AP Television
Bedford Park, Illinois, USA – March 13, 2013
1. Timelapse shot of basil seedlings growing
2. Exterior of warehouse that houses FarmedHere company
3. Wide shot of vertical growing structure inside
4. Worker carries harvesting bins up steps to vertical farm structure
5. SOUNDBITE (English): Maximino Gonzalez, master grower, FarmedHere:
“It’s different here than I’ve seen anywhere else, just the size, the sheer scale of it is very unique.”
6. Wide shot of Gonzalez planting seeds
7. Mid shot of Gonzalez planting seeds
8. Tight shot of Gonzalez planting seeds
9. Close of basil plants growing at week 1 of 6
10. Close of basil plants growing at weeks 2 of 6
11. Close of basil plants growing at week 3 of 6
12. Close of basil plants growing at week 4 of 6
13. Close of basil plants growing at week 5 of 6
14. Close of basil plants growing at week 6 of 6
15. Close of plants
16. SOUNDBITE (English): Maximino Gonzalez, master grower, FarmedHere LLC:
“So once they get a certain height, from the germination rack, we transplant them to our system.”
AP Television
Bedford Park, Illinois, USA – March 14, 2013
17. Shot across plants of Gonzalez harvesting basil
18. Tight shot of Gonzalez harvesting basil
19. Mid shot of Gonzalez harvesting basil, from side
20. Gonzalez puts basil in harvesting bin
21. Growing basil, before harvesting, from above
AP Television
Bedford Park, Illinois, USA – March 13
22. SOUNDBITE (English): Yolanta Hardej, CEO of FarmedHere LLC:
“Let’s say that the demand is suddenly for various types of arugula or various types of mixed greens, or mini greens. We could change the whole system. We could harvest the basil, change the system, seed a different plant, different green that is demanded.”
23. Growing basil with lights above
24. Gonzalez carries bin of harvested basil to packing room
AP Television
Bedford Park, Illinois, USA – March 13, 2013
25. Mid shot of workers sorting, packaging basil
26. Tight shot of basil being weighed
28. Shot from above of worker packaging basil
29. Tight shot of scale
30. Worker puts packaged basil in box
31. SOUNDBITE (English): Maximino Gonzalez, master grower, FarmedHere LLC:
“So from our coolers, we load them up to the vans and directly to the stores.”
32. Exterior of warehouse by day
33. Exterior of warehouse in dark of early morning
34. Tracking shot of passing highway from delivery van
AP Television
Chicago, Illinois, USA – March 19, 2013
35. Exterior of grocery store in downtown Chicago
36. Worker pulls boxed basil and arugula from van to take into grocery store
37. Sign reading: “receiving” area of grocery store
38. FarmedHere employee waits with delivery of basil and arugula
39. Worker at Mariano’s grocery store loads boxes on trolly to take to produce area
40. Worker stacks boxes of basil in produce area
41. Tight shot of packaged basil in produce area
42. Mid shot of packaged basil in produce area
LEADIN
Farming in abandoned warehouses has become a hot trend in Chicago and other parts of the the United States – with varying degrees of success.
But few, if anyone, in America has tried it at the “mega farm” level, as one outlet is now trying to do.
STORYLINE:
Sowing the seeds of success – these are often called “vertical” farms because, within the buildings, farmers build tall structures with several levels of growing beds, often lined with artificial lights.
Elsewhere, growers are incorporating greenhouses and natural light into their models – on rooftops, or in large fields.
“Aquaponic” farms, which also raise tilapia and other fish, use water circulated to the plants that is fertilized with fish excrement.
How is FarmedHere different than other vertical farms in the United States?
But challenges remain.

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