[♪♪]
THE CUCUMBERS WE'RE O.K. WITH RIGHT NOW.
WE MIGHT NEED TO PICK SOME LATER.
DEPENDS ON HOW BUSY IT'S GOING TO GET.
MY DAILY ROUTINE IS SEVEN DAYS A WEEKS
FOR MOST OF THE YEAR.
I'LL START AT SUN-UP AND THE DAY WILL
LAST SOMETIMES UNTIL THE SUN GOES DOWN OR CLOSE TO IT.
ON THIS PARTICULAR WEEKEND WE CAN NOT PICK TOO MUCH.
BECAUSE THEIR MAY BE AS MANY AS THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND
CLIENTS THAT COME IN TO TOWN.
AND BEING ONE OF THE ONLY ORGANIC, VEGETABLE,
FRUIT GUYS AROUND. I'LL BE MAKING THIS ROUTE
EVERY HOUR AND A HALF JUST TO BRING
BACK FRESH FRUIT TO DEAL WITH THE DEMAND AT THE MOMENT.
WE'RE CHOOSING TO PICK RIPE FRUIT
AS EARLY IN THE DAY AS POSSIBLE.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE
THE COOL NIGHTS BRING THE TEMPERATURE
DOWN WITHIN THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
SO THEY HOLD THEIR QUALITY RATHER THAN
TRYING TO PICK THEM A LITTLE GREEN
AND LET THEM RIPEN IN A BOX.
THE QUALITY OF THESE ARE FANTASTIC.
WE ARE LITERALLY PICKING SOMETHING
AND SELLING IT AT HOURS OF HARVEST.
[♪♪]
WE'RE TRYING TO OFFER SOMETHING
THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND AT
THE GENERAL STORE.
IN THE BRENTWOOD AREA, YOU HAVE GOT SOME OF THE WORLD'S
BEST SOIL THAT WE CAN GROW MOST ANYTHING IN.
IT'S BEEN A FARMING COMMUNITY FROM WHEN IT
FIRST SETTLED OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
AND I WAS BORN INTO IT, AND I'M SIXTH
GENERATION ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE, AND THIRD
ON MY FATHER'S SIDE.
I BASICALLY WANTED TO FARM ALL MY LIFE AND SO, I WENT TO SCHOOL
AND GOT A DEGREE IN AGRICULTURE. AND THEN
ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, MY WIFE AND I STARTED
THIS ORGANIC FARMING OPERATION, HERE IN BRENTWOOD.
WIFE: HERE'S ONE, TWO, THREE AND
SEVENTY-FIVE IN CHANGE, THANK YOU.
OUR FARM IS A FAMILY FARM BECAUSE
MY DAUGHTER AND MY SON BOTH HELP US
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. MY MOTHER
IS ALSO A BIG HELP WITH SALES.
MOTHER: THESE ARE THREE DOLLARS
AND FIFTY CENTS A POUND.
AND AS AN EXTENDED FAMILY OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN KIND ENOUGH
TO HELP ME GET MY FEET ON THE GROUND.
DO YOU NEED ANYTHING?
MOTHER: YES, I NEED STRAWBERRIES;
WE'RE SOLD OUT ON THEM.
ORGANIC FARMING IS QUITE A BIT
MORE DIFFICULT THAN CONVENTIONAL
FARMING AND I GOT FRIENDS WHO THINK
I'M QUITE A BIT CRAZY FOR DOING THIS,
BUT IT'S A WAY IN WHICH WE WANT TO
LIVE OUR LIVES AS FAR AS HOW WE WORK,
WHAT WE'RE HANDLING, AS WELL AS THE
FOOD THAT WE BRING HOME AND CONSUME.
IT ALSO ALLOWS ME TO DO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT THAN ALL THE NEIGHBORS THAT
I HAVE AROUND THE AREA. I THINK IT'S
BECOMING MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE.
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO EVALUATE FOOD
THAT'S COMING TO THEM AND THEIR CHILDREN.
OLDER FOLKS ARE ALSO REALIZING THAT WHAT
THERE PUTTING INTO THEIR BODIES MAKES A
DIFFERENCE ON HOW THEY FEEL AND HOW THEY'RE
LIVING THEIR LIVES. AND IT'S FANTASTIC AND
WE THANK PEOPLE FOR COMING AND SPENDING THEIR
HARD-EARNED MONEY WITH US AND THEY TURN AROUND
AND TELL US, NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
GROWING ORGANICALLY AND BEING HERE. SO,
THAT'S VERY REWARDING.
FARMING TO ME IS MORE THAN JUST A JOB;
IT IS SOMETHING THAT I ENJOY THOROUGHLY
ANY GIVEN DAY. AND I'M HAPPY TO GO HOME,
AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT I'VE DONE THAT DAY.