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You see all the mussel shells? >> anthony: yeah. >> rene: these are shellfish, because this used to be marshland. >> anthony: like rene, hes not your ordinary dane. and his farm is unlike the others around here. >> anthony: this used to be monoculture. >> soren: yeah, 15 hectares with carrots. >> anthony: just carrots. now now, how many? what are you growing? >> soren: between 120 and 170 different things. >> anthony: true, there are tractors and rows where potatoes and carrots grow, but much of...

Whats happening here is a mix of wild and cultivated. >> rene: this is wild angelica. thats chives. the purple flowers here. wild onions. and you can grow them here. lets grow some for next year. there you go. >> rene: the first time you come up here you go into this and its like, oh a flower garden, and he will say, no, no, this is the leek field. >> soren: theyre so nice. >> rene: youre touching them like theyre jewels. soren: they are jewels. rene: lets grab a bunch of these for lunch. no? >>...

>> rene: look at the soil here. you see all the mussel shells? >> anthony: yeah. >> rene: these are shellfish, because this used to be marshland. >> anthony: like rene, hes not your ordinary dane. and his farm is unlike the others around here. >> anthony: this used to be monoculture. >> soren: yeah, 15 hectares with carrots. >> anthony: just carrots. now now, how many? what are you growing? >> soren: between 120 and 170 different things. >> anthony: true, there are tractors and rows where potato...

>> anthony: just carrots. now now, how many? what are you growing? >> soren: between 120 and 170 different things. >> anthony: true, there are tractors and rows where potatoes and carrots grow, but much of whats happening here is a mix of wild and cultivated. >> rene: this is wild angelica. thats chives. the purple flowers here. wild onions. and you can grow them here. lets grow some for next year. there you go. up he you go into this and ome its like, oh a flower garden, and he will sa no, no, ...

Go into this, like oh, flower garden. you say no, no, no, this is the leek field. >> theyre so nice. >> youre touching them like they are jewels. >> they are jewels. >> lets 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? theyre going to grow up, so dont take the root. >> its very, very hard f...

You see all the mussel shells? >> yeah. >> these are shellfish. >> because this used to be marsh land. >> like rene, hes 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 whats happening here is a mix of wild and cultivated. >> this is wild angelica. thats chive...

Of vegetables. >> look at the soil here. you see all the mussel shells? >> yeah. >> these are shellfish. >> like rene, hes 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 whats happening here is a mix of wild and cultivated. >> this is wild angelica. thats chi...

>> yeah. >> these are shellfish. >> like rene, hes 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 whats happening here is a mix of wild and cultivated. >> this is wild angelica. thats chives and the purple flowers, wild onions. and you can grow them here. let...

>> these are shellfish. >> like rene, hes 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 whats happening here is a mix of wild and cultivated. >> this is wild angelica. thats chives and the purple flowers, wild onions. and you can grow them here. lets grow so...

You see all the mussel shells? >> yeah. >> these are shellfish. >> like rene, hes 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 whats happening here is a mix of wild and cultivated. >> this is wild angelica. thats chives and the purple flowers, wild onions. ...