4.5 • 10.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you in part by Geico, proud sponsor of National Geographic. |
0:05.1 | Geico, 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. |
0:18.0 | I'm going to tell you about this place. |
0:21.2 | At 10 years ago, it didn't even exist. |
0:23.8 | And what created this wasn't brilliant. |
0:28.8 | It was freedom to allow nature to show us a better way. |
0:35.8 | That's exactly how my wife Molly and I rebuilt this whole farm over the last decade. |
0:42.8 | And it all started with a dream. |
0:48.8 | 10 years ago, Molly and John Chester lived in a Los Angeles apartment. |
0:55.8 | They had to make a plan in a dog until they bought the farm. |
1:00.8 | Okay, well not that farm. |
1:02.8 | Actually they bought a real farm in Southern California. |
1:05.8 | With no prior experience, they purchased an old living room. |
1:09.8 | But instead of just one crop, their goal was to grow hundreds of types of plants, |
1:13.8 | all while working within the natural ecosystem. |
1:16.8 | I'm Peter Glyn, Editor at Larger National Geographic, and you're listening to Over Herg, |
1:21.8 | a show where we eat and drop on the wild conversations we have here at Nat Geo, |
1:25.8 | and follow them to the edges of our big, weird, beautiful world. |
1:29.8 | This week, I interviewed Molly and John Chester who documented their experience |
1:33.8 | in the film The Biggest Little Farm, The Return, which is out now in Disney Plus. |
1:38.8 | We'll talk about what it takes to cultivate this kind of organically integrated farm from scratch, |
1:43.8 | while running a business and raising families. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from National Geographic, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of National Geographic and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.