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Hypnotic Ink Physics in 4K Slow Motion – The Slow Mo Guys
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One New York program is cultivating lettuce, and healthy lifestyles.

TRANSCRIPT

Shelby: Have you ever tried to grow your own food? Well, it’s one thing if you have a whole bunch of fertile farmland, or even a big backyard, but in a crowded city like New York, it’s a whole different story. Demetrius Pipkin explains.
Demetrius: Welcome to the South Bronx in New York City. Nearly half of the residents here live below the poverty line.
Michaela Ritz: I know that so many people in this community could benefit from producing their own food.
Demetrius: One in three families here is classified as “Food Insecure” meaning there’s not enough food to support their family or healthy food options are limited, leading the South Bronx to become one of the most unhealthy and obese areas in the country. But hope for change is growing in this concrete jungle with The Green Bronx Machine.
Michaela: We started by growing food in small gardens and plots of land in our neighborhoods and elsewhere in other communities that were troubled as well. This one’s parsley.
Demetrius: Michaela Ritz, one of the founding members of The Green Bronx Machine, is hoping to harvest more than just greens.
Michaela: This is a good one.
Demetrius: They want to cultivate the minds of young people by educating them on the importance of eating healthier.
Stephen Ritz: They grow it, they eat, and they take ownership of it. And we’re seeing kids who didn’t even know where their food came from, now differentiate between very expensive brands of lettuce, which guess what? We’re delighted to sell.
Demetrius: JVL Wildcat Academy is one of the schools in the South Bronx that works with the program. Students here, many of whom have had problems at other schools, come to Wildcat Academy for a second chance.
Steven Amoros: If it wasn’t for them, I would probably be out there, cuttin’ class, not goin’ to school, doin’ wrong things with the wrong people.
Tiffany Ayala: You come to this school and you do your very best and you put your mind to it, you’re gonna graduate and you’re gonna go somewhere.
Demetrius: Both of these students started at Wildcat Academy in the culinary program with dreams of one day working in the kitchen professionally. So when the school offered them an opportunity to grow some of the food that they were working with, they jumped at the idea. And so, they were introduced to hydroponics.
Marc Donald: In a very brief and simple definition, it’s growing, ah, nutritious vegetables through water. So the water carries the nutrients to everything versus the soil.
Demetrius: Which is perfect for an urban setting where soil is hard to come by. More than half of the world’s population currently lives in what is considered an urban area. But by 2050, that number is projected to increase to seventy percent and the amount of available farmland will decrease. Urban gardens could be a way to solve that problem without putting strain on the environment. Today students are putting together hydroponic towers, an energy efficient way to garden in a small, indoor space with very few limits on what they can grow.
Michaela: We have kale. We have some arugula spring mix. Here’s a piece of Bronx broccoli.
Demetrius: Bronx broccoli right here?
Michaela: Yeah, check that out.
Stephen: Bronx broccoli.
Demetrius: So far, The Green Bronx Machine has harvested over 30,000 pounds of vegetables, some of which has made its way into soup kitchens, local farmers markets, and even, much closer to home for these students, the JVL culinary program. A new healthier lifestyle has been planted in the South Bronx. And for this crop of students, many of the lessons learned throughout this program will continue to grow for many years to come.
Steven: When I plant something, I think of, I think of it as myself, like I still need to grow. I guess these plants just need a lot of care and attention and then they’ll grow to its full potential, just like me. I’ll one day grow up to be a man and with my full potential.
Demetrius: Demetrius Pipkin, Channel One News.
Shelby: Well you don’t have to live in a big city to have your very own green machine. Check out channelone.com for how to start a home garden.
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Hypnotic Ink Physics in 4K Slow Motion – The Slow Mo Guys

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