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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.73,0:00:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the dream of millions of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.67,0:00:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Complete self sufficiency.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.87,0:00:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To grow all of their own food and never
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.38,0:00:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to take a trip to the grocery store.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.15,0:00:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for most people, it's just that, a \Ndream.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.41,0:00:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ease of our current global, industrial
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.39,0:00:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,food system is just that, too easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.64,0:00:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too convenient. Too time saving and too \Nalluring.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.05,0:00:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been exploring food for nearly a \Ndecade,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.31,0:00:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and since the beginning, I've had the \Nburning question-
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.89,0:00:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could I step outside of the Big Ag system?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.74,0:00:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could I go without grocery stores and \Nrestaurants?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.92,0:00:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing packaged or processed,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.56,0:00:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nothing shipped from a far off place.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.91,0:00:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could I grow and forage 100% of my food,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.64,0:00:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything that I ate, for an entire year?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.49,0:00:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's exactly the journey and the quest
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.44,0:00:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I decided to set out on
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.48,0:00:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now I am here to share the story with \Nyou.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.56,0:01:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.01,0:01:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(music abruptly stops) But one big thing-
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.14,0:01:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had very little experience with growing\Nmy own food.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.21,0:01:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I lived in San Diego I did have a
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.01,0:01:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,few raised beds where I grew some greens,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.70,0:01:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tomatoes and herbs but as a traveller for
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.52,0:01:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the last seven or so years, I had never
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.16,0:01:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really settled in one place long enough to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.70,0:01:25.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grow my own food.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.11,0:01:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in order to do this I would have to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.54,0:01:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,settle in one place.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.61,0:01:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that place that I chose is Orlando, \NFlorida,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.75,0:01:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I am sitting right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.84,0:01:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Besides being really fresh to growing my \Nown food,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.12,0:01:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was also fresh to the scene here in \NOrlando, in Florida.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.18,0:01:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was giving myself just two years
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.57,0:01:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here before hitting the road again.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.76,0:01:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I had to get planting as soon as I\Nlanded here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.80,0:01:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I didn't have a garden, I didn't own
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.08,0:01:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any land, and I had almost no experience
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.47,0:02:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with foraging in the state of Florida.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.18,0:02:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I chose Florida so that I could grow food\Nyear round.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.66,0:02:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I chose Orlando because I had passed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.06,0:02:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through here a few times and met a great
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.40,0:02:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community of permaculturists and people \Nwho grow their own food.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.72,0:02:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Specifically, I chose the community of \NAudubon Park
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.01,0:02:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's where Orlando permaculture
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.14,0:02:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my friends at Fleet Farming were based
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.61,0:02:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was already a movement here of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.25,0:02:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turning front yards into gardens.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.44,0:02:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I would have the support I needed in \Norder to do it here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.04,0:02:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I quickly got to work meeting people in my
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.46,0:02:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neighborhood and proposing the idea to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.66,0:02:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them of turning their front lawns into \Ngardens.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.62,0:02:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really wasn't hard to find takers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.37,0:02:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was a pretty sweet deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.21,0:02:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their boring lawn would be turned into a
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.43,0:02:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,garden, I'd do almost all of the work,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.70,0:02:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cover the costs and they could eat all the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.68,0:02:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,food they liked right from their front \Nyard.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.43,0:02:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I quickly had a list of lawns
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.34,0:02:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,longer than I could handle.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.61,0:03:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The transformation was amazingly quick
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.24,0:03:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and within just a few months, I was
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.27,0:03:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growing more food than I could eat,\Nmyself,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.58,0:03:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sharing it with friends in the\Nneighborhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.18,0:03:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ended up creating six small plots
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.41,0:03:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all within easy cycling distance of each \Nother.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.45,0:03:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just figuring out what I was doing\Nthe whole time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.46,0:03:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to local meet ups like Orlando \NPermaculture,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.33,0:03:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,volunteered in the garden with Fleet \NFarming,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.21,0:03:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visited farms, and gardens and nurseries,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.97,0:03:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took foraging classes with local foragers,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.63,0:03:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Green Deane, read books by local
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.08,0:03:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growers, and watched videos online, and \Nmore.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.80,0:03:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a place to live, I built a simple,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.04,0:03:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tiny house homestead in the backyard of a
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.18,0:03:42.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community member that I met.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.100,0:03:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in exchange for using their space,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.97,0:03:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I turned their monoculture of grass into\Nan at home supermarket.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.30,0:03:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Starting from scratch, it took me ten
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.29,0:03:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,months to be comfortable and ready to\Nbegin my year.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.51,0:04:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,November 11th, 2018 would be my first \Nday.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.31,0:04:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was now time to eat 100% from my
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.67,0:04:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gardens and food that I would forage.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.16,0:04:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, when I say 100% I truly mean it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.93,0:04:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No grocery stores or restaurants.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.92,0:04:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No drinks at a bar.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.83,0:04:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing packaged or processed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.36,0:04:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing shipped long distances.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.58,0:04:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No farmer's markets.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.30,0:04:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not even going over to my friend's pantry
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.97,0:04:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even going to their gardens or their \Nfood forests.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.47,0:04:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why not share food from my friends' \Ngardens?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.24,0:04:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I wanted to truly immerse in my\Nfood.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.78,0:04:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to have to have to literally
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.48,0:04:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,figure out how to grow every single food
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.48,0:04:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or ingredient that I needed or how to \Nsource it from nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.84,0:04:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people know me for my dumpster diving
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.08,0:04:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to raise awareness about food waste.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.16,0:04:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a lot of people who follow me online
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.17,0:04:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assumed that I would still be eating from \Ndumpsters.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.52,0:04:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, nope! No food from dumpster diving \Nat all!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.97,0:05:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had already proved to myself that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.97,0:05:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could live off of the waste of our \Nglobalized food system.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.87,0:05:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it was time to see if I could step
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.58,0:05:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,away from that completely.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.67,0:05:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That included everything that I put in my \Nbody.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.82,0:05:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even supplements, vitamins and medicines.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.17,0:05:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you'd think on day one, that maybe
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.68,0:05:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd have eaten a lot of 100% homegrown and\Nforaged meals,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.21,0:05:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to be honest, my first meal on day \None,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.64,0:05:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was my first 100% homegrown and foraged \Nmeal of my entire life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.24,0:05:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was day one and I was in the deep end.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.03,0:05:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I had laid the foundation that I \Nneeded.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.34,0:05:45.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My gardens, scattered across the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.37,0:05:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neighborhood, were full of food
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.25,0:05:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had scouted out food, both in the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.81,0:05:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,city and the countryside, to forage.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.24,0:05:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My supermarket was on nearly every street
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.24,0:06:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could walk down and the shelves were \Nstocked.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.68,0:06:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the last 365 days I grew and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.51,0:06:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,harvested over 100 different foods from my\Ngardens
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.92,0:06:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and foraged over 200 different foods from \Nnature.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.56,0:06:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a new species for almost every
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.86,0:06:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,single day of the year.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.41,0:06:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew a dozen different greens packed \Nwith nutrients.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.18,0:06:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moringa,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.10,0:06:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,katuk,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.88,0:06:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chaya, purslane,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.97,0:06:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collards, kale,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.80,0:06:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and perennial spinaches, just to name\Na few.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.71,0:06:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew sweet potatoes, cassava and yams
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.22,0:06:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for my main caloric needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.44,0:06:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pigeon peas and southern peas for\Nprotein.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.78,0:06:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Delicious fruits like papayas and bananas.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.91,0:06:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seminole pumpkins, carrots, eggplants,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.80,0:06:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to name a few vegetables.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.84,0:06:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And garlic, onion, peppers and many\Nherbs
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.17,0:06:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to add flavour and nutrition to all of my \Nmeals.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.37,0:06:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I raised bees for honey to satisfy my \Nsweet tooth.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.11,0:07:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which, believe me, I do have quite the \Nsweet tooth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.56,0:07:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of the bees that I stewarded were
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.87,0:07:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rescued with my friend, Dennis the bee \Nguy,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.40,0:07:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from locations where people didn't want \Nthem living
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.88,0:07:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as in the side of their homes.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.44,0:07:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I harvested giant wild yams from the \Nwoods.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.84,0:07:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Picked coconuts to make coconut milk,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.79,0:07:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,butter and coconut curries.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.32,0:07:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Foraged from fruit trees in the wild,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.51,0:07:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growing in public parks and in the city,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.46,0:07:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the bounty of fruit falling onto the \Nsidewalks.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.34,0:07:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, of course, wild bananas, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.14,0:07:36.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I caught fish from the oceans, lakes and \Nrivers.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.17,0:07:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even harvested deer that had been hit
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.12,0:07:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by cars during my visit to Wisconsin.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.70,0:07:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I harvested over 20 species of mushrooms \Nin the woods.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.34,0:07:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Picked nutritious plants that people call \Nweeds,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.98,0:07:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they walk by, unknowingly, or even
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.14,0:07:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantly battle with in their yards and \Ngardens.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.04,0:08:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My caffeine came from the native Yaupon\Nholly tree
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.11,0:08:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I made a tea from.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.68,0:08:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I even harvested my own sea salt from
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.56,0:08:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ocean by collecting the water, boiling
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.22,0:08:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it down in a pot, until I was left with
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.00,0:08:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just the sea salt for my meals.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.00,0:08:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew and foraged all of my own medicine
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.90,0:08:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and vitamins, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.84,0:08:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew fresh turmeric and ginger in my \Ngardens.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.08,0:08:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Foraged elderberries from the wild.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.71,0:08:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I harvested reishi mushrooms and herbal \Nteas.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.81,0:08:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And grew moringa, also known as the
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.90,0:08:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vitamin tree, to make an easy to travel
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.76,0:08:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with multi vitamin powder.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.51,0:08:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But most importantly, my food was my \Nmedicine.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.47,0:08:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a different way of thinking for most
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.58,0:08:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people, but even the weeds that grow just
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.26,0:08:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of our doorstep, are some of the
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.64,0:08:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most nutritionally and medicinally dense \Nplants on earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.58,0:08:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the last year, nature has been my
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.91,0:09:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,garden, my pantry and my pharmacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.21,0:09:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the seasons my foods varied greatly.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.14,0:09:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cooked up dozens of different healthy\Nmeals.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.66,0:09:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fermented foods, like sauerkraut, with my
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.22,0:09:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,homegrown cabbage and herbs, and fermented
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.31,0:09:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,delicious beverages like honey wine and \Nginger beer.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.97,0:09:21.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And whipped up delicious desserts,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.05,0:09:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ate the healthiest food of my entire \Nlife.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.67,0:09:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was food that I could feel truly good\Nabout eating.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.60,0:09:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was all local, all natural and all \Norganic.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.98,0:09:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made it through the entire year without
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.07,0:09:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using a single pesticide.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.81,0:09:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now sure, I had my problems with pests,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.77,0:09:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like when the cucumber worms decided to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.82,0:09:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attack my seminole pumpkins.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.66,0:09:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I was growing over 100 different
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.92,0:09:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,foods, if the pests were attacking 4 or 5
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.69,0:09:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of them, I still had 95 other foods that\NI could eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.41,0:10:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just as importantly, though, I chose to
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.01,0:10:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grow the plants that thrived in this \Nenvironment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.47,0:10:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I started, I didn't walk down the
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.87,0:10:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aisles of the grocery store and ask which
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.97,0:10:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,foods that I liked the most.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.07,0:10:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, I talked to local farmers and
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.10,0:10:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gardeners and my permaculturist friends
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.52,0:10:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and asked them what foods grow so
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.81,0:10:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ridiculously well and so ridiculously
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.77,0:10:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abundantly that I could hardly screw it \Nup.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.01,0:10:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those are the plants that I chose to
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.70,0:10:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,focus on, and that's one of the main
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.26,0:10:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things that got me through this year.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.81,0:10:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was, without a doubt, one of the most
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.07,0:10:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,challenging things that I've ever done.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.70,0:10:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A year is a really long time and I had my
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.76,0:10:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,highs and my lows.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.44,0:10:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were times when I felt my absolute\Nbest,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.68,0:10:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there were times when I just didn't
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.18,0:10:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know if I could go on.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.38,0:11:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Generally, I did get enough food.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.81,0:11:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My weight stayed the same about the entire
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.51,0:11:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time, so I did have enough calories.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.16,0:11:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there were times when I felt like
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.78,0:11:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was really deficient, mostly in fat and \Nprotein.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.85,0:11:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those were the times when I found it
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.98,0:11:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really hard to want to keep going.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.84,0:11:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was the social aspect.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.87,0:11:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was on my own a lot of the times, not
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.84,0:11:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to join other people for their meals
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.04,0:11:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sort of isolated. Not being able to go
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.04,0:11:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to restaurants or eat with friends and \Nfamily.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.87,0:11:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Overall, with all the ups and downs, the
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.02,0:11:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,year went about as well as I could have \Npossibly hoped.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.59,0:11:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I maintained my body weight throughout
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.72,0:11:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the year and I never got sick once!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.18,0:11:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I really attribute that to my food
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.94,0:11:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being my medicine. I think that nature is
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.44,0:11:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to provide for our basic needs and \N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.01,0:11:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I trusted earth. I trusted nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.67,0:12:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I want to say, though, that this
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.88,0:12:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,project, it wasn't really about my health.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.20,0:12:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't about a diet.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.08,0:12:08.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't believe that this is the diet
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.31,0:12:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for 7 billion people, I don't actually
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.11,0:12:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think there is one diet for the 7 billion\Npeople.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.71,0:12:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we live on a diverse world where
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.37,0:12:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have diverse cultures and people need
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.41,0:12:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do things in a very different way.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.81,0:12:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm not trying to represent a diet for
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.37,0:12:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone or anything like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.61,0:12:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was just my own personal quest.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.34,0:12:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To see if I could step away from Big Ag.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.68,0:12:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Step away from what I see as a broken food\Nsystem.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.10,0:12:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, instead, grow and forage 100% of my
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.70,0:12:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,own food for an entire year.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.68,0:12:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This project wasn't just about growing and
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.50,0:12:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,foraging all of my own food, though.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.78,0:12:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was about empowering others
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.84,0:12:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to grow their own food, to take back power
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.18,0:12:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Big Ag and, ultimately, to take back
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.82,0:13:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their health and grow their communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.88,0:13:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So during this time I started a few
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.66,0:13:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community initiatives.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.44,0:13:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We built 15 gardens for the people,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.86,0:13:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,planted over 200 community fruit trees,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.27,0:13:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sent out over 5,000 free seed packs
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.17,0:13:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help others grow their own organic,\Nhealthy food.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.44,0:13:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I taught dozens of free gardening
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.07,0:13:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,classes, in my gardens, to the people in \Nmy community.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.47,0:13:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll be honest, though, I do have an \Nagenda.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.20,0:13:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to question your food.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.38,0:13:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where did it come from? How \Nwas it grown?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.64,0:13:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did it get to you? And what was
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.52,0:13:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the impact that it had on the earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.66,0:13:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other species and the humans that \Ngrow that food? \N
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.24,0:13:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you don't like the answers that you\Nfind,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.08,0:13:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to empower you to change them.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.68,0:13:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The good news, though, is that you don't
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.76,0:13:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to grow and forage all of your food.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.24,0:13:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The solutions are there in your\Ncommunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.46,0:13:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can grow a little bit of your own \Nfood.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.52,0:14:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe an herb garden on your window sill.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.38,0:14:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or some pots of tomatoes and basil on your\Nbalcony.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.96,0:14:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or a raised bed in your front yard.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.07,0:14:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you don't have any space, at all,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.17,0:14:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can join a community garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.88,0:14:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can source your food locally.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.90,0:14:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And purchase from local farmers and\Ngardeners.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.24,0:14:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The farmer's market is a great place to \Nstart.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.31,0:14:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can buy whole foods and cook more,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.66,0:14:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than packaged, processed foods that
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.28,0:14:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leave trash behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.75,0:14:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can work with your \Ncommunity to\N
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.44,0:14:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make healthy foods for people in need.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.48,0:14:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grow a garden for your elderly neighbor,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.96,0:14:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or start a grass roots organization to
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.61,0:14:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,harvest the fruit trees in your community
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.64,0:14:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to distribute it to others.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.83,0:14:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this doesn't need to be a lonely \Njourney.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.91,0:14:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For most of us, food is at the center of \Nour lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.97,0:14:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can do this, together, in our \Ncommunities.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.75,0:14:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My year is over but my journey of food \Nhas just begun.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.50,0:14:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A book is in the works and 100% of my
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.53,0:14:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proceeds will be donated to organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.58,0:14:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working on the food solutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.91,0:15:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll be here, online, sharing
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.08,0:15:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inspiration and education on how you can
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.17,0:15:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get involved in gaining food freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.70,0:15:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(music)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.37,0:15:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mouth is cold now.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.29,0:15:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Muffled)...my own (laughs) medicine \Nand vitamins to...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.22,0:15:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.25,0:15:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright make note of that (laughing)