you say no, no, no, this is the leek field. they re so nice. touching them like they re jewels. they are jewels. let s grab a bunch of these for lunch, no? leeks going? yeah. 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 ne
we feel like it s our place. soren is his primary supplier of vegetables. look at the soil here. you see all the mussel shells? yeah. these are shellfish. like rene, he s not your ordinary dane and his farm is unlike the others around here. this used to be monoculture. yep. 15 hectares of just carrots. now what are you growing? between 120 and 170 different things. true, there are tractors and rows where potatoes and carrots grow. but much of what s happening here is a mix of wild and cultivated. this is wild angelica. that s chives and the purple flowers, wild onions. and you can grow them here. let s grow some for next year. here you go. first time you come up here, you go into this, like oh, flower garden. you say no, no, no, this is the leek field. they re so nice. touching them like they re jewels. they are jewels. let s grab a bunch of these for lunch, no?
look at the soil here. you see all the mussel shells? yeah. these are shellfish. like rene, he s not your ordinary dane and his farm is unlike the others around here. this used to be monoculture. yep. 15 hectares of just carrots. now what are you growing? between 120 and 170 different things. true, there are tractors and rows where potatoes and carrots grow. but much of what s happening here is a mix of wild and cultivated. this is wild angelica. that s chives and the purple flowers, wild onions. and you can grow them here. let s grow some for next year. here you go. first time you come up here, you go into this, like oh, flower garden. you say no, no, no, this is the leek field. they re so nice. touching them like they re jewels. they are jewels. let s grab a bunch of these for lunch, no?
look at the soil here. you see all the mussel shells? yeah. these are shellfish. like rene, he s not your ordinary dane and his farm is unlike the others around here. this used to be monoculture. yep. 15 hectares of just carrots. now what are you growing? between 120 and 170 different things. true, there are tractors and rows where potatoes and carrots grow. but much of what s happening here is a mix of wild and cultivated. this is wild angelica. that s chives and the purple flowers, wild onions. and you can grow them here. let s grow some for next year. here you go. first time you come up here, you go into this, like oh, flower garden. you say no, no, no, this is the leek field. they re so nice. touching them like they re jewels. they are jewels.
soren is his primary supplier of vegetables. look at the soil here. you see all the mussel shells? yeah. these are shellfish. this used to be marshland. like rene, he s not your ordinary dane and his farm is unlike the others around here. this used to be monoculture. yep. 15 hectares of just carrots. now what are you growing? between 120 and 170 different things. true, there are tractors and rows where potatoes and carrots grow. but much of what s happening here is a mix of wild and cultivated. this is wild angelica. that s chives and the purple flowers, wild onions. and you can grow them here. let s grow some for next year. here you go. first time you come up here, you go into this, like oh, flower garden. you say no, no, no, this is the leek field. they re so nice. touching them like they re jewels. they are jewels.