50:12,135 --> 00:50:15,806
<i>at these almost
infinitesimal details,</i>

645
00:50:19,101 --> 00:50:23,188
<i>like he's decoding how
the world around him works.</i>

646
00:50:38,662 --> 00:50:41,915
<i>So, I've started
doing the same.</i>

647
00:50:47,587 --> 00:50:50,047
<i>And I think
I've figured out</i>

648
00:50:50,048 --> 00:50:52,884
<i>what ducks love
more than ponds.</i>

649
00:51:18,660 --> 00:51:21,370
<i>In just a single season,</i>

650
00:51:21,371 --> 00:51:23,915
<i>they devoured
over 90,000 snails.</i>

651
00:51:27,252 --> 00:51:31,882
<i>And better yet,
they turned them
into fertilizer for the trees.</i>

652
00:51:34,342 --> 00:51:36,720
<i>So with every new problem
that popped up,</i>

653
00:51:37,721 --> 00:51:39,806
<i>I'd first take a step back</i>

654
00:51:40,891 --> 00:51:42,434
<i>and watch it.</i>

655
00:51:44,311 --> 00:51:48,773
<i>More cows and sheep,
more manure.</i>

656
00:51:58,158 --> 00:52:01,995
<i>To the fly,
this is the food
for their babies.</i>

657
00:52:04,372 --> 00:52:05,749
<i>Maggots.</i>

658
00:52:06,416 --> 00:52:07,834
Oh, gosh.

659
00:52:14,007 --> 00:52:17,511
<i>But I realized maggots
are just more food</i>

660
00:52:20,597 --> 00:52:21,848
<i>for chickens.</i>

661
00:52:35,153 --> 00:52:37,363
<i>This reduced
the fly population</i>

662
00:52:37,364 --> 00:52:40,575
<i>to a manageable level
of coexistence.</i>

663
00:52:42,369 --> 00:52:45,955
It's not like
they're just on one section.
They're kind of everywhere.

664
00:52:45,956 --> 00:52:48,707
<i>Weevils in the garden,
chickens.</i>

665
00:52:50,252 --> 00:52:53,420
<i>Observation followed
by creativity</i>

666
00:52:53,421 --> 00:52:56,007
<i>is becoming
our greatest ally.</i>

667
00:53:19,698 --> 00:53:22,284
Make sure you guys feed
that rooster in with Emma.

668
00:53:23,785 --> 00:53:24,870
Yeah, I got it.

669
00:53:26,246 --> 00:53:29,540
<i>With the piglets now
gone from Emma's woods,</i>

670
00:53:29,541 --> 00:53:33,252
<i>the farm's ecosystem
has responded to this void</i>

671
00:53:33,253 --> 00:53:34,921
<i>in a rather unexpected way.</i>

672
00:53:36,339 --> 00:53:38,175
<i>We call him Greasy.</i>

673
00:53:45,724 --> 00:53:49,936
<i>A beat-up and rejected rooster
in need of a safe home.</i>

674
00:54:28,016 --> 00:54:33,230
<i>Alan told me once that coexistence
with land can't be forced.</i>

675
00:54:38,318 --> 00:54:41,321
<i>It's more of a delicate,
patient dance...</i>

676
00:54:46,368 --> 00:54:48,078
<i>...with no guarantees.</i>

677
00:55:10,809 --> 00:55:16,105
<i>Alan claimed each year
would get easier
and more predictable.</i>

678
00:55:17,524 --> 00:55:19,567
<i>He called it
the rhythm of farming.</i>

679
00:55:22,654 --> 00:55:25,739
<i>Well, the dance
might be familiar,</i>

680
00:55:25,740 --> 00:55:28,868
<i>but the partners
are always changing.</i>

681
00:55:36,668 --> 00:55:39,754
- You've never seen it this bad before?
- Never.

682
00:55:43,049 --> 00:55:45,510
The gophers are
killing the trees.

683
00:55:47,095 --> 00:55:49,389
The gophers
loves the cover crop.

684
00:55:51,141 --> 00:55:53,559
We can't get rid
of the cover crop,
though, Miguel.

685
00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:55,436
It's the only way
we can build the soil.

686
00:55:55,437 --> 00:55:57,105
Oh. Uh...

687
00:56:11,453 --> 00:56:13,412
So owls eat gophers?

688
00:56:13,413 --> 00:56:15,749
Yep.
Hold the bottom.

689
00:56:18,209 --> 00:56:20,086
How do we know
they'll come?

690
00:56:21,171 --> 00:56:22,921
We don't.

691
00:56:41,107 --> 00:56:43,317
<i>At this point,
it feels like</i>

692
00:56:43,318 --> 00:56:46,529
<i>we're just growing fruit
to feed chickens.</i>

693
00:56:49,783 --> 00:56:52,201
<i>I think we both
had always envisioned</i>

694
00:56:52,202 --> 00:56:55,954
<i>that the markets
would be this place</i>

695
00:56:55,955 --> 00:56:58,792
<i>where we share
the bounty of our methods.</i>

696
00:57:14,391 --> 00:57:15,767
Oh, man.

697
00:57:17,310 --> 00:57:20,855
- They killed the rooster.
- Oh, man,
this guy has no head.

698
00:57:24,692 --> 00:57:27,611
Go on!

699
00:57:27,612 --> 00:57:30,531
Alex, how many birds
should have been in that coop
this morning?

700
00:57:30,532 --> 00:57:31,949
There should be
260-something.

701
00:57:31,950 --> 00:57:33,700
And how many were in there
this morning?

702
00:57:33,701 --> 00:57:36,370
Twenty to 30 birds I saw inside.

703
00:57:36,371 --> 00:57:40,582
We're missing 230 birds.
We just don't know
where they are.

704
00:57:40,583 --> 00:57:44,337
Our... Our fences
don't work entirely.

705
00:57:52,804 --> 00:57:54,763
Oh. Oh...

706
00:57:54,764 --> 00:57:56,808
Oh...

707
00:57:58,810 --> 00:58:01,728
So do you see
where they grabbed her?
Yeah.

708
00:58:01,729 --> 00:58:03,939
Looks like it took,
like, multiple bites.

709
00:58:03,940 --> 00:58:06,525
I think we have to
put her down.

710
00:58:06,526 --> 00:58:07,694
John!

711
00:58:11,948 --> 00:58:13,615
It's in
with the chickens!

712
00:58:23,084 --> 00:58:26,004
Where is it?
It went to the next pasture.

713
00:58:45,106 --> 00:58:46,649
Stay there.

714
00:59:11,257 --> 00:59:14,676
<i>Along with the coyote
died part of my belief</i>

715
00:59:14,677 --> 00:59:19,015
<i>in the power
of an uncompromising
idealism,</i>

716
00:59:21,267 --> 00:59:25,980
<i>the very thing
that got us to such
a beautiful place in our life.</i>

717
00:59:30,860 --> 00:59:34,155
<i>A place that
we cannot control.</i>

718
00:59:36,866 --> 00:59:39,952
<i>And just in case
we forget that,</i>

719
00:59:39,953 --> 00:59:42,622
<i>around here
there's a fifth season,</i>

720
00:59:44,582 --> 00:59:46,084
<i>the season of wind.</i>

721
01:00:54,819 --> 01:00:58,905
<i>This drought has become
California's driest period</i>

722
01:00:58,906 --> 01:01:01,409
<i>in 1,200 years.</i>

723
01:01:07,457 --> 01:01:11,502
<i>And as we attempt
to conserve water
on certain parts of the farm,</i>

724
01:01:13,212 --> 01:01:15,548
<i>it exposes a deeper truth.</i>

725
01:01:21,387 --> 01:01:24,348
<i>We are overly dependent
on our aquifer,</i>

726
01:01:24,349 --> 01:01:27,684
<i>a finite source
of groundwater
relying on rain...</i>

727
01:01:29,354 --> 01:01:31,230
<i>...just like us.</i>

728
01:02:27,745 --> 01:02:30,081
<i>Eighteen inches of rain.</i>

729
01:02:31,708 --> 01:02:33,584
<i>All around us,
on other farms,</i>

730
01:02:36,796 --> 01:02:39,757
<i>topsoil was washing
out to the sea.</i>

731
01:02:43,803 --> 01:02:45,138
<i>But not here.</i>

732
01:02:48,725 --> 01:02:52,937
<i>We were able to sequester
over a hundred million
gallons of water,</i>

733
01:02:55,523 --> 01:02:58,818
<i>because what our plants
and trees didn't use</i>

734
01:03:01,195 --> 01:03:03,531
<i>went back
into our aquifer</i>

735
01:03:05,408 --> 01:03:07,368
<i>beneath the ground.</i>

736
01:03:42,320 --> 01:03:44,071
<i>Our soil stayed.</i>

737
01:03:47,241 --> 01:03:48,618
<i>But why?</i>

738
01:03:51,287 --> 01:03:53,414
<i>It was the cover crops,</i>

739
01:03:54,749 --> 01:03:57,542
<i>essentially soaking in
all the rain</i>

740
01:03:57,543 --> 01:03:59,879
<i>like a sponge.</i>

741
01:04:51,973 --> 01:04:54,057
I don't understand.

742
01:04:54,058 --> 01:04:56,644
What's his plan?
This is ridiculous.

743
01:04:58,104 --> 01:05:00,356
I don't know.
You gotta ask John.

744
01:05:04,151 --> 01:05:09,907
<i>I've created an expectation
that to control the coyote</i>

745
01:05:10,783 --> 01:05:12,368
<i>means to kill him.</i>

746
01:05:13,703 --> 01:05:15,413
God, there's so many.

747
01:05:16,998 --> 01:05:19,625
Are we gonna just keep
letting this happen?

748
01:05:30,720 --> 01:05:32,805
All right.
Let's give this a try.

749
01:05:36,475 --> 01:05:39,604
Remember what we practiced.
No chasing. Okay?

750
01:05:42,523 --> 01:05:44,901
No.

751
01:05:47,194 --> 01:05:48,403
Foley!

752
01:05:48,404 --> 01:05:50,071
Corey!

753
01:05:50,072 --> 01:05:51,991
That's not gonna work.

754
01:05:54,410 --> 01:05:57,495
<i>I either completely
eliminate the coyote,</i>

755
01:05:57,496 --> 01:06:01,584
<i>or we might as well abandon
our entire egg operation.</i>

756
01:06:05,588 --> 01:06:08,214
Update on Emma the pig,

757
01:06:08,215 --> 01:06:12,052
the day before she is to
give birth yet again.

758
01:06:12,053 --> 01:06:13,762
And then there's the

759
01:06:13,763 --> 01:06:17,224
nervous boyfriend,
Mr. Greasy.

760
01:06:18,100 --> 01:06:21,811
A little somethin'
for them

761
01:06:21,812 --> 01:06:24,773
to reflect
back on the good times,

762
01:06:24,774 --> 01:06:26,983
when life was simple.

763
01:06:26,984 --> 01:06:28,944
Aw!

764
01:06:28,945 --> 01:06:31,447
Any guess what color
the babies are gonna be?

765
01:09:04,600 --> 01:09:06,768
Do these things see in the dark?

766
01:09:06,769 --> 01:09:09,355
Mmm-hmm.
How many are you setting up?

767
01:09:10,481 --> 01:09:14,610
Um, one in each orchard
and a few by the gate.

768
01:09:15,402 --> 01:09:17,655
Then we'll see
what's really going on
out here.

769
01:10:45,868 --> 01:10:49,079
<i>So why is a coyote laying
paralyzed in the garden?</i>

770
01:10:50,497 --> 01:10:52,165
<i>The best I can tell,</i>

771
01:10:52,166 --> 01:10:55,628
<i>the coyote was chasing
a gopher along the fence</i>

772
01:10:56,837 --> 01:11:00,089
<i>and hit an irrigation line,</i>

773
01:11:00,090 --> 01:11:03,636
<i>breaking both the pipe
and his neck.</i>

774
01:11:15,356 --> 01:11:18,150
Oh, Todd, come on.
You can't let it suffer.

775
01:11:19,860 --> 01:11:21,904
<i>It's a heartbreaking
realization.</i>

776
01:11:24,073 --> 01:11:27,159
<i>The coyote might not be
just a pest.</i>

777
01:11:30,412 --> 01:11:33,707
<i>He may very well be
our friend.</i>

778
01:11:39,546 --> 01:11:42,966
<i>Whenever I look up
at the Milky Way,</i>

779
01:11:42,967 --> 01:11:46,261
<i>I feel so captivated
by its complexity.</i>

780
01:11:46,262 --> 01:11:50,933
<i>And yet it's easy to forget
that Earth is a part of it.</i>

781
01:11:57,022 --> 01:11:59,817
<i>It's almost impossible
to grasp</i>

782
01:12:01,026 --> 01:12:03,028
<i>that I actually spin inside</i>

783
01:12:04,488 --> 01:12:06,615
<i>of that which I see.</i>

784
01:12:21,005 --> 01:12:22,673
Where's Greasy?

785
01:12:25,634 --> 01:12:26,969
What?

786
01:12:45,237 --> 01:12:47,740
I don't know if I can
forgive you for this.

787
01:12:48,907 --> 01:12:50,409
Look at you.

788
01:12:51,744 --> 01:12:54,246
I don't think you understand,
Caya, how bad this is.

789
01:12:56,081 --> 01:12:59,083
And look, Rosie doesn't have
anything on her.

790
01:12:59,084 --> 01:13:01,420
This was you.

791
01:13:05,716 --> 01:13:07,967
<i>Sometimes I wish
it weren't true.</i>

792
01:13:11,221 --> 01:13:15,100
<i>But it's those
tiny revelations
that are born from failure</i>

793
01:13:16,352 --> 01:13:20,146
<i>that act as a fuel
for the engine
of our ecosystem.</i>

794
01:13:20,147 --> 01:13:22,774
Here we are.

795
01:13:22,775 --> 01:13:24,442
Day two.

796
01:13:24,443 --> 01:13:26,320
Rosie, the chicken guardian.

797
01:13:26,612 --> 01:13:28,654
<i>And if I'm paying attention...</i>

798
01:13:28,655 --> 01:13:30,323
Good girl.

799
01:13:30,324 --> 01:13:31,783
<i>I get to use it.</i>

800
01:13:31,784 --> 01:13:34,161
Please don't eat
the chickens, Rosie.

801
01:13:42,252 --> 01:13:45,631
<i>With Rosie the guardian dog
protecting our chickens,</i>

802
01:13:47,341 --> 01:13:51,178
<i>the coyotes are now focused
on hunting gophers.</i>

803
01:13:52,596 --> 01:13:55,348
<i>All pests, even gophers,</i>

804
01:13:55,349 --> 01:13:57,393
<i>have a beneficial role.</i>

805
01:13:57,601 --> 01:14:01,355
<i>For one,
they aerate our soils.</i>

806
01:14:01,522 --> 01:14:05,525
<i>But too many gophers,
and the problems start.</i>

807
01:14:05,526 --> 01:14:08,112
Hey, look. See?
The gophers ate all the roots.

808
01:14:12,157 --> 01:14:13,282
How many?

809
01:14:13,283 --> 01:14:16,661
In one month,
I got 900.

810
01:14:16,662 --> 01:14:18,496
Nine hundred?

811
01:14:18,497 --> 01:14:21,374
<i>So now, the irony is,</i>

812
01:14:21,375 --> 01:14:25,128
<i>we actually don't have
enough coyotes</i>

813
01:14:25,129 --> 01:14:29,341
<i>to bring the gopher population
back into balance.</i>

814
01:14:33,178 --> 01:14:39,183
<i>Hopefully, there's more
to this delicate dance
of coexistence,</i>

815
01:14:39,184 --> 01:14:42,979
<i>because
as our farm flourishes,</i>

816
01:14:42,980 --> 01:14:44,731
<i>so do the pests.</i>

817
01:14:47,317 --> 01:14:49,319
<i>The healthier our row crops,</i>

818
01:14:50,529 --> 01:14:52,406
<i>the more the aphids.</i>

819
01:14:56,869 --> 01:14:59,328
<i>The better the fruit,</i>

820
01:14:59,329 --> 01:15:01,039
<i>the more the birds.</i>

821
01:15:11,300 --> 01:15:14,553
<i>Alan told us by
the seventh year,</i>

822
01:15:17,931 --> 01:15:21,143
<i>we would no longer
be alone in our farming.</i>

823
01:15:26,982 --> 01:15:29,526
<i>And he was right.</i>

824
01:16:02,100 --> 01:16:05,979
<i>You will see things that
you did not see before.</i>

825
01:16:07,731 --> 01:16:11,609
<i>And as I looked closer at
those aphid infestations,</i>

826
01:16:11,610 --> 01:16:14,112
<i>the eggs of their predator.</i>

827
01:16:15,822 --> 01:16:19,951
<i>You just tapped into
a power of nature</i>

828
01:16:19,952 --> 01:16:21,744
<i>that you can ride</i>

829
01:16:21,745 --> 01:16:25,707
<i>without an extraordinary
amount of effort.</i>

830
01:16:32,005 --> 01:16:34,049
<i>It's exactly
the same thing as surfing.</i>

831
01:16:38,512 --> 01:16:40,556
<i>The flywheel in motion.</i>

832
01:16:42,182 --> 01:16:46,936
<i>You're establishing
this equilibrium.</i>

833
01:16:56,488 --> 01:16:58,447
<i>Complexity,</i>

834
01:16:58,448 --> 01:17:00,491
<i>diversity,</i>

835
01:17:00,492 --> 01:17:03,870
<i>all supporting
and enhancing each other.</i>

836
01:17:05,497 --> 01:17:08,875
<i>You will see a web of life.</i>

837
01:17:12,921 --> 01:17:16,090
<i>This year we counted
87 barn owls,</i>

838
01:17:16,091 --> 01:17:19,720
<i>eating an estimated
15,000 gophers.</i>

839
01:17:21,221 --> 01:17:23,807
<i>And it didn't stop there.</i>

840
01:17:25,225 --> 01:17:27,727
<i>A whole host
of specialized players</i>

841
01:17:27,728 --> 01:17:30,063
<i>arrived to do their part.</i>

842
01:17:33,442 --> 01:17:36,361
<i>Hawks attacked from above.</i>

843
01:17:38,822 --> 01:17:41,533
<i>And from below, gopher snakes,</i>

844
01:17:43,368 --> 01:17:46,371
<i>weasels and badgers.</i>

845
01:17:52,628 --> 01:17:55,129
<i>And along with the coyotes,</i>

846
01:17:55,130 --> 01:17:58,216
<i>even the guardian dogs
became hunters, too.</i>

847
01:18:00,052 --> 01:18:02,471
Looks like Caya
got herself a new job.

848
01:18:03,722 --> 01:18:07,266
It hasn't even been
in that long here.

849
01:18:07,267 --> 01:18:08,685
That's from two inches of rain.

850
01:18:09,269 --> 01:18:10,561
Todd, come.

851
01:18:10,562 --> 01:18:12,855
<i>Of all the things
that have happened,</i>

852
01:18:12,856 --> 01:18:16,067
<i>the thing Alan wanted
for this farm the most,</i>

853
01:18:16,068 --> 01:18:18,861
<i>the most difficult thing
for us to achieve...</i>

854
01:18:18,862 --> 01:18:20,613
This cover crop looks great.

855
01:18:20,614 --> 01:18:24,659
<i>...was that which was
happening beneath our feet.</i>

856
01:18:24,660 --> 01:18:25,911
This is what
we're fighting.

857
01:18:26,828 --> 01:18:28,454
<i>It was dead.</i>

858
01:18:28,455 --> 01:18:29,873
<i>Compacted.</i>

859
01:18:30,832 --> 01:18:33,752
<i>Void of diverse life.</i>

860
01:18:36,129 --> 01:18:37,714
<i>But not anymore.</i>

861
01:18:41,176 --> 01:18:44,011
<i>Because as we added cover</i>

862
01:18:44,012 --> 01:18:45,722
<i>and life on top,</i>

863
01:18:47,808 --> 01:18:51,812
<i>a process billions
of years old awakened,</i>

864
01:18:59,069 --> 01:19:01,571
<i>and they returned.</i>

865
01:19:10,205 --> 01:19:12,998
<i>Now, on this little farm,</i>

866
01:19:12,999 --> 01:19:17,628
<i>there are up to
nine billion microorganisms.</i>

867
01:19:17,629 --> 01:19:20,214
<i>Nine billion microorganisms,</i>

868
01:19:20,215 --> 01:19:23,427
<i>churning away
at decaying life-forms.</i>

869
01:19:26,471 --> 01:19:29,307
<i>Purpose-driven organisms,</i>

870
01:19:33,103 --> 01:19:36,106
<i>alchemizing
death to life</i>

871
01:19:37,691 --> 01:19:40,736
<i>in just one clump
of healthy soil.</i>

872
01:19:44,406 --> 01:19:47,658
<i>Everything that dies
gets broken down</i>

873
01:19:47,659 --> 01:19:49,953
<i>into minerals and nutrients
to feed plants.</i>

874
01:19:52,497 --> 01:19:56,041
<i>Our farm is energized entirely</i>

875
01:19:56,042 --> 01:19:58,420
<i>by the impermanence of life.</i>

876
01:20:03,675 --> 01:20:05,968
You might be
an old guy now.

877
01:20:05,969 --> 01:20:08,847
He's having fun today.
You'll always be
our first baby.

878
01:20:17,314 --> 01:20:19,315
<i>We not only have the support</i>

879
01:20:19,316 --> 01:20:22,110
<i>of the wildlife and the soil,</i>

880
01:20:23,445 --> 01:20:25,863
<i>we are surrounded
by a team</i>

881
01:20:25,864 --> 01:20:28,241
<i>who believed
in this way enough</i>

882
01:20:29,284 --> 01:20:30,660
<i>to make it real.</i>

883
01:20:36,500 --> 01:20:38,084
Oh, boy.

884
01:20:41,755 --> 01:20:43,631
Come on.

885
01:20:48,762 --> 01:20:50,679
One more.

886
01:20:53,391 --> 01:20:54,517
Pull.

887
01:20:54,518 --> 01:20:58,145
Come on. Come on.
There you go.

888
01:20:58,146 --> 01:21:00,440
Girl.

889
01:21:04,653 --> 01:21:06,362
<i>You got a boy.</i>

890
01:21:06,363 --> 01:21:07,906
Oh, my gosh!

891
01:21:14,162 --> 01:21:15,497
He's so big.

892
01:21:19,960 --> 01:21:23,128
<i>It's no longer just
about proving to ourselves</i>

893
01:21:23,129 --> 01:21:25,215
<i>that this way of farming
can work.</i>

894
01:21:30,595 --> 01:21:32,597
You're on the outside now.

895
01:21:35,141 --> 01:21:36,726
<i>It's for him.</i>

896
01:22:06,256 --> 01:22:08,049
You're a good boy, Todd.

897
01:22:12,137 --> 01:22:13,430
Aw.

898
01:22:25,317 --> 01:22:27,151
His name is Todd.

899
01:22:27,152 --> 01:22:29,237
And he's a doggy.

900
01:22:36,578 --> 01:22:39,080
<i>By the time Todd died,</i>

901
01:22:39,915 --> 01:22:42,334
<i>the question
of who saved who</i>

902
01:22:43,460 --> 01:22:45,503
<i>was no longer a mystery.</i>

903
01:22:51,301 --> 01:22:54,637
<i>He had led us to this
interconnected beauty</i>

904
01:22:54,638 --> 01:22:56,222
<i>that surrounds us,</i>

905
01:23:01,978 --> 01:23:05,649
<i>a place that he will now
become a part of.</i>

906
01:23:10,654 --> 01:23:15,240
<i>It was as if he knew
his role in our lives
was now complete.</i>

907
01:23:15,241 --> 01:23:17,410
These are the cherry trees,

908
01:23:17,744 --> 01:23:20,038
and there are apple trees.

909
01:23:21,122 --> 01:23:24,960
<i>We now had someone else
to be brave for.</i>

910
01:23:49,192 --> 01:23:51,068
Wow.
Oh, oh, oh, oh!

911
01:23:51,069 --> 01:23:54,530
Who's that?
A ladybug!

912
01:23:54,531 --> 01:23:56,741
You think so?
Yes!

913
01:24:04,874 --> 01:24:08,920
Tropic snow peaches,
those are going to
Erewhon LA.

914
01:24:09,963 --> 01:24:13,966
<i>We sold over 500,000 pounds
of food that year.</i>

915
01:24:13,967 --> 01:24:15,260
These look great this year.
Yeah.

916
01:24:17,178 --> 01:24:20,557
$3.25.
<i>And that's when it happened.</i>

917
01:24:22,225 --> 01:24:25,686
<i>It is now the largest wildfire
on record in California.</i>

918
01:24:25,687 --> 01:24:27,438
Mommy, we gotta go!

919
01:24:27,439 --> 01:24:29,314
Yeah, let's go.

920
01:24:29,315 --> 01:24:31,650
I think we're surrounded
by, like, three fires.

921
01:24:31,651 --> 01:24:33,610
Well, these winds
definitely aren't helping.

922
01:24:33,611 --> 01:24:36,071
If something happens
on these hills
over here, then...

923
01:24:36,072 --> 01:24:38,365
Well, then we'd be toast.

924
01:24:38,366 --> 01:24:40,325
John, I can see it
out the window.

925
01:24:40,326 --> 01:24:42,911
<i>Molly, it's still
really far away.</i>

926
01:24:42,912 --> 01:24:44,914
<i>We're just getting prepared
in case, okay?</i>

927
01:24:45,874 --> 01:24:48,460
No, no, no. Oh, man.

928
01:24:49,544 --> 01:24:51,295
This is how they start.

929
01:24:51,296 --> 01:24:54,506
<i>Okay, guys, another
small fire has started.</i>

930
01:24:54,507 --> 01:24:58,469
<i>It's on the neighbor's
property, but if itj umps
into those fields,</i>

931
01:24:58,470 --> 01:24:59,928
we're in trouble.

932
01:24:59,929 --> 01:25:02,139
<i>John, I just heard that.
We're gonna go.</i>

933
01:25:02,140 --> 01:25:04,850
<i>A massive wildfire raging
in Southern California...</i>

934
01:25:04,851 --> 01:25:07,269
<i>Our good intent towards nature...</i>
Let's go, go, go.

935
01:25:07,270 --> 01:25:10,105
<i>...won't shield us from facing
her impermanence.</i>

936
01:25:12,442 --> 01:25:14,359
John, there's an electric wire.
Careful.

937
01:25:14,360 --> 01:25:15,986
<i>As it consumes just about
everything in its path...</i>

938
01:25:15,987 --> 01:25:17,071
I want my toys!

939
01:25:17,072 --> 01:25:21,325
<i>If we've learned anything,
forward momentum and hope...</i>

940
01:25:21,326 --> 01:25:24,954
<i>...that's what nurtures luck.</i>

941
01:25:27,707 --> 01:25:33,378
<i>Which can look
as simple as the winds
changing direction.</i>

942
01:25:33,379 --> 01:25:35,589
Welcome home, guys.

943
01:25:35,590 --> 01:25:37,591
This is all the stuff
that she packed

944
01:25:37,592 --> 01:25:39,551
when she decided
she was gonna evacuate.

945
01:25:39,552 --> 01:25:42,137
We have a back roller.

946
01:25:42,138 --> 01:25:44,348
I thought we'd be stressed out.
Yeah.

947
01:25:44,349 --> 01:25:46,100
Here's one I like right here.

948
01:25:46,101 --> 01:25:49,228
<i>The Power of Myth,</i>
which I read about 20 years ago.

949
01:25:51,106 --> 01:25:52,815
A gym bag.
That's a...

950
01:25:52,816 --> 01:25:56,235
I know. That's, like,
how Mommy packed.

951
01:25:56,236 --> 01:25:59,071
Here we go, guys.
That looks so good.

952
01:25:59,072 --> 01:26:03,283
<i>I didn't expect that the
hardships that we would face</i>

953
01:26:03,284 --> 01:26:07,705
<i>make the actual dream itself
feel so much more alive.</i>

954
01:26:14,003 --> 01:26:17,297
Hey, everybody,
welcome to Apricot Lane Farms.

955
01:26:17,298 --> 01:26:19,550
- Who came from the furthest?
- Hong Kong.

956
01:26:19,551 --> 01:26:20,634
Hong Kong?

957
01:26:20,635 --> 01:26:22,010
India.
India?

958
01:26:22,011 --> 01:26:23,303
- China.
- Texas.

959
01:26:23,304 --> 01:26:24,471
Texas.

960
01:26:24,472 --> 01:26:27,558
That is almost
another country.
Yes, it is.

961
01:26:27,559 --> 01:26:29,810
- This is Emma.
- Hi, Emma.

962
01:26:33,439 --> 01:26:36,275
Her days of breeding
have really come to an end.

963
01:26:36,276 --> 01:26:40,071
Now her purpose is
entertaining you all.

964
01:26:42,115 --> 01:26:43,533
You're a good girl.

965
01:26:44,993 --> 01:26:47,620
And this is Alan York Lookout.

966
01:26:50,456 --> 01:26:52,541
It's named after our mentor.

967
01:26:52,542 --> 01:26:55,627
- Amazing!
- That is so beautiful.

968
01:26:55,628 --> 01:26:58,214
Unfortunately,
he passed away, uh,

969
01:26:59,924 --> 01:27:01,551
at the wrong time.

970
01:27:02,510 --> 01:27:03,636
Um...

971
01:27:08,099 --> 01:27:12,686
I remember I asked Alan
if he designed
the contours of this block

972
01:27:12,687 --> 01:27:15,064
to prevent water
from running off.

973
01:27:15,273 --> 01:27:19,360
And he would say,
"Yeah. And...

974
01:27:19,611 --> 01:27:22,405
""Cause it's beautiful."

975
01:27:25,950 --> 01:27:28,536
<i>The beautiful complexity
of our land</i>

976
01:27:29,579 --> 01:27:32,540
<i>is alive
with infinite possibility.</i>

977
01:28:18,211 --> 01:28:19,587
<i>We were never alone.</i>

978
01:28:21,130 --> 01:28:22,674
<i>Not for a second.</i>

979
01:28:25,134 --> 01:28:27,052
Mornin', Bodie!

980
01:28:27,053 --> 01:28:31,640
<i>And if the whole thing
from the beginning was to live
in harmony with nature...</i>

981
01:28:31,641 --> 01:28:33,058
Morning, Mama.

982
01:28:33,059 --> 01:28:35,686
<i>...well, we made it this far</i>

983
01:28:35,687 --> 01:28:38,563
<i>with a comfortable level
of disharmony.</i>

984
01:28:43,611 --> 01:28:46,072
<i>The ecosystem
of our entire planet</i>

985
01:28:47,699 --> 01:28:49,741
<i>works the same way.</i>

986
01:28:49,742 --> 01:28:51,286
You're a good girl, Caya.

987
01:28:58,459 --> 01:29:00,211
<i>And when I look at it
like that...</i>

988
01:29:05,341 --> 01:29:07,509
<i>...it's perfect.</i>

989
01:29:13,433 --> 01:29:15,225
So, what do you want to pick?

990
01:29:15,226 --> 01:29:17,227
I want to pick some nectarines.

991
01:29:17,228 --> 01:29:19,271
Okay.
We'll pick some nectarines.

992
01:29:19,272 --> 01:29:22,774
You made me happy.

993
01:29:22,775 --> 01:29:25,278
We should have
brought a paper bag.

994
01:29:25,611 --> 01:29:28,906
Look how many there are.
Oh, that one's gonna be so good.

995
01:29:31,701 --> 01:29:34,911
<i>What we are a part of</i>

996
01:29:34,912 --> 01:29:37,664
<i>Is bigger than we know</i>

997
01:29:37,665 --> 01:29:41,126
<i>And the height of our ability</i>

998
01:29:41,127 --> 01:29:44,046
<i>Is further than we go</i>

999
01:29:44,047 --> 01:29:48,008
<i>And fear is just
another problem</i>

1000
01:29:48,009 --> 01:29:50,469
<i>We will figure out</i>

1001
01:29:50,470 --> 01:29:52,262
Whoa. Hello.

1002
01:29:52,263 --> 01:29:54,890
<i>And we will grow our garden</i>

1003
01:29:54,891 --> 01:29:58,019
<i>Come sun, flood or drought</i>

1004
01:29:59,312 --> 01:30:01,147
Morning, girls.

1005
01:30:03,483 --> 01:30:06,318
<i>How far into a dream</i>

1006
01:30:06,319 --> 01:30:08,070
<i>Would you follow me?</i>

1007
01:30:08,071 --> 01:30:09,696
Come on, Emma!

1008
01:30:09,697 --> 01:30:12,449
<i>And how sure of a thing</i>

1009
01:30:12,450 --> 01:30:14,452
<i>Does it gotta be?</i>

1010
01:30:15,953 --> 01:30:20,958
<i>In the most uncertain times
of certainty</i>

1011
01:30:22,293 --> 01:30:26,798
<i>All that I am counting on
is you and me</i>

1012
01:30:28,341 --> 01:30:30,967
<i>And what we are a part of...</i>

1013
01:30:30,968 --> 01:30:34,305
I'm gonna pick five.
You want to pick
five blueberries?

1014
01:30:35,264 --> 01:30:37,141
Okay, just five, okay?

1015
01:30:37,308 --> 01:30:39,810
One, two...

1016
01:30:39,811 --> 01:30:41,978
You can count 'em
when you start pickin' 'em.

1017
01:30:41,979 --> 01:30:44,022
One...

1018
01:30:44,023 --> 01:30:46,900
One...

1019
01:30:46,901 --> 01:30:49,152
And here's one.

1020
01:30:49,153 --> 01:30:52,823
Hey, buddy,
how many have you picked so far?

1021
01:30:52,824 --> 01:30:54,117
I have...

1022
01:30:55,159 --> 01:30:56,451
One.

1023
01:30:56,452 --> 01:30:59,746
<i>And what we are a part of</i>

1024
01:30:59,747 --> 01:31:02,791
<i>Is bigger than we know</i>

1025
01:31:02,792 --> 01:31:06,044
<i>And the height of our ability</i>

1026
01:31:06,045 --> 01:31:09,172
<i>Is further than we go</i>

1027
01:31:09,173 --> 01:31:13,135
<i>And fear is just
another problem</i>

1028
01:31:13,136 --> 01:31:15,430
<i>We will figure out</i>

1029
01:31:17,432 --> 01:31:20,642
<i>And we will grow our garden</i>

1030
01:31:23,479 --> 01:31:26,858
<i>Yeah, we will grow our garden</i>

1031
01:31:29,777 --> 01:31:32,988
<i>We will grow our garden</i>

1032
01:31:32,989 --> 01:31:35,700
<i>Come sun</i>

1033
01:31:36,367 --> 01:31:39,996
<i>Flood or drought</i>