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WAITING TO BE HARVESTED. AND SOMETIMES, AS WE FOUND IN HUMBOLDT, SPREAD ALL OVER TOWN. EVEN IN IOWA - <PICKUP DOOR CLOSING.> <GARAGE DOOR OPENING.> <TRUCK STARTING.> PLENTY OF PEOPLE NEVER SET FOOT ON A FARM. WHICH IS WHY, A WHILE BACK, THE GUY BEHIND THE WHEEL STOPPED BY THE HOUSE OF HUMBOLDT'S NEW DOCTOR WITH AN INVITATION. <I TOOK HIM OUT FOR A FARM TOUR AND HELPED HIM GET INDOCTRINATED TO THE AREA.> IT WAS THE NEIGHBORLY THING TO DO. AND WHO BETTER TO SHARE THE STORY OF FARMING THAN DICK NAEVE. (COVER) <I WAS BORN IN 1930 AND IT WAS THE GREAT DEPRESSION.> DO THAT MATH AND YOU'LL FIGURE OUT DICK IS-- <92.> EXPERIENCED ENOUGH TO KNOW EVERY CORNER OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY-- (AUDIO ONLY) <MY DAD BUILT THAT HOUSE IN 1936.> <TRUCK PULLING UP.> EVERY TWIST GROWING SEASONS CAN BRING-- <IT'S KIND OF LIKE USUAL. WE'VE PRAYED FOR RAIN.> AND THAT WITHOUT SUN PROTECTION, CANCER CAN SNEAK UP ON YOU. <I HAVE AN OLD BEAT UP STRAW HAT THAT HAS A STRING ON IT. (22) SO I PUT THAT ON AND I KIND OF LOOK LIKE I'M 100 YEARS OLD. (27)> BECAUSE SINCE HE'S ONLY 92, DICK'S PLOT OF LAND MIGHT'VE SHRUNK-- <KEEPS PEOPLE AND DEER OUT.> BUT HIS PASSION FOR GROWING A CROP HASN'T. <SO WE HAVE TWO ROWS OF BEANS AND TWO ROWS OF BEETS.> A FEW DECADES AGO, IN HIS 70S, THE FARMER WHO LOVES EVERY HARVEST-- <THERE'S A CUCUMBER THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT THE RIGHT SIZE.> GOT AN ORDER FROM HIS DOCTOR. <HE SAID THE ONLY THING I CAN TELL YOU IS KEEP GOING. KEEP MOVING.> SO DICK PLANTED THIS GARDEN IN THE COUNTRY--- <I LIKE A PRETTY DECENTLY SIZED ZUCCHINI.> GOT HIS FINGERS DIRTY EVERY DAY AND ENJOYED THE SAMPLES-- <CHEWING TOMATO.> HE WOULDN'T JUST PICK AND EAT FROM THE GROCERY STORE. <WELL, BECAUSE THESE TASTE BETTER.> BUT HIS GARDEN IS MORE THAN JUST A WAY TO AVOID RETIREMENT IN A LAY-Z-BOY. <WELL I CAN'T DO THAT.> IT'S ALSO THERAPY - AND COMMUNITY. (SHORTEN?) <YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO BE RIGHT. OR WHY WOULD I DO IT? LAUGH. OH, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IT'S IT IS. IT IS. ALL OF THAT.> BECAUSE AS SOON AS HIS 5 GALLON BUCKET HAS ENOUGH BEANS AND CUCUMBERS, DICK GRABS HIS FLIP PHONE-- <SEE YOU HERE JUST IN A MINUTE. OK> AND HEADS BACK TOWARD TOWN - STOPPING FIRST AT HIS LITTLE BROTHER'S HOUSE. <I'M A HELLUVA LOT YOUNGER. HE'S 90 YEARS OLD SO. THANKS, DICK.> DROPPING OFF A COUPLE CUCUMBERS-- <WE'LL MOVE ON THEN.> AND THEN, CRUISING. <TAILGATE OPENS.> PULLING UP ON FAMILIES AROUND HUMBOLDT-- <THEY'VE BEEN GOOD CUSTOMERS OF MINE.> WHO KNOW WHAT THOSE BUCKETS MEAN. <GOOD MORNING.> <WOULD YOU LIKE A FEW CUCUMBERS OR SOMETHING? ABSOLUTELY. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.> TODAY'S LUNCH IS GOING TO BE FRESH. <(OTS) THEY'RE OUTSIDE PLAYING ALL OF THE TIME.> BUT EVEN BETTER? <THANK YOU, DICK. APPRECIATE IT.> <HI.> <I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF STUFF IN THE BACK AND IF YOU'D LIKE IT, I HAVE SOME YOU CAN HAVE.> DICK IS WORKING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. <I'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF BEANS AND I'LL DO THE ZUCCHINI. WELL, YOU CAN TAKE ALL THOSE THAT ARE THERE.> EMPTYING HIS BUCKETS - WHILE POURING IN TO THE LIFE OF NEIGHBORS-- <HOW ARE YOU KIDS DOING? YOU'RE SURE GROWING! MAN, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE PRETTY LITTLE.> HE WOULDN'T OTHERWISE MEET. (COVER WITH TRUCK DRIVING SHOT?) <WELL, HAVE A GOOD DAY. YES, YOU TOO.> <WHAT DO WE GOT TODAY, DICK? I ALWAYS LOVE SEEING YOUR FACE.> BECAUSE DICK DOESN'T TAKE A PENNY FOR HIS PRODUCE DELIVERED FRESHER THAN ANY GROCERY STORE COULD DROP OFF. <I JUST ENJOY HAVING PEOPLE THAT COME. YOU NEED SOMETHING AND I CAN GIVE IT TO YOU. YOU WANT ME TO GIVE YOU A HUG. ((THIS- -)) WELL, THANK YOU.> IS THE ONLY PAYMENT HE'LL ACCEPT. <SLAM.> THE CURRENCY OF... COMMUNITY. <HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? JUST FINE.> <THEY APPRECIATE IT AND SEEM TO LIKE TO SEE YOU AND HOW ELSE DO YOU HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT YOU GET TO TALK TO AND LIKE AND SEE?> ESPECIALLY NEIGHBORS WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE BE DIVIDED BY DECADES OR DIETS. <SHE'S A VEGAN. AND I CAN ALWAYS GIVE THEM.> ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS. <I PICKED THEM THIS MORNING.> BUT THE GUY WITH 92 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WILL TELL YOU - THE ANSWER IS A FEW BUCKS WORTH OF SEEDS AND A PASSION-