Silver: OVER LONG PERIODS OF TIME, AS WE'VE CONTINUED TO HARVEST MORE AND MORE AND MORE OFF OF OUR LANDSCAPES, WE'VE DEPLETED THOSE LANDSCAPES.

Anderson: THE BEAUTY OF COMPOST IS THAT IT SUPERCHARGES THE SOIL.

IT GIVES THE SOIL FOOD.

Wick: WHAT WE HAVE NOW ARE SOME TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX THAT NEVER EXISTED BEFORE.

Nielsen: PEOPLE HAVE TO LEARN THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF THE FOOD PRODUCED FROM CONVENTIONAL CHEMICAL FERTILIZER OR WHETHER IT'S FROM A NATURAL SYSTEM.

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AND BY APPLEGATE, CHANGING THE MEAT WE EAT FROM FARM TO TABLE WITH THE HELP OF NEARLY 1,500 FAMILY FARMS.

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AND LUNDBERG FAMILY FARMS, GROWING RICE THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

male narrator: THE TOP SIX INCHES OF SOIL IS THE MOST PRECIOUS YET LEAST UNDERSTOOD ECOSYSTEM ON EARTH, AND YET WE CONTINUE TO TREAT SOIL LIKE DIRT.

WE POISON THE SOIL WITH CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS AND PESTICIDES, ALLOW IT TO WASH AWAY FROM OVERFARMING AND OVERGRAZING, OR SIMPLY PAVE IT OVER WITH NEW ROADS AND DEVELOPMENT.

BUT THERE IS A MOVEMENT TO RESTORE WHAT SOME SAY IS THE TRUE WEALTH OF NATIONS: SOIL.

Frye: CARBON HAS BEEN USED UP THROUGH AGRICULTURE, TAKEN OFF THE TOPSOILS AND JUST THE USE OF THE LAND.

THERE'S VERY, VERY FEW AREAS NOW THAT HAVE ADEQUATE FIXED CARBON IN THEIR SOILS.

CARBON IS A MICROBIAL FOOD FOR THE SOIL.

MOST FOLKS DO NOT KNOW THAT THERE ARE MICROBES IN THE SOILS THAT ARE LIVING.

A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE MICROBES ARE WHAT CONVERTS THE NUTRIENTS FOR THE PLANTS INTO A FOOD, AND IT MAKES THE PLANTS GROW.

THE MICROBES NEED THE CARBON TO FLOURISH.

WITHOUT THAT, YOU DO NOT HAVE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.

Wick: MY GRANDFATHER WAS A FARMER IN SOUTH DAKOTA, AND IT WAS A POINT OF PRIDE TO USE UP A FARM.

THAT MEANT HE WAS REALLY PRODUCTIVE.

IT WORKED FOR HIM UNTIL HIS SOIL CARBON WAS GONE, AND THEN HE'D BUY ANOTHER FARM AND DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.

WHAT WAS LACKING DURING THOSE EARLIER ERAS WAS THE ACTUAL ABILITY TO MEASURE THE OVERALL IMPACT OF THESE PRACTICES.

IN A GRAZED RANGELAND SYSTEM WHICH WE'RE IN HERE, WE'VE NEVER BEFORE LOOKED AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SOIL.

WE'VE ALWAYS PAID ATTENTION TO GRASS POPULATIONS AND ANIMAL PERFORMANCE, BUT JUST FOCUSING ON THAT HAS BEEN A SLOW AND STEADY LOSS OF SOIL CARBON OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HUNDRED YEARS, AND NOW THE ECOSYSTEM IS ACTUALLY CRASHING AND COLLAPSING.

I WAS TERRIFIED.

I WAS ACTUALLY LOSING SLEEP WHEN I UNDERSTOOD THE GRAVITY OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE AROUND US.

IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN DO THAT PERHAPS WOULD SHIP CARBON FROM THE ATMOSPHERE THROUGH THE PLANTS INTO THE SOIL, AND COULD RESULT IN CARBON SHIPPING THE RIGHT DIRECTION?

WORKING WITH DR. WHENDEE SILVER, WE'VE DETERMINED THAT APPLYING CARBON BACK INTO THE SOIL, TOPICALLY WITHOUT TILLING, IGNITES A STATE CHANGE WHICH BECAME WAY MORE EXCITING THAN ANYTHING THAT ANY OF US THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN, AND THAT WAS THE CREATION OF THE MARIN CARBON PROJECT.

Silver: JOHN IS AN AMAZING VISIONARY.

HE WALKED UP TO ME OUT OF THE BLUE ONE DAY AND SAID, "CAN WE USE RANGELANDS TO SLOW CLIMATE CHANGE?"

THE REALITY OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS THAT IT'S HAPPENING NOW.

WE'RE LIVING IT.

SO WE'RE HEADING OUT TO ONE OF OUR FIELD SITES.

THIS IS JUST BEAUTIFUL.

I LOVE THIS SPOT.

I STUDY CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE POTENTIAL TO TAKE CARBON DIOXIDE OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE, WHERE IT'S CAUSING GLOBAL WARMING, AND PUT IT INTO THE SOIL.

THE PROBLEM IS, HUMAN ACTIVITY IS EMITTING A LOT OF GREENHOUSE GASES INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, AND IN THE PROCESS, WE'VE ALSO TAKEN THESE GRASSLANDS AND DEGRADED THEM.

WE'VE USED THEM TOO INTENSIVELY FOR TOO LONG, AND THEY'VE LOST A LOT OF THE CARBON THAT WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE SOIL.

THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO TAKE OUT ALL YOUR AGGRESSION.

WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MEASURING THE BREATHING OF THE SOIL.

THE MICROBES EXHALE ALL OF THOSE GASES WE MEASURE THE RATE AT WHICH IT'S COMING OUT.

THE WARMER AND WETTER AND JUICIER IT IS IN THERE THE MORE GASES THAT COME OUT AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE OVER THE COURSE OF THESE THREE DAYS THAT WE'VE BEEN MEASURING.

THAT CARBON WHICH USED TO BE IN THE SOIL IS NOW IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

THE IDEA IS TO REVERSE THE PROCESS.

TAKE CO2 OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND PUT IT BACK IN THE SOIL WHERE IT USED TO BE, DECREASING THE AMOUNT IN THE ATMOSPHERE, SLOWING CLIMATE CHANGE, WHILE BUILDING THIS CARBON-RICH SOIL POOL.

WE WENT THROUGH AND SAMPLED 35 FIELDS, AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS A REALLY BIG SURPRISE.

WE SAW IN SOME CASES TWO OR THREE TIMES MORE SOIL CARBON IN SOME SITES THAN OTHER SITES.

WE WERE FINDING THAT THE DAIRIES TENDED TO HAVE MORE CARBON IN THEIR SOILS THAN THE BEEF CATTLE OPERATIONS, AND PART OF THAT WAS BECAUSE THE DAIRIES PRODUCED A LOT OF MANURE AND THEY WERE SPRAYING IT ON THEIR FIELDS, AND BY SPRAYING IT ON THE FIELDS THEY WERE BUILDING MORE SOIL CARBON.

MANURE ALSO PRODUCES NITROUS-OXIDE, THIS VERY, VERY POTENT GREENHOUSE GAS, AND SO WE'VE STARTED LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL TO COMPOST THAT MATERIAL.

WE ADDED THE COMPOST ONCE IN 2008.

FOR FOUR YEARS AFTER THAT, WE GOT ANYWHERE FROM 25% TO 50% MORE PLANT GROWTH.

THE RANCHERS WERE ECSTATIC.

Wick: WHAT WE DID WAS APPLY 1/2 INCH OF COMPOST, WHICH IS A VERY THIN LAYER, BUT WE'RE NOT TILLING IT IN, WE'RE SIMPLY DUSTING THE SURFACE OF A RANGE-LAND SOIL SYSTEM, AND WE'RE DOING IT THIN ENOUGH THAT WE DON'T BURY THE PLANTS, AND ALL WE'RE PROVIDING IS THIS WONDERFUL CARBON-NITROGEN COMPLEX THAT THE MICROORGANISM POPULATION, WHEN THERE IS RAIN AND WATER, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, AND IT WORKED.

AND THEN, WITH DR. GARY ANDERSON, WE STARTED THINKING, "WHAT ABOUT HUMAN WASTE?

CAN WE COMPOST HUMAN WASTE?"

Anderson: ONCE YOU START TALKING ABOUT HUMAN COMPOST, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY SPREADING DISEASE AROUND WHERE WE HAVE TO BE VERY SURE THAT WE'RE KILLING ALL THE PATHOGENS.

WE DEVELOPED A PHYLOCHIP FOR LOOKING AT MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AND HOW THEY CHANGE OVER TIME.

SO FROM THE INITIAL COMPOST MATERIAL THAT WE TAKE, WE EVENTUALLY CONDENSE IT DOWN TO LESS THAN ONE GRAM OF COMPOSTABLE MATERIAL, AND IN THERE ARE OVER A BILLION DIFFERENT ORGANISMS; MORE THAN STARS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SKY.

Wick: WHAT WE HAVE NOW ARE SOME TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX THAT NEVER EXISTED BEFORE.

Anderson: WE'RE TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN INCREASE THE SAFETY OF COMPOST.

WE'RE LOOKING AT REDUCTION OF PATHOGENS INTO A SAFE COMPOSTABLE MATERIAL THAT CAN BE SPREAD OUT ONTO A GARDEN OR GRASSLAND.

WHAT YOU START WITH FROM A HUMAN TYPE OF COMMUNITY IN THIS COMPOST QUICKLY BECOMES A SOIL COMMUNITY AFTER A MONTH OR TWO.

A MONTH AGO, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE WANTED TO TOUCH THIS.

NOW, WITHOUT GLOVES I HAVE NO PROBLEMS JUST DIGGING THIS UP.

IT SMELLS GOOD, IT'S FANTASTIC STUFF, AND IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT IN THE WAY IT LOOKS AS OPPOSED TO WHEN WE STARTED.

I WOULD HAPPILY HOLD THIS, THAT'S ABOUT THE EXTENT I WOULD GO, THOUGH.

- YEAH, I'M BRAVER AND MAYBE MORE FOOLISH THAN YOU, BUT...

IT TASTES REALLY HEALTHY, REALLY GOOD.

Anderson: IT MAY SEEM FAR-FETCHED TO BEGIN WITH, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S MUCH BETTER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS PUTTING CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS ON THESE AGRICULTURAL AREAS.

Silver: I THINK THAT THIS IS A GAME CHANGER.

THIS IS A LOW-TECH SOLUTION TO A REALLY BIG PROBLEM.

Wick: PERHAPS THERE ARE PRACTICES THAT WE COULD PERFECT THAT RESULT IN EVERY SINGLE DAILY ACT OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON MAKING THE PLANET A BETTER PLACE.

THAT'S A PRETTY COOL WORLD, AND THAT'S THE ONE I WANT TO LIVE IN.

Silver: WE'RE SOLVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH A REALLY SIMPLE APPROACH.

Nielsen: WE'RE LOCATED HERE IN THE MID-WEST.

IT'S ABOUT 150 MILES WEST OF CHICAGO, NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

WE'RE RIGHT IN THE HEART OF AMISH MENNONITE COUNTRY HERE, THERE'S A LOT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY HERE AND THEY'RE PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT FARMING THE SOIL CORRECTLY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAD BEEN USED ON OUR FARM WAS POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, POTASH, AND IT'S GOT CHLORIDE IN IT THAT STERILIZES SOIL.

WE USE CHLORINE IN SWIMMING POOLS AND CITY WATER, TO KILL MICROBES.

WHEN YOU APPLY THAT TO THE SOIL, IT DESTROYS THE LIFE IN THE SOIL.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN COMPOST, AND WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT HUMUS COMPOST, IT REALLY EXCITED ME.

THERE IS AN ART TO MAKING HUMUS.

OUR NORMAL RECIPE IS CORN STALKS, WHEAT STRAW, OAT STRAW, SOYBEAN STUBBLE, AND HAY, AND ALONG WITH THAT, ITS ABOUT 8% MANURE IN IT, AND THEN WE ALWAYS ADD A LITTLE BIT OF FINISHED COMPOST TO THE ROW.

THEN OUR SECRET TO MAKING HUMUS IS, WE ADD CLAY, 10% CLAY, AND THE GUYS USED TO KID ME, "WE CAN'T MAKE HUMUS WITHOUT CLAY."

OF COURSE, THAT'S MY NAME, SO... EDWIN BLOSSER WENT OVER TO AUSTRIA; HE LEARNED THE TECHNOLOGY THERE.

Blosser: MY NAME IS EDWIN BLOSSER.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE AMISH MENNONITE FAITH.

I WON'T BE ON A FILM WITH MY PHOTO OF MY OWN PERSON.

I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SOIL FERTILITY THAT RENEWS SOILS OVER THE YEARS.

COMPOST IS ORGANIC MATTER THAT HAS BEEN DECOMPOSED.

IT IS DISINTEGRATED TO THE SMALLEST PARTICLE.

BUT HUMUS COMPOST IS MICROORGANISMS THAT THEN EAT THOSE SMALLEST PIECES AND IT'S BROUGHT TOGETHER INTO NEW MATERIAL.

REGULAR COMPOST IS HALFWAY TO YOUR HOME RUN AND HUMUS IS ALL THE WAY TO THE HOME RUN.

IT BECOMES A PRODUCT THAT'S TRULY INCREDIBLE.

OUR RESEARCH TIES THE QUALITY OF FOOD BACK TO THE CONNECTION TO THE SOIL.

Nielsen: THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO MONITOR IS YOUR CARBON DIOXIDE LEVEL.

WHEN YOUR CARBON DIOXIDE LEVEL GETS TO 8%, YOU WANT TO BE TURNING THE ROW, WHICH PUTS OXYGEN BACK IN THE ROW.

AS MATERIALS START BREAKING DOWN IN THE BEGINNING STAGES, WE'RE ADDING THREE MICROBE-INOCULANTS THAT HELPS TO SPEED THE BREAKDOWN UP.

IT'S ALL ABOUT GROWING THE MICROBES.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE AIR AND WATER, YOUR MICROBES ARE NOT GONNA LIVE.

THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BREAKING ORGANIC MATTER DOWN IN A COMPOSTING PROCESS ANAEROBICALLY, WITH NO OXYGEN, AND AEROBICALLY, WITH OXYGEN.

THE ANAEROBIC MICROBES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE THE PUTREFYING THINGS WITH THE BAD SMELLS; THE SOUR MILK, THE ROTTEN MEAT, AND WHEN YOU KEEP OXYGEN TO IT, THEN ONLY THE GOOD MICROBES THAT ARE GROWING WITH OXYGEN PREDOMINATE, AND THEIR BY-PRODUCTS ARE WHAT REALLY ENHANCE THE CROP GROWTH.

IF YOU USE THIS TECHNOLOGY, I FEEL THAT THE QUALITY OF THE CROPS IS A LOT HIGHER, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE NUTRITION FOR PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.

EDWIN AND I MET AT A COMPOSTING SEMINAR IN PENNSYLVANIA 20 YEARS AGO.

I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS RELATED TO HIM, ABOUT EIGHT GENERATIONS BACK.

FOR SOME REASON OR OTHER, FATE HAS THROWN US TOGETHER.

WE REALLY WANT TO HELP PEOPLE GROW QUALITY FOOD.

ALAN DALE FARMS A COUPLE THOUSAND ACRES.

HE DEVOTED 80 ACRES TO HUMUS OVER AN EIGHT-YEAR PERIOD.

Dale: MY WHOLE FOCUS SINCE I STARTED FARMING HAS BEEN SOIL CONSERVATION.

I THINK WE OUGHT TO TRY TO KEEP IT WHERE GOD PUT IT AND LEAVE IT BETTER FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

MOST OF THE FARMS AROUND HERE ARE BASED ON N, P AND K: NITROGEN, PHOSPHATE, AND POTASH.

I HAVE CHOSEN TO AUGMENT THE APPLIED NITROGEN WITH MY HUMUS COMPOST.

ALL FARMERS HAVE AN INHERENT DESIRE TO TILL THE SOIL.

WE TRY NOT TO DO ANY TILLAGE; TILLAGE DESTROYS SOIL STRUCTURE.

THE NO-TILL SIDE IS ALSO SEQUESTERING CARBON, NO-TILL IS A CARBON SINK.

OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, I DID MY OWN PRIVATE RESEARCH.

ONCE I SAW WHAT IT DID, WE WERE OFF AND RUNNING.

HERE'S THE ROLE THAT HUMUS PROVIDES, YOU CAN PUT ANY AMOUNT OF FERTILIZER YOU WISH IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO THE ROOT HAIR OF A PLANT, BUT IT WON'T ASSIMILATE IT WITHOUT SOME MICROBIAL ACTION WHICH ALLOWS IT TO EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE ROOT AND THE MICROBE AND THE FERTILITY.

THERE'S JUST A LITTLE OVER 100 ACRES OF SOYBEANS HERE.

THE FIELD HAS HUMUS COMPOST IN THE AMOUNT OF 1 TON THAT WAS APPLIED AFTER LAST YEAR'S CORN CROP.

HELPED THEM DEGRADE SOME AND THEN FEEDS THIS YEAR'S CROP OF SOYBEANS.

WE'VE SEEN NO DROP IN SOIL TESTS, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RAISE OUR YIELDS.

I DON'T THINK IT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE WHAT SIZE OF AN ACREAGE YOU HAVE, BUT EVERYBODY OUGHT TO EXPERIMENT A LITTLE.

Nielsen: THERE IS AN INCREASING DEMAND FOR IT.

WE'VE GOT A HUMUS CENTER IN PENNSYLVANIA, AND THEY CAN'T MAKE ENOUGH HUMUS TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND.

IT REALLY WORKS.

Frye: MY FARM IS LOCATED BETWEEN TWO RIDGES BESIDE THE GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL FOREST.

THE SURROUNDING TREES ARE OAK AND MAPLES.

IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL AREA.

MY NAME IS JOSH FRYE, AND I AM THE POULTRY GUY, AND I AM TRYING TO SOLVE A TREMENDOUS PROBLEM FACING ALL POULTRY GROWERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND IN THE WORLD.

POULTRY LITTER HAS BECOME A REAL HEADACHE FOR ALL POULTRY FARMERS.

BEING A POLLUTANT TO WATERWAYS AND WATER SOURCES, AND IT'S BECOMING HARDER AND HARDER TO GET RID OF.

IT IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE, THAT WE FACE AS POULTRY GROWERS.

I'M WORKING ON CONVERTING POULTRY LITTER INTO A FIXED CARBON OR BLACK CARBON OR CHARCOAL.

WE HAVE THIS POULTRY LITTER AND THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, "WHY NOT USE THE POULTRY LITTER AS A FUEL?"

LOT OF FOLKS HAVE TRIED IT, BUT THEY'VE NOT BEEN REAL SUCCESSFUL.

WITH THE COMPUTER PROGRAMMING THAT HAS COME OUT, IT'S MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR UNITS LIKE THESE GASIFIERS TO RUN UNMANNED, AND THEY ARE MORE SIMPLE TO OPERATE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE THE TEMPERATURE CONTROLS, IT GIVES ME ALL THE TEMPERATURES AND THE FAN OUTPUTS.

GASIFIER IS ACTUALLY JUST NOTHING MORE THAN A CARBONIZER, AND IT USES CARBON AS A FUEL SOURCE.

WE USE WOOD OR CHICKEN LITTER, WHICH HAS CARBON.

SO THIS IS THE WOOD CHIPS GOING IN THE UNIT, THIS IS WHAT I USE TO START THE UNIT OFF.

I BEGIN WITH WOOD CHIPS, AS THE HEAT BUILDS UP, THEN I START INTRODUCING CHICKEN LITTER.

I BUILD A FIRE JUST LIKE YOU WOULD IN YOUR WOOD STOVE.

IT'S JUST A VERY SIMPLE PROCESS.

I START THE UNIT WITH WOOD CHIPS, ADD A COUPLE PAPER TOWELS, AND FIRE OFF THE PAPER TOWELS, ADD A LITTLE AIR, WE GO TO COMPLETE COMBUSTION DURING THE START-UP PROCESS.

THIS IS A BURNER THAT KICKS ON AND KICKS OFF TO KEEP THE OXIDIZER TEMPERATURE UP, THE TEMPERATURE UP TO ABOUT 1,800 TO 2,000 DEGREES.

IT'S ABOUT TO KICK ON.

TAKE A LOOK.

THE REASON THAT THIS IS A CLEAN SOURCE IS BECAUSE I'M USING GREEN TECHNOLOGY OR A FIXED BED GASIFIER.

IT'S ALL IN HOW YOU COMBUST THE MATERIAL.

I'VE HEARD SO MANY PEOPLE SAY, "OH, WELL, WE'RE UP TO 2,000 PLUS DEGREES."

WELL, YOU GOT TO BE AT 2,000 OR UNDER TO REALLY HAVE A GOOD, CLEAN EMISSIONS.

NOW THAT WE'VE GOT A GOOD FIRE STARTED, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE DOOR, WE'RE GONNA CUT BACK THE AIR, WE'RE GONNA LET IT BUILD A BUNCH OF SMOKE, AND WE'LL BE READY TO BURN SOME POOP.

THIS IDEA OF HAVING CHARCOAL IN THE SOILS, IT'S NOTHING NEW.

THIS HAS BEEN DONE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.

MY NEIGHBOR BILL STARTED USING THE BIOCHAR A FEW YEARS AGO.

Bill: HE'S GOING ON WITH THIS BIOCHAR.

TRYING TO GET IN ON THE GREEN STUFF.

HE'S BEEN HELPING ME OUT HERE.

HE LET ME PUT SOME OF THIS STUFF IN MY GARDEN, AND IT REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE.

Frye: WE GOT THE ANALYSIS BACK THIS YEAR, AND HIS SOILS DO NOT NEED ANYTHING ELSE.

THEY ARE STILL GOOD, STABLE SOILS.

ALL THE NUTRIENTS ARE THERE.

HE DOES NOT NEED TO FERTILIZE HIS GARDEN ANY LONGER.

THIS HAS BEEN LIKE A DREAM.

THIS IS A VINEGAR BASED CHICKEN SAUCE.

WORCESTERSHIRE, LEMON JUICE, PEPPER, SUGAR, SALT.

YOU NEED A LITTLE DAB OF THIS AND A LITTLE DAB OF THAT.

THIS IS THE OLD FRYE SAUCE.

MAMA FRYE'S SAUCE.

I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT'S IN THERE.

HERE COMES THE CHICKEN.

YOU HAVE A 10 SECOND RULE, WHEN YOU'RE BARBECUING.

IF YOU CAN HOLD YOUR HAND DOWN THERE FOR 10 SECONDS, THAT'S ABOUT THE RIGHT HEAT.

YOU PUT THE PRESSURE DOWN ON THEM SO THEY HOLD IN PLACE.

BETTER HURRY, 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA FREEZE.

- ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA SAY GRACE?

- YES, LET'S SAY GRACE.

- ALL RIGHT.

GOD IS GREAT, GOD IS GOOD.

all: AND WE THANK HIM FOR THIS FOOD.

BY HIS HANDS WE ARE FED, GIVE US, LORD, OUR DAILY BREAD.

AMEN.

- BROTHER BEN.

- SHOT A ROOSTER, KILLED A HEN.

[laughing] [playing Let The Circle Be Unbroken] ♪♪ -♪ I WAS STANDING♪ ♪ BY MY WINDOW♪ ♪ ON ONE COLD AND CLOUDY DAY♪ ♪ WHEN A BIG, BLACK HEARSE COME ROLLING♪ ♪ HERE TO CARRY MY MOTHER AWAY♪ ♪ WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN?♪ Wick: I'M VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR FUTURE, AND WHAT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING IS THERE'S AN ENTRY POINT FOR EVERYONE IN THIS CONVERSATION.

Silver: IT MATTERS BECAUSE WE ALL NEED TO EAT, AND YOU CAN MAKE CHOICES WHEN YOU EAT.

YOU CAN MAKE CHOICES TO EAT FOODS THAT ARE HARMFUL FOR THE PLANET, OR YOU CAN MAKE CHOICES TO EAT FOOD THAT IS GONNA ACTUALLY BENEFIT THE PLANET.

Anderson: I THINK WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING IS THAT THE SOLUTIONS ARE WITH US NOW.

WE'RE JUST AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

WE HAVE THE TOOLS, WE HAVE ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW.

IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF WILL.

- IF I COULD BE ANY VEGETABLE?

OH, BOY.

- THAT'S A TOUGHIE.

I'VE NEVER REALLY WANTED TO BE A VEGETABLE.

- [laughing] IF I-- [sighs] OH, MY GOD.

I'VE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BEFORE.

IF I COULD BE BE ANY VEGETABLE.

- HMM.

- IF I COULD BE ANY VEGETABLE, I THINK I'D BE THE LOWLY CARROT.

- WELL, I WOULD WONDER WHY I HAD TO BE A VEGETABLE.

WHY COULDN'T I BE A TREE OR A GRASS-PLANT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

- HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT?

[laughs] - I'D PROBABLY-- I THINK I'D PROBABLY BE A CARROT.

- WELL, I WOULD GO TO MY WORST WEED AND BECOME A WOOLLY DISTAFF.

- I'D GET TO LIVE IN THE SOIL, HANG OUT WITH ALL THOSE COOL MICROBES.

- IT'S NOT FROM HERE.

NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

- [sighs] HMM.

- BE TALL, THIN, I LIKE THAT.

WITH A LOT OF GREEN HAIR.

- I EAT A CARROT EVERY DAY FOR LUNCH.

I LOVE CARROTS.

- [sighs] HMM.

I'D BE OKRA.

[cheerful rock music] ♪♪ female announcer: CHIPOTLE IS PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM ON BEHALF OF THE FARMERS, RANCHERS, AND EVERYONE ELSE MOVING FOOD FORWARD TO CULTIVATE A BETTER WORLD.

AND BY APPLEGATE, CHANGING THE MEAT WE EAT FROM FARM TO TABLE WITH THE HELP OF NEARLY 1,500 FAMILY FARMS.

CLIF BAR & COMPANY.

FAMILY- AND EMPLOYEE-OWNED, CRAFTING FOOD WITH ORGANIC INGREDIENTS TO FEED AND INSPIRE ADVENTURE.

ANNIE'S: NOURISHING FAMILIES WITH SIMPLE, DOWN-TO-EARTH FOODS.

AND LUNDBERG FAMILY FARMS, GROWING RICE THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

female announcer: BE MORE.

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