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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.46,0:00:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.02,0:00:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) On Italy's Amalfi Coast
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.91,0:00:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a food farmed\Nnowhere else on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.08,0:00:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Caring for it requires fearlessness,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.77,0:00:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breathtaking agility,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.37,0:00:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a deep connection to the land.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.50,0:00:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a young man's trade
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.90,0:00:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's done almost entirely by old men,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.81,0:00:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've come here to meet\None of the greatest.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.68,0:00:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.74,0:00:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) Gigino just turned 83,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.29,0:00:48.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's spent his whole life\Ntending a very special kind of lemon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.21,0:00:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here on the hillsides of Amalfi.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.01,0:01:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) Gigino and his son \NSalvatore have invited me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.00,0:01:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to harvest the fable Amalfi Coast lemon,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.12,0:01:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sfusato amalfitano
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.08,0:01:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a variety that's celebrated\Nfor its sweetness and aroma.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.64,0:01:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But first, café!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.24,0:01:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) Saluti!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.94,0:01:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) With a twist of lemon, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.47,0:01:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's really good!\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.68,0:01:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) I'm ready to go now. Let's go!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.99,0:01:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Salvatore) Now you're ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.76,0:01:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.19,0:01:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) The name, sfusato, comes \Nfrom the lemon's taper end,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.54,0:01:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a spindle or {\i1}fuso{\i0}, in Italian.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.16,0:01:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is sfusato amalfitano.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.74,0:01:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The original!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.49,0:01:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) Only sfusato grown along \Nthe 20 miles coastal strip
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.07,0:01:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between Vietri and Positano
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.07,0:01:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can legally be sold\Nas Amalfi Coast lemons.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.49,0:02:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the preferred habitat\Nof the sfusato amalfitano,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.45,0:02:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and attempts to commercially grow it\Noutside of Italy have failed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.80,0:02:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.90,0:02:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) Gigino often works in the most\Nprecarious place possible...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.86,0:02:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,atop the mountainside pergolas\Nthat support the trees.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.11,0:02:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.27,0:03:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) This breathtaking aerial act \Nhas earned Gigino and his cohorts
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.33,0:03:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a nickname:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.58,0:03:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Flying Farmers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.58,0:03:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.95,0:03:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) It's easy \Nto drive along the coast
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.04,0:03:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and think the cascading lemon terraces\Nare entirely ornamental,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.98,0:03:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are just postcard perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.49,0:03:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's what this coast does to people,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.53,0:03:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it gives us delusion of grandeur,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.13,0:03:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all of this is here purely \Nto fulfill our fantasy of paradise.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.40,0:03:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in reality,\Nthe lemons play a vital role,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.35,0:03:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only in the livelihood\Nof farmers like Gigino,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.23,0:03:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the very survival\Nof the Amalfi Coast,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.82,0:03:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literally, the survival.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.79,0:03:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The roots of these trees are anchoring\Nthe soil to this sheer coastline.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.88,0:03:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the farmers are aging,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.29,0:03:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's not exactly a line of people\Nclamoring to take up this work.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.99,0:03:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As more farms have been abandoned,\Nthe mudslides have increased.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.40,0:03:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.93,0:04:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) Gigino's farmland \Nincludes an ancient terrace grove
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.66,0:04:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that overlooks the heart\Nof Amalfi and the sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.37,0:04:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Up here feels worlds away
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.49,0:04:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's staringly close\Nto the bustling streetlife below
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.24,0:04:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you can hear\Nchildren playing as Gigino works.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.07,0:04:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's terrifying to think of \Nwhat would happen
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.53,0:04:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if these terraces crumble.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.23,0:05:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) It was only recently \Nthat Gigino's eldest son Sal
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.66,0:05:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quit his cushy accounting job
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.39,0:05:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become his father's apprentice.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.57,0:05:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knew that if he didn't act now
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.60,0:05:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then a legacy of over two centuries\Nand five generations would die with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.72,0:05:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Salvatore) He teaches me \Nday by day and I'm learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.40,0:05:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's difficult because
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.99,0:05:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's difficult to learn\N80 years of experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.60,0:05:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) Gigino tends two seasons\Nworth of lemons at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.69,0:05:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ones he'll harvest this year\Nfrom February to September,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.94,0:05:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the babies \Nthat will be next year's crop.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.57,0:05:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gigino's lemons are organic
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.50,0:05:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because he's trying to conform\Nto any modern day standard,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.28,0:06:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather the opposite,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.97,0:06:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he's farming the way\Nhis family has farmed for generations.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.42,0:06:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) The spring is such \Na special time to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.44,0:06:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The trees are uncloaked from the netting
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.52,0:06:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that protects the fruit\Nagainst wind and hail.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.74,0:06:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The trees bloom perfuming the air\Nand luring bees to pollinate.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.84,0:06:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Aceto keeps their own hives\Nand harvests the honey too.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.76,0:06:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fertilized flowers grow into fruits\Nwhich start up as green as limes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.47,0:06:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A third of Gigino's lemons\Nare used to make limoncello
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.22,0:06:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their own small factory.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.40,0:06:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rest goes to ice cream\Nand other limoncello factories
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.52,0:06:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a few to fresh markets.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.03,0:06:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Nicole) Can I try?\N- (Gigino) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.93,0:06:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right, these are real deal shears.\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.93,0:06:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.57,0:06:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right, we want leaves on these.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.01,0:07:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The branches and the leaves\Nalso indicate that is really fresh,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.48,0:07:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is coming straight from the farm.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.03,0:07:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) I've got this one.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.86,0:07:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gigino speaking Italian)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.15,0:07:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) It's not for me --\N(Gigino speaking Italian)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.64,0:07:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) He'll do it!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.17,0:07:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can get this one, though...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.49,0:07:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's heavy enough!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.58,0:07:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.93,0:07:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Saluti!\N- Saluti!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.46,0:07:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) I've seen\Na lot of tough farm work
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.53,0:07:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I really can't think of\Na more challenging terrain than this.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.47,0:07:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Heavy loads have to be hauled\Nup and down narrow craggy steps
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.71,0:07:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from terrace
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.78,0:07:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to terrace
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.86,0:07:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to terrace...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.81,0:07:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Gigino also claims a unique advantage.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.19,0:07:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's got one of the most technologically\Nadvanced poling systems on the coast.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.46,0:07:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I'm serious, this little cable car!\N- (Dog barking)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.09,0:08:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) Cable car aside,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.51,0:08:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching Gigino's farm is \Nstepping back in time 200 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.90,0:08:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He crafts each pergola himself\Nfrom the chestnut trees in his forests
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.51,0:08:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, he uses pliable willow branches
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.69,0:08:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tie the pergola to\Nthe limbs of the lemon trees
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.69,0:08:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lift them up to the sun\Nwhich sweetens the fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.46,0:08:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Preparing the willow ties\Nis an ancient practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.93,0:08:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Watching him do this fills me\Nwith a deep sense of privilege.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.57,0:08:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, I'm seeing\Na tradition so fragile
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.49,0:08:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if I blink, it may cease to exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.39,0:08:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) It's Sunday
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.64,0:09:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and three generations of Aceto\Nare gathered under the pergolas for lunch.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.98,0:09:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's pasta, sausages and flank steak
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.50,0:09:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, of course, lemon cake.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.25,0:09:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, in its heyday Amalfi was \Nan incredible, powerful maritime republic,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.03,0:09:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a gateway to the continent\Nfor Arab traders.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.37,0:09:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are the ones who first \Nbrought citrus to this coast
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.04,0:09:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the 10th century.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.64,0:09:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ever since, wealthy visitors\Nfrom near and far,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.86,0:09:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have volleyed \Nfor the keys to this kingdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.57,0:09:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the aristocrats that \Nlorded over this land are long gone,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.30,0:09:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the local people they hired\Nto care for these orchards,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.09,0:09:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their lineage remains and for now,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.18,0:09:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for as long as the roots of their trees\Ncan hold this place together,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.55,0:09:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this land belongs to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.81,0:09:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ (music) ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.94,0:11:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nicole) My time with the Aceto is over\Nbut our adventure is just getting started.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.40,0:11:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm heading to nearby Naples to discover\Nhow lemons have inspired Italian cooking.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.65,0:11:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Join me to learn from this dashing lad.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.86,0:11:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Ciao!\N- (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.29,0:11:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a delicious lemony pasta that's so easy,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.28,0:11:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can master it at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.78,0:11:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, stay tune for Part 2 of\Nour Southern Italy special.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.06,0:11:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English subtitles by\NJenny Lam-Chowdhury