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[light acoustic guitar music]

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[siren wailing]

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- [singing]
I was living in the city

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In the year 2009

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I was tryin\' to find a way

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Not to lose my lonely mind

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The recession was upon me

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My health was slippin\' away

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I decided what I needed

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Was more vegetables every day

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I did not own the land

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And I was feeling out of luck

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All I had to grow my own food

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Was my old gray pickup truck

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[guitar music continues]

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[seagull squawking]

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- One, two, three, four.

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- [both singing]
Truck farm, truck farm

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Don\'t you think I need
a truck farm?

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Truck farm, truck farm

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Don\'t you think it\'s time
to plant a truck farm?

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Truck farm, truck farm

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Time to figure out
how to build a truck farm

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Truck farm, truck farm

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It\'s time to drill some holes
in my pickup truck

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- I kind of hope I\'m not
drilling into the gas tank, huh?

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- [both singing]
She was only a half-ton pickup

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Not the strongest one around

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I knew the soil
would get too heavy

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When the rain came pouring down

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So I went to see a lady

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Who had a rainwater
management system

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She used it all over town

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And it seemed like
a pretty good system

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Ooh...

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Ooh...

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- That right there
that I handed you

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is a root barrier, which is
about a few millimeters thick,

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and it really just prevents
the roots

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from ever penetrating
your truck bed

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or your roof.

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[laughs]

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Your roof\'s waterproof membrane,
in most applications.

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In here is the erosion...
Erosion blanket

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and the drainage mat,
which will capture water.

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The cups will hold water
to maintain roof moisture,

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and then the holes will allow
the excess water

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to run off your roof
as it normally would

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or run off your truck bed
as it normally would.

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So there\'ll never be
a significant amount

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of standing water
on your roof or truck.

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- Do you get a lot
of truck requests?

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- [laughs]

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Uh, once in a blue moon.

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- [singing] Thank you,
thank you, thank you

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You helped us on our quest

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This green roof
management system

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Would be the key to our success

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- Now, this stuff is, amazingly,

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something that functions
quite a bit like soil.

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It\'s basically styrofoam...
Expanded polystyrene...

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Plus a gel
plus a couple percent clay

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plus about 20% organics,
which makes it look dirty.

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Six inches of soil in here
will hold two inches of water.

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And that\'s the trick.

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Soil is sand, silt, and clay.

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Sand and silt are basically
glass... silica dioxide...

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No nutrient value.

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Basically makes
the capillary structure

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that allows the films of water
to stand between the grains,

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so to speak,
in the humic matter.

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- What is this?

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- It\'s a lightweight soil.

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- Oh, for planting.

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- Yep, yep, yep.

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- What country are you from?

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- [singing] Making a truck farm
is really rather simple

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It doesn\'t take a genius to do

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You borrow a technology
that others have invented

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For growing plants upon a roof

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Truck farm, it\'s like a roof

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Truck farm, it\'s like a roof

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But this is no ordinary roof

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First goes a barrier
called a root barrier

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That keeps the roots
out of your brain

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Second goes a mat
called a drainage mat

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That helps the water to drain

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Then you have a blanket,
an erosion blanket

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That keeps us all
from washing away

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And then you have some special,
special lightweight soil

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That gives the roots
a place to play

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Truck farm, it\'s like a roof

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Truck farm, it\'s like a roof

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But this is no ordinary roof

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On top of that special, special
lightweight soil

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Goes a layer
of good old-fashioned dirt

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But you can\'t use good
old-fashioned Brooklyn dirt

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\'Cause it\'s dirty, dirty, dirty,
dirty dirt

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It\'s got lead and oil
and neurotoxins

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And PCBs and DDT

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It\'s got the KGB and the CIA

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And that\'s no place
to plant a seed

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Truck farm, it\'s like a roof

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Truck farm, it\'s like a roof

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But you can\'t drive around
in a roof

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- Two.

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Three.

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Two, three.

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Four?

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I think that\'s pretty good.

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This\'ll be our marker
for the arugula.

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A dirty old straw.

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[acoustic guitar music]

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- [singing]
A long, long time ago

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All over Brooklyn Town

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When winter cast off her cloak

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And springtime rolled around

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Every Brooklyn man, woman,
and child

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Would begin to sweat and toil

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And start to sow their seeds
in that deep, dark Brooklyn soil

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How I long to be
with those farmers

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Way, way back in time

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So I asked a physicist friend
of mine

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To send me back in time

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Oh, oh, oh

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To send me back in time

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- A time machine.

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- [singing] When we failed
to conquer time

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We decided to destroy the sun

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When that plan did not work

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We developed another one

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He built me a machine

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That could harness solar power

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And allow me to take 12 pictures

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Of the truck farm every hour

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- Got to get this thing starting
to take pictures.

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[shutter snaps]

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[lively country music]

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Today we\'re making
our first delivery

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of truck farm produce
to nutritionist Marion Nestle,

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who has paid $20

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for a subscription
to the summer truck farm.

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- So it\'s very casual,

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and I don\'t fuss much with it,

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and I kind of let things do
what they do.

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But it has some
interesting food.

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It has... for example,
it has blueberries.

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There\'s your truck farm,
12 flights down.

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Okay.

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Oh, look at that.
It\'s gorgeous.

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Oh, it\'s so pretty!

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I brought my camera.

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- [laughs]

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FreshDirect.

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- What are you guys drinking
is what I want to know.

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Oh, I\'m getting broccoli?

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- Well, you\'re getting
this piece of broccoli.

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It\'s a garnish.

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- Am I getting parsley too?

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- Sure.

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- [singing] Under
the truck farm CSA plan

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You can own a little piece
of the land

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For only 20 bucks

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You can eat whatever grows
in this truck

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And the arugula grows,
and the basil grows

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The parsley grows

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The tomatoes grow

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The broccoli grows

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The lavender grows

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The peppers grow,
and the sweet peas grow

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Oh, sweet, sweet truck farm,
grow

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- [laughs]

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I once talked
to a produce manager

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for one of the big food chains
in California

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about how long it took
to get California produce

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from a vegetable farm in Salinas

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to, you know,
one of the grocery stores

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in this neighborhood.

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And he explained
the whole thing.

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It was about two weeks.

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So if you pick this and put it
in your refrigerator

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and keep it in your refrigerator
a week,

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you can still eat it.

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It\'ll be fine.

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You can\'t keep produce
from California

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in your refrigerator for a week.

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It\'ll be mushy
because it\'s much, much older.

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And the nutritional quality
will have deteriorated.

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The taste is gone.

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Broccoli from California

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doesn\'t taste anything like
that adorable creature

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is going to taste.

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Oh, thank you.

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This is... this is wonderful.

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It looks delicious.

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Um...

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you don\'t think I can...

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Ooh, it\'s good.

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- [singing] When Henry Hudson
sailed the Hudson

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In the year 1609

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He stumbled upon an island

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That blew his little mind

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There were nuts,
and there were berries

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And there were lots
of wild meats

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Hudson couldn\'t swing a dead cat

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Without hitting something to eat

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But now the city is a city

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And there isn\'t a lot of space

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If you want to grow fresh food

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You have to find a special place

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Hudson, Hudson, Hudson

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Hungry Hudson

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- Wow, this is nice.

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Look at those tomatoes.
Wow.

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Have you been sampling them?

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Mmm.
Great.

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- Good?
- Mm-hmm.

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Do you guys want some plants?

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- Sure.

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- Welcome to the office.

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[music plays softly]

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Uh, yeah, that\'s my stash
of seeds.

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So here it is, the rooftop farm.

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Um...

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there\'s just a couple zinnias
here.

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Salad mixes.

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Peas, carrots.

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Onions, kale, chard.

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Go ahead and give that a try.

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I still haven\'t sold
anything yet

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that I didn\'t pick that morning.

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So that\'s part of the beauty
of the project, I think.

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We started the farm
on April 24th.

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That was the day the green roof
installation company

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handed the piece over to us.

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Goode Green hired the crane,

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and we blocked off the street
right out here,

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and 62 sacks that weighed
almost two tons each

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came up of the soil.

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There\'s six inches of soil

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covering the whole
framed-in area.

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It\'d be cool to scale this up
a little bit.

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So I\'m constantly thinking
about, like, you know,

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how to make it as efficient
as possible

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if I got a second roof.

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You know, ideally, you\'re not
standing here with the hose,

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watering stuff.

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Farmers don\'t really do that.

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This is more of
a gardening practice.

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I\'m an engineer by background,

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and it\'s come in really handy

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with laying out
the crop rotations.

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And I think the range of produce

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is somewhere going to be between
3,000 and 6,000 pounds,

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but I\'m really keeping
good records,

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and it\'s kind of the unknown
of the project.

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I can\'t wait, actually, to see
what the actual output is.

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- [singing] It\'s time to get
out your calculators

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Your abacus or your phone

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It\'s time for a game of numbers

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So it helps if you\'re all alone

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Our question is a question
about how many seeds can be sown

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On the rooftops of the city

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How much food can be grown

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Do you want to know the answer

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Have you ever been in love

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How much food can be grown
upon the rooftops up above

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Think of all the lonely rooftops

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And multiply that by ten

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Think of all the times
you loved someone

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Do you want to feel that again

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Oh, oh-oh

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Oh, oh, oh

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Oh, oh-oh-oh

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The rooftops of the city

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Are waiting to fall in love

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Give them water

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Give them sunshine

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Make a paradise above

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If you fall in love
with a rooftop

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You should never let it go

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Just think
of all the lonely rooftops

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That never get to grow

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- I\'ve been working at ETrade
for three years,

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and it was a good job,

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but I also realized
that I was ready to move on

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probably a good
year and a half ago.

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But I was very patient.

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You know, I was keeping
my eyes open

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for my next endeavor.

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I knew it\'d be involving food
somehow,

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but I wasn\'t sure how.

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A couple people tried
to talk me out of it,

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just like, \"This is just
some silly summer job.\"

00:19:17.533 --> 00:19:20.266
You know, \"What are you doing?\"

00:19:20.267 --> 00:19:21.366
I figure I can always go back

00:19:21.367 --> 00:19:23.066
to something
a little more stable,

00:19:23.067 --> 00:19:25.266
but I\'d like
to make this stable.

00:19:25.267 --> 00:19:27.466
That\'s the whole goal.

00:19:27.467 --> 00:19:28.999
- [singing]
When you\'re hungry...

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:30.166
- Here comes your Swiss chard.

00:19:30.167 --> 00:19:32.099
- [singing] And you\'re lonely

00:19:32.100 --> 00:19:36.632
And you feel yourself
getting down

00:19:36.633 --> 00:19:41.132
Just remember
all the lonely rooftops

00:19:41.133 --> 00:19:47.066
On the buildings of this town

00:19:47.067 --> 00:19:49.299
Oh, oh-oh

00:19:49.300 --> 00:19:51.266
Oh, oh, oh

00:19:51.267 --> 00:19:55.166
Oh, oh-oh-oh

00:19:55.167 --> 00:19:57.099
Oh, oh-oh

00:19:57.100 --> 00:19:58.766
Oh, oh, oh

00:19:58.767 --> 00:20:02.566
Oh, oh-oh-oh

00:20:02.567 --> 00:20:04.667
- Nice.

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:27.466
- We are at the community farm,

00:20:27.467 --> 00:20:29.299
which used to be
a baseball field,

00:20:29.300 --> 00:20:32.532
which is built up on soil.

00:20:32.533 --> 00:20:35.732
And I\'m standing by a truck

00:20:35.733 --> 00:20:38.566
in front of my favorite
vegetable, parsley.

00:20:38.567 --> 00:20:41.132
Don\'t mind if I take a bite.

00:20:41.133 --> 00:20:43.432
So yeah.

00:20:43.433 --> 00:20:45.132
And behind me is the farm,

00:20:45.133 --> 00:20:47.666
where there\'s a lot
of fruits and vegetables.

00:20:47.667 --> 00:20:50.599
[siren wailing]

00:20:50.600 --> 00:20:54.299
There\'s a lot of bus companies
around here.

00:20:54.300 --> 00:20:58.999
Behind all our fruits
and vegetables is Ikea,

00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:00.599
which is taking up
most of our electricity,

00:21:00.600 --> 00:21:03.732
but, you know,
we all got to shop somewhere.

00:21:03.733 --> 00:21:07.299
There\'s a lot of farmers
and volunteers that help.

00:21:07.300 --> 00:21:11.666
We really care about our work
and the way we do it.

00:21:11.667 --> 00:21:14.332
- I think these are peppers.

00:21:14.333 --> 00:21:15.466
What else?

00:21:15.467 --> 00:21:18.432
I think these look like
tomato plants to me.

00:21:18.433 --> 00:21:20.699
Yeah, these are tomatoes.

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:23.532
We do a lot of planting in here,
and then we let them grow.

00:21:23.533 --> 00:21:27.132
And then when we get space,
we put them in the field itself.

00:21:27.133 --> 00:21:29.166
So yeah, basically just
to hold the plants

00:21:29.167 --> 00:21:31.166
that we seeded so they can grow

00:21:31.167 --> 00:21:34.432
till we transplant them
in there, into the field.

00:21:34.433 --> 00:21:35.766
- Do you have
any recommendations

00:21:35.767 --> 00:21:38.399
for what we should plant
in our truck for peppers?

00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:44.332
- This one is \"pepper,
sweet gourmet balls\"?

00:21:44.333 --> 00:21:45.699
Bell?
Gourmet bell, there we go.

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:47.266
- Let\'s do it.

00:21:47.267 --> 00:21:48.667
- Like this.

00:21:51.300 --> 00:21:52.999
Oh, this is so cute.

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:55.299
You even got animals and snakes.

00:21:55.300 --> 00:21:58.300
I\'ve never seen something
like this before.

00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:03.032
Some things, I understand.

00:22:03.033 --> 00:22:06.332
But then there are some things
that I don\'t quite know yet.

00:22:06.333 --> 00:22:07.666
But after being here, I will.

00:22:07.667 --> 00:22:09.032
It\'s my second year,

00:22:09.033 --> 00:22:11.199
so I\'ll learn more and more
every year.

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:13.766
Like, I know how to plant things
and everything.

00:22:13.767 --> 00:22:17.699
I don\'t really remember
the names of everything I plant.

00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:19.199
I\'m transplanting, guys.

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:20.999
- Yeah.
- Nice.

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:22.199
- See, I love this farm so much,

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:25.000
I\'m transplanting
through my lunch break.

00:22:37.300 --> 00:22:42.032
- The farmers\' market is a place
where families come

00:22:42.033 --> 00:22:45.032
to get their freshly grown
vegetables

00:22:45.033 --> 00:22:50.066
instead of going to places
like Fairway, Fine Fare, C-Town.

00:22:50.067 --> 00:22:52.532
So you don\'t have to go through
the whole process

00:22:52.533 --> 00:22:57.166
of warehouses, trucks,
your vegetables get bruised.

00:22:57.167 --> 00:22:59.232
But here, you just harvest \'em.

00:22:59.233 --> 00:23:01.766
- Does it change the way
you eat, working on the farm?

00:23:01.767 --> 00:23:03.132
- Yeah, it does.
It really does.

00:23:03.133 --> 00:23:05.467
I eat healthy on the farm.

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:10.332
That\'s some good parsley.

00:23:10.333 --> 00:23:14.599
- [singing] Some people
might think it\'s crazy

00:23:14.600 --> 00:23:18.266
To do a baseball field any harm

00:23:18.267 --> 00:23:22.599
To take
the great American pastime

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:26.132
And turn it into a farm

00:23:26.133 --> 00:23:28.999
But now you can buy
fresh vegetables

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:32.299
Where the dugouts used to be

00:23:32.300 --> 00:23:35.266
Where there used to be
a cursing manager

00:23:35.267 --> 00:23:38.166
There\'s carrots
and collard greens

00:23:38.167 --> 00:23:41.099
And the food
isn\'t very expensive

00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:44.399
It costs less
than the store would charge

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:47.432
The kids get paid a real salary

00:23:47.433 --> 00:23:50.332
And they don\'t have to work
on a barge

00:23:50.333 --> 00:23:52.633
[seagulls squawking]

00:23:54.233 --> 00:23:58.632
[singing] Now when people look
at this ball field

00:23:58.633 --> 00:24:02.366
They say it makes a lot of sense

00:24:02.367 --> 00:24:06.266
That another
great American pastime

00:24:06.267 --> 00:24:11.633
Is growing
healthy dollars and sense

00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:36.632
- I\'m Carissa Carman.

00:24:36.633 --> 00:24:40.066
I\'m the Living Systems Director
of the Waterpod.

00:24:40.067 --> 00:24:41.232
And the Waterpod

00:24:41.233 --> 00:24:44.266
is a sustainable, floating,
autonomous barge

00:24:44.267 --> 00:24:47.399
that\'s been created
for four people to live on

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:49.132
for a period of six months

00:24:49.133 --> 00:24:51.466
that travels to five locations
throughout New York City.

00:24:51.467 --> 00:24:56.299
It\'s currently here
in Staten Island.

00:24:56.300 --> 00:24:59.132
This is one of the largest beds
that\'s in the back.

00:24:59.133 --> 00:25:03.099
It has a tremendous variety
of plants.

00:25:03.100 --> 00:25:05.266
Don\'t have my scissors.

00:25:05.267 --> 00:25:08.532
This is a pretty fine, nice
eggplant.

00:25:08.533 --> 00:25:11.599
All of the necessities
are included on this barge:

00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:15.332
your food, your shelter,
your water, your showering,

00:25:15.333 --> 00:25:17.099
your work.

00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:18.666
First we had to do the math

00:25:18.667 --> 00:25:23.366
to figure out one single
human footprint times four

00:25:23.367 --> 00:25:27.499
times the location and weather
and climate of New York City

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:30.332
and what elements we would be
dealing with and depending on.

00:25:30.333 --> 00:25:33.466
So these are torch flowers,
torch sunflowers.

00:25:33.467 --> 00:25:36.232
As you can see, there\'s actually
a butterfly and a bee

00:25:36.233 --> 00:25:37.532
just right over here.

00:25:37.533 --> 00:25:40.432
They\'re some of the most active
pollinators here.

00:25:40.433 --> 00:25:43.066
The idea would be to attempt

00:25:43.067 --> 00:25:47.066
for you to not have to leave
the barge to continue living.

00:25:47.067 --> 00:25:52.132
People see it as
a really avant-garde approach

00:25:52.133 --> 00:25:53.466
to an oasis.

00:25:53.467 --> 00:25:54.999
Like, \"Wow,
this is really taking it

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:56.167
to a whole nother level.\"

00:26:02.767 --> 00:26:04.432
- [singing] If there are
8 million people

00:26:04.433 --> 00:26:08.532
In New York City
eating 2,000 calories a day

00:26:08.533 --> 00:26:11.732
There are 365 days in the year

00:26:11.733 --> 00:26:15.132
That\'s a lot of food,
you might say.

00:26:15.133 --> 00:26:18.166
How much food do we really need

00:26:18.167 --> 00:26:21.366
And how much food can we grow

00:26:21.367 --> 00:26:24.166
Let\'s get down to the facts,
my friends

00:26:24.167 --> 00:26:27.033
This is something
we\'d all like to know

00:26:28.667 --> 00:26:31.666
There are 32 teeth
in the human mouth

00:26:31.667 --> 00:26:34.732
And 28 feet of intestines

00:26:34.733 --> 00:26:40.666
And water in Niagara Falls flows
150,000 gallons per second

00:26:40.667 --> 00:26:43.532
The largest dinosaur
weighed 200 tons

00:26:43.533 --> 00:26:46.632
But only 75 on Mars

00:26:46.633 --> 00:26:49.632
Not every man grows a mustache

00:26:49.633 --> 00:26:52.666
But people like the smell
of new cars

00:26:52.667 --> 00:26:55.599
Let\'s get down to the facts,
my friends

00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:58.699
This is something
we\'d all like to know

00:26:58.700 --> 00:27:01.599
The answer is,
we need a lot of food

00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:04.733
We should grow it
every place it can grow

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:25.199
[water gurgling]

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:29.032
- The Windowfarm Project
is all about making it possible

00:27:29.033 --> 00:27:31.499
for New Yorkers
and any urban dwellers

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:34.299
to grow food in their apartment
year round.

00:27:34.300 --> 00:27:37.066
I remember looking
at the interior courtyard

00:27:37.067 --> 00:27:38.199
of my building...

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:41.466
A six-story, multifamily
building that had...

00:27:41.467 --> 00:27:43.266
You know, it\'s just
this central area

00:27:43.267 --> 00:27:45.499
where you leave
all of your garbage.

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:48.999
And the whole area
is just covered with windows

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:50.266
going all the way up.

00:27:50.267 --> 00:27:52.399
I remember taking a picture
of it and thinking,

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:54.999
\"What if we were all
just growing food

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:57.999
inside of this kind of
unused space?\"

00:27:58.000 --> 00:28:01.566
After that, it was just, like,
a series of experiments.

00:28:01.567 --> 00:28:03.266
The way that the system works

00:28:03.267 --> 00:28:05.999
is that this is basically
a liquid circuit.

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:08.666
Down at the bottom,
we have one reservoir

00:28:08.667 --> 00:28:11.132
that\'s made out of sewer pipe.

00:28:11.133 --> 00:28:13.266
This sewer pipe
is connected to a pump,

00:28:13.267 --> 00:28:16.732
and it sucks all of the water
out of this bottom tube,

00:28:16.733 --> 00:28:21.032
sends it up this tube
to the top reservoir,

00:28:21.033 --> 00:28:22.532
which is identical.

00:28:22.533 --> 00:28:26.332
Then we have little valves
with, you know,

00:28:26.333 --> 00:28:29.599
basically a little hole
with a tube coming out of it

00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:32.699
trickling down into each one
of these columns.

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:34.366
And these columns are made

00:28:34.367 --> 00:28:39.432
simply out of 1.5-liter
eco-shaped water bottles.

00:28:39.433 --> 00:28:42.232
The water is actually
a little bit brown,

00:28:42.233 --> 00:28:47.766
\'cause it has dissolved into it
bird guano and bat guano

00:28:47.767 --> 00:28:50.599
and some liquefied compost.

00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:53.332
Apparently,
plants just really love it.

00:28:53.333 --> 00:28:57.199
We just launched,
about three weeks ago,

00:28:57.200 --> 00:29:00.266
our website,
where we have how-tos

00:29:00.267 --> 00:29:03.232
that we\'ve all collaboratively
made together,

00:29:03.233 --> 00:29:06.232
and we put those out
to the world.

00:29:06.233 --> 00:29:09.532
There\'s some NGO
in South Africa,

00:29:09.533 --> 00:29:11.332
and they basically want
to teach people

00:29:11.333 --> 00:29:14.399
in these kind of shantytowns
how to build window farms

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:16.232
so that they can grow
some of their own food,

00:29:16.233 --> 00:29:17.566
because it\'s a food desert
there.

00:29:17.567 --> 00:29:19.399
And so having them to be able
to grow

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:22.232
at least a little bit of
their own greens of some kind,

00:29:22.233 --> 00:29:23.766
maybe some cherry tomatoes,

00:29:23.767 --> 00:29:28.032
it would enable them
to get much better nutrition.

00:29:28.033 --> 00:29:34.532
The plant itself is sitting
in a hydroponic medium.

00:29:34.533 --> 00:29:37.666
You\'re basically delivering
all of the water and nutrients

00:29:37.667 --> 00:29:40.432
directly to the plant\'s root.

00:29:40.433 --> 00:29:45.199
It costs right now, for a system
that fills up your whole window,

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:47.699
about $100 to $125.

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:51.732
And you can grow about 25 plants
in a system like that,

00:29:51.733 --> 00:29:55.533
and that can put out
about a salad a week.

00:30:00.667 --> 00:30:02.666
I don\'t want to ever make
the claim

00:30:02.667 --> 00:30:06.332
that we\'re saving the world
and ending hunger

00:30:06.333 --> 00:30:09.399
or anything like that,
but it is making it possible

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:13.432
for at least people to learn
much more about how plants work

00:30:13.433 --> 00:30:15.499
and how to grow their own food

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:19.432
and kind of just building up
our own confidence, basically,

00:30:19.433 --> 00:30:23.367
about our ability to survive
on our own.

00:30:24.433 --> 00:30:26.766
So you can have a huge plant...

00:30:26.767 --> 00:30:28.732
We found that putting it
actually in the...

00:30:28.733 --> 00:30:30.399
That\'s where the pump is...

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:33.400
[people talking]

00:31:31.667 --> 00:31:34.566
- Basically, this is the idea

00:31:34.567 --> 00:31:36.732
of how it\'s going to look
on the truck.

00:31:36.733 --> 00:31:38.766
Um...

00:31:38.767 --> 00:31:41.999
we\'re going to have
these side windows.

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:45.366
The frames will be on hinges
so that they can flip up

00:31:45.367 --> 00:31:49.099
so you can get access
to the planting.

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:50.632
I don\'t have it drawn here,

00:31:50.633 --> 00:31:52.432
but we\'re going to build
the wood frames

00:31:52.433 --> 00:31:55.699
to just fit right inside
these... the metal frames.

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:57.732
And then we\'ll wrap the plastic
around and staple it,

00:31:57.733 --> 00:31:59.199
and then we\'ll insert them,

00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:02.432
and then we can caulk the edges
for a really tight seal.

00:32:02.433 --> 00:32:06.499
So it should be pretty airtight
when it\'s done.

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:12.500
[acoustic guitar music]

00:33:15.267 --> 00:33:17.532
- [singing]
When the air gets cold

00:33:17.533 --> 00:33:19.499
And the leaves start to fall

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:23.199
You need a greenhouse

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:27.099
When the bird flies south
and your beard gets long

00:33:27.100 --> 00:33:30.766
You need a greenhouse

00:33:30.767 --> 00:33:33.266
When the sun comes down
and the soil gets warm

00:33:33.267 --> 00:33:36.399
And the air gets warm
and the heat stays put

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:38.299
The plants don\'t die
and the bird comes back

00:33:38.300 --> 00:33:39.499
And the leaves turn green

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:40.999
That\'s a nice mustache

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:42.132
Have you ever been to France

00:33:42.133 --> 00:33:43.299
Henry Hudson likes France

00:33:43.300 --> 00:33:46.366
It\'s a long way to Mars
even if you take a barge

00:33:46.367 --> 00:33:47.666
[horn bellows]

00:33:47.667 --> 00:33:49.499
When the air gets cold

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:51.399
And the leaves start to fall

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:54.267
You need a greenhouse

00:33:55.367 --> 00:33:58.400
You need a greenhouse

00:34:17.133 --> 00:34:18.766
- Hey, how you doing?
- Hi, how you doing?

00:34:18.767 --> 00:34:19.999
- Good.

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:21.766
- I\'m Ian Cheney.
How are you?

00:34:21.767 --> 00:34:23.499
- This is Michael.
He\'s the sous chef here.

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:25.032
- Hey, Michael.
What\'s up? Ian.

00:34:25.033 --> 00:34:26.466
Ian.
How are you guys?

00:34:26.467 --> 00:34:27.499
Yeah, well, step on up.

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:29.099
Have a taste of anything.

00:34:29.100 --> 00:34:33.266
Try our... it\'s all...
It\'s all truck fresh here.

00:34:33.267 --> 00:34:34.267
- Okay.

00:34:34.268 --> 00:34:36.132
- Whole lot of sage, basil.

00:34:36.133 --> 00:34:37.732
- Chives.
- Yeah, we got chives.

00:34:37.733 --> 00:34:39.732
- Hey, man, how are you?

00:34:39.733 --> 00:34:41.099
Nice to see you.
How you doing?

00:34:41.100 --> 00:34:42.199
- Good.
How you been?

00:34:42.200 --> 00:34:43.466
Yeah, we\'re having a tasting
here.

00:34:43.467 --> 00:34:44.632
- Yeah?
Okay.

00:34:44.633 --> 00:34:47.199
- Got some little
serrano peppers here.

00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:49.433
- How are those chives?
You taste the chives over there?

00:34:50.767 --> 00:34:52.999
Really good.

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:54.000
Can we buy some of this?

00:34:54.001 --> 00:34:55.066
- Yeah, absolutely.

00:34:55.067 --> 00:34:56.332
- Fair market?
That\'s beautiful.

00:34:56.333 --> 00:34:57.666
- Yeah, fair market price, yeah.

00:34:57.667 --> 00:34:59.432
- I mean, we should take
some of this basil.

00:34:59.433 --> 00:35:00.466
It\'s beautiful.

00:35:00.467 --> 00:35:02.266
- Rosemary?
Okay.

00:35:02.267 --> 00:35:05.000
- Oh, yeah.
- We\'ll go inside and weigh it.

00:35:19.733 --> 00:35:21.766
Two peppers.

00:35:21.767 --> 00:35:23.199
So 20 grams.
Perfect.

00:35:23.200 --> 00:35:24.499
- All right.

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:26.367
- Some sage.

00:35:27.367 --> 00:35:28.399
Oregano.

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:30.766
Three grams, rosemary.

00:35:30.767 --> 00:35:33.466
Why don\'t we just call it $3?

00:35:33.467 --> 00:35:35.399
- $3?
- $3.

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:38.032
- $3 it is.
- Perfect.

00:35:38.033 --> 00:35:39.666
- There you are, sir.
- Thank you very much.

00:35:39.667 --> 00:35:42.099
Truck farm $3 richer.

00:35:42.100 --> 00:35:45.766
- My feelings
about urban agriculture

00:35:45.767 --> 00:35:48.132
are mainly positive

00:35:48.133 --> 00:35:50.532
in the sense
that there\'s some spaces

00:35:50.533 --> 00:35:54.499
that have been used
especially well in the city,

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:57.366
empty vacant lots
that have been converted

00:35:57.367 --> 00:35:59.066
into very productive farms.

00:35:59.067 --> 00:36:00.299
You know, we buy from them.

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:05.132
But is this the answer
to the global issue,

00:36:05.133 --> 00:36:08.699
real global issue of where
our food\'s coming from?

00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:12.599
And my answer to that is,
I\'m a little bit more skeptical.

00:36:12.600 --> 00:36:14.399
Though I find the technology

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:17.732
and I find the passion
behind solving some problems

00:36:17.733 --> 00:36:21.099
interesting and illustrative,
in many ways,

00:36:21.100 --> 00:36:24.299
you still get the sense that,
like, it\'s probably

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:30.600
the way-too-simplistic answer
to a very complex problem.

00:36:39.700 --> 00:36:41.432
[echoing]
A very complex problem...

00:36:41.433 --> 00:36:44.999
problem... problem... problem...
problem... problem...

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:47.632
I\'m a little bit more
skeptical... skeptical...

00:36:47.633 --> 00:36:50.000
skeptical... skeptical...

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:13.599
- So, yeah, it\'s right here.

00:37:13.600 --> 00:37:17.766
Yesterday there was
a beautiful lavender plant.

00:37:17.767 --> 00:37:19.599
It was about to flower.

00:37:19.600 --> 00:37:24.066
And then a couple hours ago
when I came out,

00:37:24.067 --> 00:37:26.332
and all this subsoil,
all this GaiaSoil

00:37:26.333 --> 00:37:28.766
was strewn about.

00:37:28.767 --> 00:37:31.199
They just dug it right up.

00:37:31.200 --> 00:37:34.467
And everything\'s a mess.

00:37:45.667 --> 00:37:49.133
So this thing
has been clicking away.

00:37:52.267 --> 00:37:55.299
If they came in and out
within the span of five minutes

00:37:55.300 --> 00:37:58.366
and the camera didn\'t happen
to catch them,

00:37:58.367 --> 00:38:01.200
then we\'re out of luck.

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:14.232
You can see the lavender plant
right there.

00:38:14.233 --> 00:38:17.199
Big, beautiful lavender plant.

00:38:17.200 --> 00:38:19.532
The lights are coming on
in the neighborhood.

00:38:19.533 --> 00:38:22.166
People are out,
having a good time.

00:38:22.167 --> 00:38:23.167
Cars whizzing by.

00:38:23.168 --> 00:38:24.767
Lavender\'s still there.

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:30.532
It\'s real dark now.

00:38:30.533 --> 00:38:33.266
Still there.

00:38:33.267 --> 00:38:35.399
Still there.

00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:37.499
There.

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:41.632
You see that?

00:38:41.633 --> 00:38:45.066
It\'s gone.

00:38:45.067 --> 00:38:49.066
These two people
are right there,

00:38:49.067 --> 00:38:51.199
and it\'s gone.

00:38:51.200 --> 00:38:57.099
Are these two passersby,
or are these our suspects?

00:38:57.100 --> 00:39:01.233
So you can see... yeah,
it\'s definitely gone.

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:30.999
- [singing] Have you ever had
something taken

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:35.599
Like a diamond
or a piece of bacon

00:39:35.600 --> 00:39:39.266
Did it make you want
to scream and holler

00:39:39.267 --> 00:39:42.767
Or did you give up

00:39:44.600 --> 00:39:48.399
My truck farm
didn\'t grow nothin\'

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:52.632
In the city,
all you grow is nothin\'

00:39:52.633 --> 00:39:55.399
There\'s a million billion people

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:58.133
And we\'re growing nothin\'

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:05.199
Growing food in the city

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:09.132
Wasn\'t meant for me

00:40:09.133 --> 00:40:13.032
Growing food in the city

00:40:13.033 --> 00:40:16.000
Wasn\'t meant to be

00:40:32.067 --> 00:40:36.132
When I thought my troubles
were done

00:40:36.133 --> 00:40:40.632
I got swiped by a hit-and-run

00:40:40.633 --> 00:40:44.999
Maybe the idea of a truck farm

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:48.732
Is really dumb

00:40:48.733 --> 00:40:52.532
Growing food in the city

00:40:52.533 --> 00:40:56.432
Wasn\'t meant for me

00:40:56.433 --> 00:40:59.567
Growing food in the city

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:13.532
beep!

00:41:13.533 --> 00:41:16.132
- Hi, Ian,
this is Ashleigh Quillen.

00:41:16.133 --> 00:41:17.666
I\'m a graduate student
in Denver.

00:41:17.667 --> 00:41:19.532
I saw your truck farm
in a magazine,

00:41:19.533 --> 00:41:21.332
and I wanted to give you a call,

00:41:21.333 --> 00:41:23.266
because I\'m thinking
of starting one out here.

00:41:23.267 --> 00:41:25.467
Beep!

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:33.200
[lively guitar music]

00:41:52.767 --> 00:41:54.132
- Oh, yeah!

00:41:54.133 --> 00:41:55.999
- There\'s the truck.

00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:58.466
- Look at this beauty.

00:41:58.467 --> 00:42:00.399
Oh, my heavens.

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:03.266
- [laughs]

00:42:03.267 --> 00:42:05.732
- Look at this.

00:42:05.733 --> 00:42:08.032
This is incredible.

00:42:08.033 --> 00:42:10.099
- My name is Ashleigh Quillen.

00:42:10.100 --> 00:42:11.999
- I\'m Ryan Sotirakis.

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:16.699
- And we are students in the
landscape architecture program

00:42:16.700 --> 00:42:18.666
at the University of Colorado
at Denver,

00:42:18.667 --> 00:42:22.999
and this is our summer project.

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:25.766
- Denver urban truck farm.

00:42:25.767 --> 00:42:31.166
- Well, the truck
is a 1966 Ford F-250.

00:42:31.167 --> 00:42:33.132
Goes about 50 miles an hour.

00:42:33.133 --> 00:42:35.666
We actually saw an article
in \"Landscape Architecture\"

00:42:35.667 --> 00:42:36.699
on your truck farm,

00:42:36.700 --> 00:42:39.032
and I remember we were
in studio,

00:42:39.033 --> 00:42:41.032
and we were like,
\"This is so cool.\"

00:42:41.033 --> 00:42:42.732
And we sit
across from each other,

00:42:42.733 --> 00:42:46.099
and we just chatted about it
for, like, the whole studio.

00:42:46.100 --> 00:42:48.032
We were just like,
\"Let\'s do it.\"

00:42:48.033 --> 00:42:49.532
It was like the liner one day

00:42:49.533 --> 00:42:51.666
and then, like,
everything else the next day.

00:42:51.667 --> 00:42:53.399
- We built everything
in one solid day,

00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:55.132
the day before the first
farmers\' market.

00:42:55.133 --> 00:42:56.399
- Yeah.

00:42:56.400 --> 00:42:59.432
- The main principle was just
a demonstration project.

00:42:59.433 --> 00:43:01.399
As you go into the suburbs
farther,

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:05.099
you see less and less
of the people growing food.

00:43:05.100 --> 00:43:08.399
Denver has miles and miles
of suburbs that...

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:09.632
- Big suburbs.

00:43:09.633 --> 00:43:11.699
- You know, with a lot of
kind of wasted land.

00:43:11.700 --> 00:43:14.632
So I think, you know, the
movement started in the center

00:43:14.633 --> 00:43:16.633
and will start
to work its way out.

00:43:18.500 --> 00:43:21.167
[engine flutters and turns over]

00:43:35.633 --> 00:43:37.999
- This is unbelievable.

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:41.599
- [singing] Truck farm
has a family now

00:43:41.600 --> 00:43:45.666
A family of unusual farms

00:43:45.667 --> 00:43:50.099
Trucks and windows
and barges and rooftops

00:43:50.100 --> 00:43:53.767
A family of unusual farms

00:43:58.733 --> 00:44:01.399
- Oh, my goodness, what is that?

00:44:01.400 --> 00:44:03.132
What is this?

00:44:03.133 --> 00:44:04.166
It\'s a truck farm?

00:44:04.167 --> 00:44:06.200
Well, it looks terrific.

00:44:07.233 --> 00:44:08.666
And you can just grab ahold
here.

00:44:08.667 --> 00:44:10.366
Does this give you any ideas

00:44:10.367 --> 00:44:11.999
of where you could plant
gardens?

00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:13.099
- Yeah.

00:44:13.100 --> 00:44:15.199
- [singing] Has a family now

00:44:15.200 --> 00:44:19.466
A family of unusual farms

00:44:19.467 --> 00:44:23.666
Lunch pails and tennis balls
and printers and boots

00:44:23.667 --> 00:44:27.666
A family of unusual farms

00:44:27.667 --> 00:44:32.532
Truck farm has a family now

00:44:32.533 --> 00:44:37.266
In the year 2010

00:44:37.267 --> 00:44:39.732
My loneliness is gone

00:44:39.733 --> 00:44:42.599
And the vegetables are here

00:44:42.600 --> 00:44:47.067
And soon we\'ll be planting again

00:45:02.533 --> 00:45:07.533
[upbeat country music]