>> the pressure in farming is to have a monoculture and to provide year in and year out what you know is going to sell and what the market demands. >> do you mind grabbing a few of these plants? they're going to grow up, so don't take the root. >> it's very, very hard for a small guy to say i'm not going to grow carrots anymore, i'm going to grow interesting things and grow them as well as i can. this is pretty much a first for me. >> this is the first time you fall to your knees for a green plant? >> yeah. >> how long for leeks? >> do you think we'll ever reach a point where guys like soren will be in a very good place? >> i think if we cut the middle men, the producers, the farmer, to talk directly with a guy like rene. >> nobody ever teaches you it's the symbosis with these people that grow the food. you're never taught that as a cook, which is strange. >> can we have another leek that looks more similar in size to that one, please?