1 00:01:03,606 --> 00:01:05,983 Hey, John, you there? 2 00:01:10,989 --> 00:01:12,782 Yeah, go ahead. 3 00:01:15,201 --> 00:01:17,746 These animals are in a terrible spot. 4 00:01:21,374 --> 00:01:24,084 We're gonna move 'em all into a pasture that's safer. 5 00:01:24,085 --> 00:01:25,545 They'll be fine. 6 00:01:28,548 --> 00:01:29,966 Copy. 7 00:01:42,562 --> 00:01:46,066 Breaking news in Southern California. Six major wildfires now. 8 00:01:47,275 --> 00:01:49,444 John, what's going on? Are you coming with us? 9 00:01:50,695 --> 00:01:53,072 Molly, it's still really far away. 10 00:01:53,073 --> 00:01:55,157 But just get prepared in case, okay? 11 00:01:55,158 --> 00:01:57,117 - Whoa. - Oh, my God. 12 00:01:57,118 --> 00:02:00,329 There's fire over there on that side. There's fire down there. 13 00:02:00,330 --> 00:02:02,706 And then there's a fourth one that's up that way. 14 00:02:02,707 --> 00:02:04,833 As soon as you're done this, you guys can go. 15 00:02:12,717 --> 00:02:15,385 We're gonna move the ewes and the lambs 16 00:02:15,386 --> 00:02:18,806 all together in 16, and that's just one pasture. 17 00:02:18,807 --> 00:02:20,516 John, I'm not okay with this. 18 00:02:20,517 --> 00:02:22,684 I can see a lot of smoke out the window. 19 00:02:22,685 --> 00:02:23,853 We're gonna go. 20 00:02:34,364 --> 00:02:38,118 I never dreamed we could even get to this point 21 00:02:39,702 --> 00:02:41,996 to have so much to lose. 22 00:02:43,414 --> 00:02:45,291 But... I was wrong. 23 00:03:15,321 --> 00:03:17,740 Okay, guys, you're gonna get knocked down. 24 00:03:18,199 --> 00:03:21,995 But just remember, keep getting up and keep moving forward. 25 00:03:26,666 --> 00:03:29,085 Look. She's not scared. 26 00:03:34,507 --> 00:03:37,594 Everyone told us this idea was crazy. 27 00:03:42,891 --> 00:03:45,727 That attempting to farm in harmony with nature... 28 00:03:47,478 --> 00:03:51,482 would be reckless, if not impossible. 29 00:03:58,323 --> 00:04:02,242 But what's crazier is that this all started 30 00:04:02,243 --> 00:04:04,954 with a promise we made to a dog. 31 00:04:21,387 --> 00:04:25,182 Hi! So I'm doing a scallop cook-off, 32 00:04:25,183 --> 00:04:28,727 and John ate all the ones that I had already done. 33 00:04:28,728 --> 00:04:31,521 But they were so good. 34 00:04:31,522 --> 00:04:35,776 John and I were living in a tiny apartment in Santa Monica. 35 00:04:35,777 --> 00:04:38,904 I just wanted everybody to see how I started my day. 36 00:04:38,905 --> 00:04:42,574 Oh, he's still half asleep! 37 00:04:42,575 --> 00:04:46,536 John was a cameraman working on wildlife projects all over the world. 38 00:04:46,537 --> 00:04:49,915 I love these zucchinis, 'cause look how they're all different shapes. 39 00:04:49,916 --> 00:04:53,126 Molly was a private chef and culinary blogger... 40 00:04:53,127 --> 00:04:56,296 And the dense flesh makes for a really nice soup. 41 00:04:56,297 --> 00:04:58,966 ...specializing in the health benefits 42 00:04:58,967 --> 00:05:01,760 of more traditional cooking methods. 43 00:05:01,761 --> 00:05:04,304 Bone broths are rich in gelatin, 44 00:05:04,305 --> 00:05:06,348 which supports the digestion... 45 00:05:06,349 --> 00:05:09,810 And she knew an even deeper truth. 46 00:05:09,811 --> 00:05:11,853 You know, the health of our food 47 00:05:11,854 --> 00:05:14,189 is really determined by how it's farmed. 48 00:05:18,695 --> 00:05:21,071 We promised each other that we'd build 49 00:05:21,072 --> 00:05:23,157 a life of purpose together. 50 00:05:24,993 --> 00:05:27,869 And there was no question for Molly 51 00:05:27,870 --> 00:05:32,124 that we'd both find plenty of purpose on a farm. 52 00:05:32,125 --> 00:05:36,253 But this farm would have orchards, gardens, animals... 53 00:05:36,254 --> 00:05:37,587 Not just any farm. 54 00:05:37,588 --> 00:05:39,798 We're talking like something out of a children's book. 55 00:05:39,799 --> 00:05:42,801 We would grow apricots and peaches, plums, 56 00:05:42,802 --> 00:05:46,388 nectarines, cherries, kumquats, grapefruits, guava, limes... 57 00:05:46,389 --> 00:05:48,598 Her dream was literally to grow 58 00:05:48,599 --> 00:05:50,809 everything she could possibly cook with. 59 00:05:50,810 --> 00:05:53,020 This vegetable garden, it wouldn't be just any vegetable garden. 60 00:05:53,021 --> 00:05:55,188 We would have flowers, herbs... 61 00:05:55,189 --> 00:05:56,690 And we'd do all of this 62 00:05:56,691 --> 00:05:58,358 in perfect harmony with nature. 63 00:05:58,359 --> 00:06:00,778 Thyme, rosemary, oregano, basil... 64 00:06:00,987 --> 00:06:03,447 Like a traditional farm from the past. 65 00:06:03,448 --> 00:06:05,782 Fennel, strawberries, boysenberries, 66 00:06:05,783 --> 00:06:07,951 raspberries, kale, broccoli... 67 00:06:07,952 --> 00:06:09,912 Sounded like a meaningful life. 68 00:06:11,622 --> 00:06:14,416 But our reality was so far away 69 00:06:14,417 --> 00:06:16,377 from anything like a farm. 70 00:06:19,756 --> 00:06:21,757 Okay, ready? Go ahead. 71 00:06:21,758 --> 00:06:25,510 So I'm starting to get the red tomatoes. 72 00:06:25,511 --> 00:06:28,013 Her excitement for food was infectious. 73 00:06:28,014 --> 00:06:31,558 And that is my September porch garden. 74 00:06:31,559 --> 00:06:35,563 But I couldn't see any way to make it happen... 75 00:06:36,230 --> 00:06:38,857 Look, I've got these little wasabi sprouts. 76 00:06:38,858 --> 00:06:43,404 ...until one day, when we saved a life that would change ours. 77 00:06:49,202 --> 00:06:52,621 I found myself filming an animal hoarder for work. 78 00:06:52,622 --> 00:06:55,332 She had 200 dogs in one house. 79 00:06:55,333 --> 00:06:57,709 Buster, quiet. 80 00:06:57,710 --> 00:07:00,295 And the county was about to come take them all. 81 00:07:00,296 --> 00:07:02,756 Hey, I like this guy. 82 00:07:02,757 --> 00:07:04,883 That's where I met Todd. 83 00:07:04,884 --> 00:07:06,927 Hey, buddy. 84 00:07:06,928 --> 00:07:09,012 She kept him in a tiny pen with these huge 85 00:07:09,013 --> 00:07:12,099 Great Pyrenees dogs three times his size. 86 00:07:12,100 --> 00:07:15,894 Molly, this one right here. You see him? 87 00:07:15,895 --> 00:07:19,356 Come on, John. For real? Bad idea. 88 00:07:19,357 --> 00:07:21,483 Yeah, but look at his eyes. 89 00:07:21,484 --> 00:07:24,778 Today, about 200 animals have been removed from a home near Tehachapi. 90 00:07:24,779 --> 00:07:28,074 Many of the dogs had to be euthanized. 91 00:07:29,700 --> 00:07:33,121 We had a baby. 92 00:07:37,583 --> 00:07:40,753 Todd filled us with purpose. 93 00:07:44,173 --> 00:07:46,175 Are you gonna do anything fun? 94 00:07:51,347 --> 00:07:53,975 - What's he doing? - Rollin' on his back. 95 00:07:55,268 --> 00:07:56,977 Roll over. Good. 96 00:07:56,978 --> 00:07:59,188 Shake. Chair. 97 00:08:00,523 --> 00:08:02,232 Speak. 98 00:08:02,233 --> 00:08:03,567 Good boy! 99 00:08:03,568 --> 00:08:05,986 We made one promise to him. 100 00:08:05,987 --> 00:08:09,156 Our home would be his last. 101 00:08:10,992 --> 00:08:14,536 - Hey, guys, this is Jacob from downstairs. - The problem was... 102 00:08:14,537 --> 00:08:17,831 Your dog's been barking... ...if we left, he would bark... 103 00:08:17,832 --> 00:08:20,125 ...all day. ...nonstop for eight hours. 104 00:08:20,126 --> 00:08:22,878 Yeah. We tried everything. 105 00:08:22,879 --> 00:08:26,006 We got Todd one of those fancy LA dog trainers. 106 00:08:26,007 --> 00:08:28,383 If your dog's an out-of-control barker, 107 00:08:28,384 --> 00:08:30,177 then this program is for you. 108 00:08:30,178 --> 00:08:32,929 - Actually, a couple of them. - That didn't work. 109 00:08:32,930 --> 00:08:35,640 We got him a citronella barking collar 110 00:08:35,641 --> 00:08:38,727 that sprays orange in his face every time he barks. 111 00:08:38,728 --> 00:08:41,229 And when we got home, the whole entire house smelled like oranges, 112 00:08:41,230 --> 00:08:43,982 and the canister was empty. 113 00:08:43,983 --> 00:08:46,276 Then we got him this anxiety shirt 114 00:08:46,277 --> 00:08:49,196 that was supposed to wrap around him and make him really calm. 115 00:08:49,197 --> 00:08:51,323 That was the day he tore the carpet up. 116 00:08:51,324 --> 00:08:54,618 Oh, and remember you even tried that service vest 117 00:08:54,619 --> 00:08:56,454 so that you could take him everywhere? 118 00:08:57,413 --> 00:09:01,124 Oh, man, Todd. This is so wrong. 119 00:09:01,125 --> 00:09:03,835 We sensed it was coming. 120 00:09:03,836 --> 00:09:05,338 The landlord called. 121 00:09:06,506 --> 00:09:08,758 Todd had to go. 122 00:09:12,178 --> 00:09:16,473 Moving to another apartment wouldn't stop Todd's barking. 123 00:09:16,474 --> 00:09:19,559 We couldn't just give up on him. 124 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:23,355 And then it hit us. 125 00:09:26,817 --> 00:09:29,946 Molly's dream could be the answer to everything. 126 00:09:31,030 --> 00:09:32,698 We had a great idea 127 00:09:34,450 --> 00:09:37,536 with no way to pay for it. 128 00:09:39,163 --> 00:09:41,790 So we read every farming book we could find. 129 00:09:41,791 --> 00:09:43,416 Cold-called old farmers. 130 00:09:43,417 --> 00:09:45,377 And we drew up a business plan. 131 00:09:45,378 --> 00:09:48,588 It was time to find an investor. 132 00:09:48,589 --> 00:09:51,216 But first, we shared our vision 133 00:09:51,217 --> 00:09:53,885 with our closest friends and family. 134 00:09:56,013 --> 00:09:59,516 Old MacMolly had a farm 135 00:09:59,517 --> 00:10:01,977 E-I-E-I-O 136 00:10:01,978 --> 00:10:03,603 Yeah, they made fun of us. 137 00:10:03,604 --> 00:10:06,648 With an oink-oink here And an oink-oink there 138 00:10:06,649 --> 00:10:09,234 It's a long story. 139 00:10:09,235 --> 00:10:13,113 But it worked, because one person told another person... 140 00:10:13,114 --> 00:10:17,450 And the word of our dream spread and spread. 141 00:10:17,451 --> 00:10:20,829 Until it eventually connected us to some investors 142 00:10:20,830 --> 00:10:25,333 who actually saw this old way of farming as the future. 143 00:10:27,086 --> 00:10:30,089 All we needed was a farm. 144 00:10:34,802 --> 00:10:36,636 The apple orchard could go here. 145 00:10:36,637 --> 00:10:38,763 And we need a lot of different kinds of chickens. 146 00:10:38,764 --> 00:10:41,600 - We need to find a spot for cherimoya. - Yeah. 147 00:10:41,601 --> 00:10:44,728 And over there, I saw a perfect spot for a garden. 148 00:10:44,729 --> 00:10:48,024 - I wonder if we can grow bananas. - Oh, my God. 149 00:10:51,235 --> 00:10:52,778 Come on, Todd. 150 00:10:54,572 --> 00:10:56,823 Here we are. 151 00:10:56,824 --> 00:10:59,327 Apricot Lane Farms. 152 00:11:00,453 --> 00:11:03,163 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 Molly's bold vision has landed us 155 00:11:09,086 --> 00:11:12,130 on over 200 acres of 156 00:11:12,131 --> 00:11:14,341 somewhat neglected land 157 00:11:14,342 --> 00:11:17,053 about an hour north of Los Angeles. 158 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:24,309 Looks like what used to be 159 00:11:24,310 --> 00:11:26,937 an old irrigation pond or something. 160 00:11:29,899 --> 00:11:32,442 - To Todd, it was perfect. - Todd, come here! 161 00:11:32,443 --> 00:11:34,653 Come on. Yeah! 162 00:11:34,654 --> 00:11:38,073 Molly, look. It's a beehive. 163 00:11:38,074 --> 00:11:41,827 - Man, they're all dead. - Oh. 164 00:11:43,204 --> 00:11:46,624 It didn't quite have an abundant feeling of life, 165 00:11:47,667 --> 00:11:50,127 yet not much around here does. 166 00:11:53,297 --> 00:11:57,635 We're surrounded by these large-scale monoculture-type farms. 167 00:11:58,844 --> 00:12:01,346 To our north, the ruins 168 00:12:01,347 --> 00:12:04,767 of the largest indoor egg operation in the world. 169 00:12:07,395 --> 00:12:11,357 Egg City once housed 3.5 million chickens, 170 00:12:11,524 --> 00:12:14,193 laying about two million eggs a day. 171 00:12:16,195 --> 00:12:18,446 To our west, 172 00:12:18,447 --> 00:12:22,951 miles of red raspberries growing under plastic hoop houses. 173 00:12:22,952 --> 00:12:26,538 And I guess this is what farming has become, 174 00:12:26,539 --> 00:12:28,791 so that farmers can make a living. 175 00:12:29,709 --> 00:12:31,501 And the farm we're on 176 00:12:31,502 --> 00:12:34,379 followed a similar monocrop-type approach. 177 00:12:34,380 --> 00:12:38,425 They were really only growing lemons and avocados. 178 00:12:38,426 --> 00:12:41,886 So it's pretty clear that our plan for a farm 179 00:12:41,887 --> 00:12:44,348 is way outside of the norm. 180 00:12:48,018 --> 00:12:50,437 So, how long you been beekeepin'? 181 00:12:50,438 --> 00:12:52,480 Forty-eight years. 182 00:12:52,481 --> 00:12:55,734 Whoa. You ever been out here before? 183 00:12:55,735 --> 00:12:58,654 Nope. So what do you think killed 'em? 184 00:13:03,701 --> 00:13:05,703 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. 187 00:13:13,627 --> 00:13:16,130 It doesn't smash. 188 00:13:17,173 --> 00:13:18,923 The soil was dead, 189 00:13:18,924 --> 00:13:23,595 and we had no idea how to bring it back to life. 190 00:13:23,596 --> 00:13:26,431 And worse yet, every other farmer 191 00:13:26,432 --> 00:13:29,810 we've mentioned Molly's dream farm idea to 192 00:13:31,020 --> 00:13:33,563 thinks we're crazy. 193 00:13:33,564 --> 00:13:37,860 Consultant for traditional farming... 194 00:13:41,947 --> 00:13:44,032 - Okay, anytime. - She was like, "Hey, John, 195 00:13:44,033 --> 00:13:48,495 "this guy named Alan York is coming today to give us some advice." 196 00:13:48,496 --> 00:13:51,165 Are there any questions? 197 00:13:52,458 --> 00:13:55,335 He's like this world-renowned expert 198 00:13:55,336 --> 00:13:58,129 in traditional farming practices. 199 00:13:58,130 --> 00:14:01,133 And he shows up wearing all linen 200 00:14:01,300 --> 00:14:03,010 and sandals. 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 But there was this emphatic cadence to his speech 203 00:14:10,851 --> 00:14:13,102 that made him sound believable. 204 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 Molly thinks he's great. Molly. 215 00:14:43,133 --> 00:14:46,094 But his goal for the farm... This is your filter. Pour it through it. 216 00:14:46,095 --> 00:14:48,638 ...sounds almost too good to be true. 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 They regulate themselves through diversity. 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 The natural ecosystem right now is in the middle of a record drought, 222 00:15:07,533 --> 00:15:09,284 so to build a life here, 223 00:15:09,285 --> 00:15:11,995 we have to rely entirely 224 00:15:11,996 --> 00:15:15,040 on a finite source of water from our well. 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 Alan promised that farming in this way... 231 00:15:41,066 --> 00:15:42,817 It just shut off. 232 00:15:42,818 --> 00:15:45,487 ...will eventually feel like surfing. 233 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:49,825 Found the broken line. 234 00:15:50,993 --> 00:15:53,494 This feels nothing like surfing. 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 Alan didn't really care about watering the pastures. 239 00:16:08,052 --> 00:16:11,012 He was more focused on starting over 240 00:16:11,013 --> 00:16:13,097 with everything. 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 That opens up the opportunity to diversify. 243 00:16:25,277 --> 00:16:28,196 We ripped out 55 acres of old trees. 244 00:16:28,197 --> 00:16:31,324 We built compost piles. 245 00:16:31,325 --> 00:16:34,452 To make money, we need to be growing crops, 246 00:16:34,453 --> 00:16:36,871 and all we're doing is ripping the crops out. 247 00:16:36,872 --> 00:16:37,957 Burn it! 248 00:16:40,751 --> 00:16:43,294 We restored an old pond. 249 00:16:43,295 --> 00:16:46,005 We fixed over five miles of irrigation. 250 00:16:46,006 --> 00:16:48,508 Alan convinced us to build 251 00:16:48,509 --> 00:16:51,719 a state-of-the-art worm compost facility, 252 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:55,139 which is essentially an oversized palace 253 00:16:55,140 --> 00:16:57,058 for collecting worm poop, 254 00:16:57,059 --> 00:17:01,104 what he called the holy grail of soil food. 255 00:17:01,105 --> 00:17:05,900 And then we're gonna brew this poop into a tea 256 00:17:05,901 --> 00:17:07,986 and feed it to our soil. 257 00:17:07,987 --> 00:17:11,823 We've blown through the first year's budget in six months, 258 00:17:11,824 --> 00:17:14,701 and we haven't even planted a single crop. 259 00:17:14,702 --> 00:17:16,995 You know, we have a saying in the South, 260 00:17:16,996 --> 00:17:19,039 "Never enough time to do it right, 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 We hired two guys, Flavio and Raul. 265 00:17:34,972 --> 00:17:38,391 Raul had been on this farm since he was 14 years old 266 00:17:38,392 --> 00:17:40,936 and has actually worked through five of its owners. 267 00:17:43,188 --> 00:17:46,149 Oh, and two of those owners were the banks 268 00:17:46,150 --> 00:17:48,860 that foreclosed on the farm when it failed. 269 00:17:48,861 --> 00:17:51,320 But at least he knows the farm. 270 00:17:52,573 --> 00:17:56,659 Flavio grew up on his father's thousand-acre farm in Mexico. 271 00:17:56,660 --> 00:18:00,788 He brought some experience, but our plan would require more hands. 272 00:18:00,789 --> 00:18:01,873 Come on, Todd. 273 00:18:01,874 --> 00:18:05,877 "Come join us." So, Molly got back on the Internet. 274 00:18:05,878 --> 00:18:08,546 "Traditional farm." 275 00:18:08,547 --> 00:18:10,382 And it worked. 276 00:18:12,134 --> 00:18:15,720 We had young people from all over the world 277 00:18:15,721 --> 00:18:18,932 coming to learn how to farm, just like us. 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 and there's a tiny little newborn baby. 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 Plants build soil. 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 We planted tons of new trees, 297 00:19:37,302 --> 00:19:41,139 we seeded cover crop, dug culverts to prevent runoff, 298 00:19:41,140 --> 00:19:45,184 turned a horse arena into a garden, planted natives and other... 299 00:19:45,185 --> 00:19:47,103 The list went on for pages. Built chicken coops. 300 00:19:47,104 --> 00:19:50,899 Every time I crossed something off my list, 10 more things went on. 301 00:19:56,113 --> 00:19:58,948 Our goal is the highest level 302 00:19:58,949 --> 00:20:01,909 - of biodiversity possible. - Got it. 303 00:20:01,910 --> 00:20:04,036 And we took that literally. 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 It was like every animal 311 00:20:22,639 --> 00:20:24,224 you'd see in a children's book. 312 00:20:25,058 --> 00:20:26,684 Each... 313 00:20:26,685 --> 00:20:28,270 ...with a purpose to contribute. 314 00:20:30,189 --> 00:20:33,149 One hundred baby ducks. 315 00:20:33,150 --> 00:20:35,985 It was everything that we had ever talked about. 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 Their poop is our gold. 334 00:21:33,460 --> 00:21:37,380 It's as valuable as a crop. 335 00:21:37,381 --> 00:21:39,548 And now you can build compost 336 00:21:39,549 --> 00:21:43,344 that is of very high quality. 337 00:21:43,345 --> 00:21:46,138 The animals, compost and cover crops 338 00:21:46,139 --> 00:21:48,099 all share the same goal, 339 00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:50,893 to bring our soil back to life, 340 00:21:50,894 --> 00:21:55,482 infusing it with a host of beneficial microorganisms. 341 00:21:56,858 --> 00:21:58,651 I just hope it works, 342 00:21:58,652 --> 00:22:02,029 because Alan said without the microorganisms, 343 00:22:02,030 --> 00:22:05,032 our way of farming won't work at all. 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 We had everything on the farm we could have ever wanted. 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 But we were missing something 350 00:22:22,092 --> 00:22:24,094 that every real farm needs. 351 00:22:25,387 --> 00:22:28,640 And the day she arrived, the farm felt complete. 352 00:22:32,978 --> 00:22:35,563 She came to us pregnant, 353 00:22:35,564 --> 00:22:39,026 but also with horrible diarrhea. Ugh! 354 00:22:39,568 --> 00:22:43,070 And the only thing worse was the name she came with, 355 00:22:43,071 --> 00:22:45,156 Ugly Betty, 356 00:22:45,157 --> 00:22:48,869 which we quickly changed to Emma. 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 When it comes to the care of our animals, 359 00:22:56,209 --> 00:22:58,753 I've begun to realize that there's really 360 00:22:58,754 --> 00:23:02,048 only one thing that Alan knows about them. 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 And that's it. 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 Her first contribution to the farm was 367 00:23:32,746 --> 00:23:35,540 destroying our pastures 368 00:23:36,875 --> 00:23:38,960 and wasting water. 369 00:23:40,003 --> 00:23:41,922 But she knew what she was doing. 370 00:23:43,590 --> 00:23:45,300 She was making the farm 371 00:23:48,428 --> 00:23:49,679 her home. 372 00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:06,445 We're a year in and Molly and Alan 373 00:24:06,446 --> 00:24:09,990 still have one 20-acre orchard to plant. 374 00:24:09,991 --> 00:24:12,786 I only suggested three fruit tree varieties. 375 00:24:13,829 --> 00:24:17,207 But Alan is making this farm so complicated. 376 00:24:18,250 --> 00:24:21,753 I feel like we're gonna be reliant on him forever. 377 00:24:23,422 --> 00:24:25,966 We call it the fruit basket. 378 00:24:27,342 --> 00:24:30,095 Seventy-five different varieties of stone fruit. 379 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,807 Plums, peaches, nectarines, cherries, apricots... 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 but, diversify, diversify, diversify. 383 00:24:44,818 --> 00:24:47,988 That's the link to the whole thing. 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'm not sure when the moment is 419 00:26:45,272 --> 00:26:48,858 that you actually feel like you've earned the title of "farmer." 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 Each day still feels both terrifying 424 00:27:01,371 --> 00:27:03,539 and magically unpredictable. 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 and we are gonna crack it to find out 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 We didn't expect this to be our first breakthrough. 433 00:27:30,900 --> 00:27:33,778 They line up at stores waiting for our delivery. 434 00:27:34,487 --> 00:27:38,199 Fifty dozen sell out in less than an hour. 435 00:27:39,284 --> 00:27:41,536 Literally fighting over them. 436 00:27:42,579 --> 00:27:44,080 We're onto something. 437 00:27:46,166 --> 00:27:49,085 So, we got a lot more. 438 00:27:53,173 --> 00:27:54,841 Aw! 439 00:27:59,262 --> 00:28:02,474 We're farming over 200 different things. 440 00:28:03,892 --> 00:28:07,311 And Alan claims that all of this diversity 441 00:28:07,312 --> 00:28:10,815 will somehow lead to simplicity. 442 00:28:13,068 --> 00:28:15,527 The flywheel is being built, 443 00:28:15,528 --> 00:28:18,739 so now it becomes self-perpetuating 444 00:28:18,740 --> 00:28:21,575 and self-regulating. 445 00:28:21,576 --> 00:28:25,120 So I picture this circle, full of life, 446 00:28:25,121 --> 00:28:28,582 with plants, livestock, wildlife, 447 00:28:28,583 --> 00:28:31,085 all working together, 448 00:28:31,086 --> 00:28:34,880 pushing us forward, building our soil, 449 00:28:34,881 --> 00:28:37,174 living in harmony. 450 00:28:37,175 --> 00:28:38,802 That would be great. 451 00:28:40,220 --> 00:28:43,847 Always you're looking for opportunities to integrate, 452 00:28:43,848 --> 00:28:47,143 so that everything works in harmony. 453 00:28:49,104 --> 00:28:51,815 For example, we've established cover crops 454 00:28:52,691 --> 00:28:54,859 to rebuild our soil. 455 00:28:55,652 --> 00:28:57,236 The problem, 456 00:28:57,237 --> 00:28:59,489 this requires more labor to mow them. 457 00:29:00,573 --> 00:29:03,867 But Alan quickly shifted our lens, 458 00:29:03,868 --> 00:29:07,747 calling it a problem with an opportunity. 459 00:29:10,500 --> 00:29:14,295 That cover crop is food for our sheep. 460 00:29:15,672 --> 00:29:18,883 And then, the X factor. 461 00:29:20,218 --> 00:29:22,219 As they trample the grass, 462 00:29:22,220 --> 00:29:25,598 they leave behind their droppings and urine. 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 We're entering a phase of regeneration 466 00:29:44,325 --> 00:29:46,536 beyond just simply farming. 467 00:29:48,705 --> 00:29:50,914 Intermixed among our animals, 468 00:29:50,915 --> 00:29:54,794 the delicate wildlife is returning to our land. 469 00:30:00,967 --> 00:30:04,429 The farm is becoming a habitat for them, too. 470 00:30:45,178 --> 00:30:48,847 The trick will be to balance the needs of the farm 471 00:30:48,848 --> 00:30:50,517 with that of the wildlife, 472 00:30:51,559 --> 00:30:55,647 something Alan has encouraged from the beginning. 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 know I've got some neighbors who would probably shoot a coyote 480 00:31:23,925 --> 00:31:26,094 for chewing an irrigation line, 481 00:31:26,636 --> 00:31:31,057 but we're trying to figure out what beneficial role the coyote plays here. 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 "It's a simple way of farming." 491 00:32:06,926 --> 00:32:08,636 That's what Alan always says. 492 00:32:09,846 --> 00:32:11,472 It's just not easy. 493 00:32:11,973 --> 00:32:16,853 In his own way, I think he's always been honest with us about that. 494 00:32:18,980 --> 00:32:21,857 But today we learned about something 495 00:32:21,858 --> 00:32:24,319 that Alan had been keeping from us. 496 00:32:25,153 --> 00:32:26,945 Molly, it's Alan. 497 00:32:26,946 --> 00:32:29,949 Can you please give me a call when you get a chance? 498 00:32:31,868 --> 00:32:35,872 Apparently, he's been fighting an aggressive form of cancer. 499 00:32:45,340 --> 00:32:49,177 I don't think he's feeling up to visiting the farm. 500 00:32:49,802 --> 00:32:53,014 It feels like the ground has just dropped from beneath us. 501 00:32:54,015 --> 00:32:58,352 And on top of that, we're starting to face all these new problems 502 00:32:58,353 --> 00:33:01,772 that we just don't have the answers for. 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 No, no. I'm talking about the pig, Emma. 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 Thirty chickens? 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 Wait, what happened to Emma? 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 Uh-huh. Right. Uh-huh. 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 Mastitis. 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 Probably that litter size that did it. 524 00:34:29,318 --> 00:34:34,031 We'll knock that fever down so she doesn't cook her brain, 525 00:34:34,032 --> 00:34:36,159 and then just pray. 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 Rampant infection. 529 00:35:23,414 --> 00:35:26,666 Over 50% of cases are caused by 530 00:35:26,667 --> 00:35:28,836 gram-positive organisms. 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 Flavio to John. 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 It's all, like, this slow disillusionment 545 00:37:43,971 --> 00:37:46,557 of our earnest intent. 546 00:37:49,185 --> 00:37:54,273 Intent alone is not a protector. 547 00:38:13,209 --> 00:38:16,045 I've run out of ways to get Emma to eat. 548 00:38:17,255 --> 00:38:19,757 She needs to decide if she wants to live. 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 In trying to save the animals 556 00:39:32,079 --> 00:39:34,874 that will one day become food, 557 00:39:37,209 --> 00:39:41,589 it naturally develops this bond. 558 00:39:45,468 --> 00:39:49,388 And that's not something I've fully processed. 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 The fruit basket. 570 00:41:20,646 --> 00:41:22,856 It's an important orchard 571 00:41:22,857 --> 00:41:25,818 because of the rare and unique varieties, 572 00:41:26,527 --> 00:41:29,488 and that's what's gonna give us an edge at the market. 573 00:41:35,661 --> 00:41:37,830 As we enter into our third spring, 574 00:41:38,539 --> 00:41:41,083 it's truly become a paradise. 575 00:41:44,003 --> 00:41:47,423 I can see now why Alan pushed for this. 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 Alan told us that things like this would eventually balance out. 581 00:42:55,908 --> 00:42:59,036 I'm just not clear on how that's supposed to happen. 582 00:43:05,793 --> 00:43:08,294 At the tone, please record your message. 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 guess I don't know what Alan's idea of a perfect harmony 590 00:43:34,196 --> 00:43:36,907 is even supposed to look like, 591 00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:41,536 because every step we take to improve our land 592 00:43:41,537 --> 00:43:45,457 seems to just create the perfect habitat for the next pest. 593 00:43:50,045 --> 00:43:53,132 Apparently, snails thrive in cover crops, 594 00:43:53,757 --> 00:43:56,760 and they love eating the leaves of our citrus trees, 595 00:43:57,011 --> 00:44:01,181 which directly compromises the trees' ability to produce fruit. 596 00:44:17,990 --> 00:44:19,992 Alan would have known what to do. 597 00:44:24,830 --> 00:44:28,417 But tonight we got the call that Alan had died. 598 00:44:57,738 --> 00:45:00,908 In one way, I feel abandoned, 599 00:45:01,158 --> 00:45:05,621 but I really just want to cry because I lost my friend. 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 It's a really weird feeling to be both heartbroken 614 00:46:53,937 --> 00:46:56,898 and completely frustrated and angry 615 00:46:56,899 --> 00:46:58,984 at the one who has died. 616 00:47:02,696 --> 00:47:06,116 Obviously, Alan wouldn't have wanted this to stop us, 617 00:47:06,325 --> 00:47:11,246 but it's also hard to move forward without him. 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 A long dry spell across the central and western US 631 00:49:05,569 --> 00:49:08,029 has now turned into a full-scale drought. 632 00:49:08,030 --> 00:49:11,073 Farmers and ranchers across 11 states are struggling 633 00:49:11,074 --> 00:49:13,367 with a severe lack of rain and snow. 634 00:49:13,368 --> 00:49:15,829 Among the hardest-hit states, California. 635 00:49:27,507 --> 00:49:30,134 As the drought continues, 636 00:49:30,135 --> 00:49:33,220 there's no fresh rainwater for the pond. 637 00:49:33,221 --> 00:49:37,767 And combined with excess nutrients from duck poop, 638 00:49:37,768 --> 00:49:40,646 it has caused a toxic algae bloom. 639 00:49:46,652 --> 00:49:48,862 Another problem created by us. 640 00:49:50,697 --> 00:49:54,409 Everything on this farm must be contributing. 641 00:49:55,494 --> 00:49:56,995 And when it's not... 642 00:50:02,167 --> 00:50:05,045 What do we do with a hundred ducks? 643 00:50:08,465 --> 00:50:12,134 I feel like Todd is constantly staring deeply 644 00:50:12,135 --> 00:50:15,806 at these almost infinitesimal details, 645 00:50:19,101 --> 00:50:23,188 like he's decoding how the world around him works. 646 00:50:38,662 --> 00:50:41,915 So, I've started doing the same. 647 00:50:47,587 --> 00:50:50,047 And I think I've figured out 648 00:50:50,048 --> 00:50:52,884 what ducks love more than ponds. 649 00:51:18,660 --> 00:51:21,370 In just a single season, 650 00:51:21,371 --> 00:51:23,915 they devoured over 90,000 snails. 651 00:51:27,252 --> 00:51:31,882 And better yet, they turned them into fertilizer for the trees. 652 00:51:34,342 --> 00:51:36,720 So with every new problem that popped up, 653 00:51:37,721 --> 00:51:39,806 I'd first take a step back 654 00:51:40,891 --> 00:51:42,434 and watch it. 655 00:51:44,311 --> 00:51:48,773 More cows and sheep, more manure. 656 00:51:58,158 --> 00:52:01,995 To the fly, this is the food for their babies. 657 00:52:04,372 --> 00:52:05,749 Maggots. 658 00:52:06,416 --> 00:52:07,834 Oh, gosh. 659 00:52:14,007 --> 00:52:17,511 But I realized maggots are just more food 660 00:52:20,597 --> 00:52:21,848 for chickens. 661 00:52:35,153 --> 00:52:37,363 This reduced the fly population 662 00:52:37,364 --> 00:52:40,575 to a manageable level of coexistence. 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 Weevils in the garden, chickens. 665 00:52:50,252 --> 00:52:53,420 Observation followed by creativity 666 00:52:53,421 --> 00:52:56,007 is becoming our greatest ally. 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 With the piglets now gone from Emma's woods, 670 00:53:29,541 --> 00:53:33,252 the farm's ecosystem has responded to this void 671 00:53:33,253 --> 00:53:34,921 in a rather unexpected way. 672 00:53:36,339 --> 00:53:38,175 We call him Greasy. 673 00:53:45,724 --> 00:53:49,936 A beat-up and rejected rooster in need of a safe home. 674 00:54:28,016 --> 00:54:33,230 Alan told me once that coexistence with land can't be forced. 675 00:54:38,318 --> 00:54:41,321 It's more of a delicate, patient dance... 676 00:54:46,368 --> 00:54:48,078 ...with no guarantees. 677 00:55:10,809 --> 00:55:16,105 Alan claimed each year would get easier and more predictable. 678 00:55:17,524 --> 00:55:19,567 He called it the rhythm of farming. 679 00:55:22,654 --> 00:55:25,739 Well, the dance might be familiar, 680 00:55:25,740 --> 00:55:28,868 but the partners are always changing. 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 At this point, it feels like 692 00:56:43,318 --> 00:56:46,529 we're just growing fruit to feed chickens. 693 00:56:49,783 --> 00:56:52,201 I think we both had always envisioned 694 00:56:52,202 --> 00:56:55,954 that the markets would be this place 695 00:56:55,955 --> 00:56:58,792 where we share the bounty of our methods. 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 Along with the coyote died part of my belief 715 00:59:14,677 --> 00:59:19,015 in the power of an uncompromising idealism, 716 00:59:21,267 --> 00:59:25,980 the very thing that got us to such a beautiful place in our life. 717 00:59:30,860 --> 00:59:34,155 A place that we cannot control. 718 00:59:36,866 --> 00:59:39,952 And just in case we forget that, 719 00:59:39,953 --> 00:59:42,622 around here there's a fifth season, 720 00:59:44,582 --> 00:59:46,084 the season of wind. 721 01:00:54,819 --> 01:00:58,905 This drought has become California's driest period 722 01:00:58,906 --> 01:01:01,409 in 1,200 years. 723 01:01:07,457 --> 01:01:11,502 And as we attempt to conserve water on certain parts of the farm, 724 01:01:13,212 --> 01:01:15,548 it exposes a deeper truth. 725 01:01:21,387 --> 01:01:24,348 We are overly dependent on our aquifer, 726 01:01:24,349 --> 01:01:27,684 a finite source of groundwater relying on rain... 727 01:01:29,354 --> 01:01:31,230 ...just like us. 728 01:02:27,745 --> 01:02:30,081 Eighteen inches of rain. 729 01:02:31,708 --> 01:02:33,584 All around us, on other farms, 730 01:02:36,796 --> 01:02:39,757 topsoil was washing out to the sea. 731 01:02:43,803 --> 01:02:45,138 But not here. 732 01:02:48,725 --> 01:02:52,937 We were able to sequester over a hundred million gallons of water, 733 01:02:55,523 --> 01:02:58,818 because what our plants and trees didn't use 734 01:03:01,195 --> 01:03:03,531 went back into our aquifer 735 01:03:05,408 --> 01:03:07,368 beneath the ground. 736 01:03:42,320 --> 01:03:44,071 Our soil stayed. 737 01:03:47,241 --> 01:03:48,618 But why? 738 01:03:51,287 --> 01:03:53,414 It was the cover crops, 739 01:03:54,749 --> 01:03:57,542 essentially soaking in all the rain 740 01:03:57,543 --> 01:03:59,879 like a sponge. 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've created an expectation that to control the coyote 745 01:05:10,783 --> 01:05:12,368 means to kill him. 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 either completely eliminate the coyote, 755 01:05:57,496 --> 01:06:01,584 or we might as well abandon our entire egg operation. 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 So why is a coyote laying paralyzed in the garden? 770 01:10:50,497 --> 01:10:52,165 The best I can tell, 771 01:10:52,166 --> 01:10:55,628 the coyote was chasing a gopher along the fence 772 01:10:56,837 --> 01:11:00,089 and hit an irrigation line, 773 01:11:00,090 --> 01:11:03,636 breaking both the pipe and his neck. 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 It's a heartbreaking realization. 776 01:11:24,073 --> 01:11:27,159 The coyote might not be just a pest. 777 01:11:30,412 --> 01:11:33,707 He may very well be our friend. 778 01:11:39,546 --> 01:11:42,966 Whenever I look up at the Milky Way, 779 01:11:42,967 --> 01:11:46,261 I feel so captivated by its complexity. 780 01:11:46,262 --> 01:11:50,933 And yet it's easy to forget that Earth is a part of it. 781 01:11:57,022 --> 01:11:59,817 It's almost impossible to grasp 782 01:12:01,026 --> 01:12:03,028 that I actually spin inside 783 01:12:04,488 --> 01:12:06,615 of that which I see. 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 Sometimes I wish it weren't true. 792 01:13:11,221 --> 01:13:15,100 But it's those tiny revelations that are born from failure 793 01:13:16,352 --> 01:13:20,146 that act as a fuel for the engine of our ecosystem. 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 And if I'm paying attention... 798 01:13:28,655 --> 01:13:30,323 Good girl. 799 01:13:30,324 --> 01:13:31,783 I get to use it. 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 With Rosie the guardian dog protecting our chickens, 802 01:13:47,341 --> 01:13:51,178 the coyotes are now focused on hunting gophers. 803 01:13:52,596 --> 01:13:55,348 All pests, even gophers, 804 01:13:55,349 --> 01:13:57,393 have a beneficial role. 805 01:13:57,601 --> 01:14:01,355 For one, they aerate our soils. 806 01:14:01,522 --> 01:14:05,525 But too many gophers, and the problems start. 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 So now, the irony is, 812 01:14:21,375 --> 01:14:25,128 we actually don't have enough coyotes 813 01:14:25,129 --> 01:14:29,341 to bring the gopher population back into balance. 814 01:14:33,178 --> 01:14:39,183 Hopefully, there's more to this delicate dance of coexistence, 815 01:14:39,184 --> 01:14:42,979 because as our farm flourishes, 816 01:14:42,980 --> 01:14:44,731 so do the pests. 817 01:14:47,317 --> 01:14:49,319 The healthier our row crops, 818 01:14:50,529 --> 01:14:52,406 the more the aphids. 819 01:14:56,869 --> 01:14:59,328 The better the fruit, 820 01:14:59,329 --> 01:15:01,039 the more the birds. 821 01:15:11,300 --> 01:15:14,553 Alan told us by the seventh year, 822 01:15:17,931 --> 01:15:21,143 we would no longer be alone in our farming. 823 01:15:26,982 --> 01:15:29,526 And he was right. 824 01:16:02,100 --> 01:16:05,979 You will see things that you did not see before. 825 01:16:07,731 --> 01:16:11,609 And as I looked closer at those aphid infestations, 826 01:16:11,610 --> 01:16:14,112 the eggs of their predator. 827 01:16:15,822 --> 01:16:19,951 You just tapped into a power of nature 828 01:16:19,952 --> 01:16:21,744 that you can ride 829 01:16:21,745 --> 01:16:25,707 without an extraordinary amount of effort. 830 01:16:32,005 --> 01:16:34,049 It's exactly the same thing as surfing. 831 01:16:38,512 --> 01:16:40,556 The flywheel in motion. 832 01:16:42,182 --> 01:16:46,936 You're establishing this equilibrium. 833 01:16:56,488 --> 01:16:58,447 Complexity, 834 01:16:58,448 --> 01:17:00,491 diversity, 835 01:17:00,492 --> 01:17:03,870 all supporting and enhancing each other. 836 01:17:05,497 --> 01:17:08,875 You will see a web of life. 837 01:17:12,921 --> 01:17:16,090 This year we counted 87 barn owls, 838 01:17:16,091 --> 01:17:19,720 eating an estimated 15,000 gophers. 839 01:17:21,221 --> 01:17:23,807 And it didn't stop there. 840 01:17:25,225 --> 01:17:27,727 A whole host of specialized players 841 01:17:27,728 --> 01:17:30,063 arrived to do their part. 842 01:17:33,442 --> 01:17:36,361 Hawks attacked from above. 843 01:17:38,822 --> 01:17:41,533 And from below, gopher snakes, 844 01:17:43,368 --> 01:17:46,371 weasels and badgers. 845 01:17:52,628 --> 01:17:55,129 And along with the coyotes, 846 01:17:55,130 --> 01:17:58,216 even the guardian dogs became hunters, too. 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 Of all the things that have happened, 852 01:18:12,856 --> 01:18:16,067 the thing Alan wanted for this farm the most, 853 01:18:16,068 --> 01:18:18,861 the most difficult thing for us to achieve... 854 01:18:18,862 --> 01:18:20,613 This cover crop looks great. 855 01:18:20,614 --> 01:18:24,659 ...was that which was happening beneath our feet. 856 01:18:24,660 --> 01:18:25,911 This is what we're fighting. 857 01:18:26,828 --> 01:18:28,454 It was dead. 858 01:18:28,455 --> 01:18:29,873 Compacted. 859 01:18:30,832 --> 01:18:33,752 Void of diverse life. 860 01:18:36,129 --> 01:18:37,714 But not anymore. 861 01:18:41,176 --> 01:18:44,011 Because as we added cover 862 01:18:44,012 --> 01:18:45,722 and life on top, 863 01:18:47,808 --> 01:18:51,812 a process billions of years old awakened, 864 01:18:59,069 --> 01:19:01,571 and they returned. 865 01:19:10,205 --> 01:19:12,998 Now, on this little farm, 866 01:19:12,999 --> 01:19:17,628 there are up to nine billion microorganisms. 867 01:19:17,629 --> 01:19:20,214 Nine billion microorganisms, 868 01:19:20,215 --> 01:19:23,427 churning away at decaying life-forms. 869 01:19:26,471 --> 01:19:29,307 Purpose-driven organisms, 870 01:19:33,103 --> 01:19:36,106 alchemizing death to life 871 01:19:37,691 --> 01:19:40,736 in just one clump of healthy soil. 872 01:19:44,406 --> 01:19:47,658 Everything that dies gets broken down 873 01:19:47,659 --> 01:19:49,953 into minerals and nutrients to feed plants. 874 01:19:52,497 --> 01:19:56,041 Our farm is energized entirely 875 01:19:56,042 --> 01:19:58,420 by the impermanence of life. 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 We not only have the support 879 01:20:19,316 --> 01:20:22,110 of the wildlife and the soil, 880 01:20:23,445 --> 01:20:25,863 we are surrounded by a team 881 01:20:25,864 --> 01:20:28,241 who believed in this way enough 882 01:20:29,284 --> 01:20:30,660 to make it real. 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 You got a boy. 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 It's no longer just about proving to ourselves 893 01:21:23,129 --> 01:21:25,215 that this way of farming can work. 894 01:21:30,595 --> 01:21:32,597 You're on the outside now. 895 01:21:35,141 --> 01:21:36,726 It's for him. 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 By the time Todd died, 901 01:22:39,915 --> 01:22:42,334 the question of who saved who 902 01:22:43,460 --> 01:22:45,503 was no longer a mystery. 903 01:22:51,301 --> 01:22:54,637 He had led us to this interconnected beauty 904 01:22:54,638 --> 01:22:56,222 that surrounds us, 905 01:23:01,978 --> 01:23:05,649 a place that he will now become a part of. 906 01:23:10,654 --> 01:23:15,240 It was as if he knew his role in our lives was now complete. 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 We now had someone else to be brave for. 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 We sold over 500,000 pounds of food that year. 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. And that's when it happened. 917 01:24:22,225 --> 01:24:25,686 It is now the largest wildfire on record in California. 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 Molly, it's still really far away. 926 01:24:42,912 --> 01:24:44,914 We're just getting prepared in case, okay? 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 Okay, guys, another small fire has started. 930 01:24:54,507 --> 01:24:58,469 It's on the neighbor's property, but if itj umps into those fields, 931 01:24:58,470 --> 01:24:59,928 we're in trouble. 932 01:24:59,929 --> 01:25:02,139 John, I just heard that. We're gonna go. 933 01:25:02,140 --> 01:25:04,850 A massive wildfire raging in Southern California... 934 01:25:04,851 --> 01:25:07,269 Our good intent towards nature... Let's go, go, go. 935 01:25:07,270 --> 01:25:10,105 ...won't shield us from facing her impermanence. 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 As it consumes just about everything in its path... 938 01:25:15,987 --> 01:25:17,071 I want my toys! 939 01:25:17,072 --> 01:25:21,325 If we've learned anything, forward momentum and hope... 940 01:25:21,326 --> 01:25:24,954 ...that's what nurtures luck. 941 01:25:27,707 --> 01:25:33,378 Which can look as simple as the winds changing direction. 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 The Power of Myth, 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 didn't expect that the hardships that we would face 953 01:26:03,284 --> 01:26:07,705 make the actual dream itself feel so much more alive. 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 The beautiful complexity of our land 976 01:27:29,579 --> 01:27:32,540 is alive with infinite possibility. 977 01:28:18,211 --> 01:28:19,587 We were never alone. 978 01:28:21,130 --> 01:28:22,674 Not for a second. 979 01:28:25,134 --> 01:28:27,052 Mornin', Bodie! 980 01:28:27,053 --> 01:28:31,640 And if the whole thing from the beginning was to live in harmony with nature... 981 01:28:31,641 --> 01:28:33,058 Morning, Mama. 982 01:28:33,059 --> 01:28:35,686 ...well, we made it this far 983 01:28:35,687 --> 01:28:38,563 with a comfortable level of disharmony. 984 01:28:43,611 --> 01:28:46,072 The ecosystem of our entire planet 985 01:28:47,699 --> 01:28:49,741 works the same way. 986 01:28:49,742 --> 01:28:51,286 You're a good girl, Caya. 987 01:28:58,459 --> 01:29:00,211 And when I look at it like that... 988 01:29:05,341 --> 01:29:07,509 ...it's perfect. 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 What we are a part of 996 01:29:34,912 --> 01:29:37,664 Is bigger than we know 997 01:29:37,665 --> 01:29:41,126 And the height of our ability 998 01:29:41,127 --> 01:29:44,046 Is further than we go 999 01:29:44,047 --> 01:29:48,008 And fear is just another problem 1000 01:29:48,009 --> 01:29:50,469 We will figure out 1001 01:29:50,470 --> 01:29:52,262 Whoa. Hello. 1002 01:29:52,263 --> 01:29:54,890 And we will grow our garden 1003 01:29:54,891 --> 01:29:58,019 Come sun, flood or drought 1004 01:29:59,312 --> 01:30:01,147 Morning, girls. 1005 01:30:03,483 --> 01:30:06,318 How far into a dream 1006 01:30:06,319 --> 01:30:08,070 Would you follow me? 1007 01:30:08,071 --> 01:30:09,696 Come on, Emma! 1008 01:30:09,697 --> 01:30:12,449 And how sure of a thing 1009 01:30:12,450 --> 01:30:14,452 Does it gotta be? 1010 01:30:15,953 --> 01:30:20,958 In the most uncertain times of certainty 1011 01:30:22,293 --> 01:30:26,798 All that I am counting on is you and me 1012 01:30:28,341 --> 01:30:30,967 And what we are a part of... 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 And what we are a part of 1024 01:30:59,747 --> 01:31:02,791 Is bigger than we know 1025 01:31:02,792 --> 01:31:06,044 And the height of our ability 1026 01:31:06,045 --> 01:31:09,172 Is further than we go 1027 01:31:09,173 --> 01:31:13,135 And fear is just another problem 1028 01:31:13,136 --> 01:31:15,430 We will figure out 1029 01:31:17,432 --> 01:31:20,642 And we will grow our garden 1030 01:31:23,479 --> 01:31:26,858 Yeah, we will grow our garden 1031 01:31:29,777 --> 01:31:32,988 We will grow our garden 1032 01:31:32,989 --> 01:31:35,700 Come sun 1033 01:31:36,367 --> 01:31:39,996 Flood or drought