Urban Farms | SoCal Connected | KCET
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- Опубліковано 20 січ 2015
- Growing one's own food in urban areas can seem like a far-fetched idea. But not for one Pasadena family.
The Dervaes family has been growing their own food for more than a decade. They've been at the forefront of urban homesteading by growing thousands of pounds of food annually in an average-size backyard.
"I brought the country to the city rather than having to go out to the country," said Jules Dervaes, the man behind the self-sufficient farm he created with his three adult children.
The Dervaes' urban homestead is sustainable and dense. They grow and raise 400 varieties of vegetables, fruits, and edible flowers that amount to about 6,000 pounds of food a year, enough to feed the family with surplus left over to sell. Fresh eggs from chickens round out their diet.
The family-owned city farm is the talk of the town for many local chefs looking to cook up a tasty meal. The family makes roughly $20,000 just from selling their freshly grown produce. They use the money to buy staples that they can't grow like wheat, rice, and oats.
Reporter Val Zavala visits the Dervaes' homestead to find out what inspired Jules Dervaes to go green in the extreme.
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Friendly nice honest people who care about the environment, their family, and the community. They are to be highly commended. I love the idea of urban tiny farming including front and side yard vegetable and fruit gardening. I also like the way they raise their live stock.
"Honest" nope. It's a scam for fame cash. They claim 6000lbs of produce per year on 1/10th of an acre. That's so biologically impossible it's a joke. Especially, with them growing low yield produce in little boxes.
Living the dream. My garden is even smaller, but everything I grow there makes me unbelievably happy...
Very good and wise people on Earth. They are blessings. I have turned my home into farm as well. It’s hard work but worth every second. I absolutely love it. Let’s grow our own food people!✌🏻❤️
It's amazing what they're doing in such a small area, this is dedication... living in CA really helps, rich soil and mild weather.
Absolutely beautiful real freedom and health 💕 wishing you success and prosperity always 💐 thanks for sharing 🙏🏾
I love how this keeps the family united..eating n talkin at the dinner table..❤🤠
God bless this family, and how beautiful they all work together! I hope one day I get to do this!
Well done! When I start look at that! It make me 😅! keep going, you guys do a wonderful job!👍👍👍👍👍
I dream to have my piece of land and to start a life like that. Congrats, you are really inspirational for all of us. Good luck!
Amazing Garden, great idea, inspiration to many....Love this idea, my future project. Eat fresh and live healthy.
I’m 33 from NYC and I’m ready for this life.
Contact this what's app so,I can help to start volunteer business agriculture
Dream Queen Hart, it will be a challenge though..
Willing is not enough you must do - bruce lee :p
Shidddddd let's start this life together
Find your path and make it happen 🤙🏻🤙🏻
I have watched this video several times now and I just love it! There is so much to learn and this family's enthusiasm and passion for sustainable, ethical living inspires me to live a better life. Many thanks to you!
To Grace Axisa: When I was in grade school in the Philippines back in the mid 1960s', we were taught how to make a vegetable garden and how to make baskets and slippers using twigs. Plus we were taught good manners & right conduct (G.M.R.C.).
The schools in the U.S.A. should make those classes mandatory, but they rather focus on sports.
WOW! We're very impressed! Thanks for sharing.
Great! Respect for their perserverence and positive thinking!!
I have watched this video a couple of times now and I love it! Thank you and all the best to you!
Wow! I'm so inspired! Thank you!🙏
Love it! What a wonderful parent and great example you’ve shown your kids! I’ve just started my tiny farm in my patio (apt) 🤷♀️🥰
How amazing, this way of living is the ‘only’ way forward if we are to survive as a species instead of manufacturing and buying stuff that’s useless. What a man, what a family, just great human beings peace and love to you all 😘
starting my organic roof top homegrown veggies because of this inspiring family ...
Great wisdom. It is important that everyone should take their lives into their own hands. God bless a unique and unified family.
What such amazing family! Very inspiring! God bless you!
I am doing it too. Thank you for pioneering it, to improve our lives.
Great job!
Thank you for sharing.
Very beautiful, wonderful, God bless you and your family sir
what a life...you all have a beautiful place and I can't believe all the wonderful produce you grow...just a beautiful place. I grew up in the country on a small farm & I'd give anything to go back to that farm.
Excellent work. Thank you for sharing
So awesome farm.very beautiful. And good family.adorable
Wow I think this is refreshing so true to how most things are going to work bless you all for sharing. Garden is so gorgeous
This had been my inspiration for the past 11 years,
Please do continue...
how can you not like this video!!!!!!!!!!! what a wonderful family
I have just seen my Future, Thanx for this Video!
Zeli Sobayeni PREACH!! I just bought my seeeeeeeds!!!
Nice
Your future is the past :D
I have watched this several time and am still left with a feeling of hope and encouragement
Beautiful garden.👍🌺
God bless your lovely family.
I love everything you are doing lovely family xo
OMG 😮 you guys are awesome two thumbs up 👍👍
I love this, well done guys. I'm right behind ya♥️
I love this farm so much beautiful garden and vegetables
I hope I can live this amaze place!
Lovely. Living in the garden ,from the garden . well done!
Watching this made me so happy and motivated. Thank you!
Loved this video. Great work. Looking forward to see more. Awesome... Full watched.
Dreaming of this life. So inspiring!
I really appreciate this family. In few years, I will be a good organic farmer.works. on our 20 aces farm ..( I hope my dream comes true ) .. still learning...still dreaming..
This is truly riches beyond measure! True quality of life! ❤️ 🌻 🏡
Wow.. Speechless... Just wow 😍😍😍
I only follow this guy and family life style. I have small yard in my backyard I grow about twenty avocados star bring fruit now this year and tree lemons and two lime bunch of tomatoes, beans, okras and onions. Thank you for this vlogs.
I have watched this video several times now and I just love it.
I love this farm and family, im from south africa, may God bless this family and it work
Wishing more years to family
Wow I really enjoying to watch your videos thank you for sharing
I love this idea of backyard or front yard farming .thank you for sharing.😊
fresh home grown variety of lettuce is so wonderful there is nothing like it. You cannot believe how delicious a salad is with everything picked fresh, it is like medicine for the soul.
Great idea, God absolutely has fun seeing your beautiful garden. I'm also planning the same solution with my husband as we saw that wooden boxes, it's not so very popular in our country but look really great. God bless you all!
Greatings from Poland
Yes I love organic farming. Enjoy what you do. Thanks for the video. God bless.
I have done almost a similar experiment in Nairobi.And yes,it works big time.Thanks for the video.
that is the new american dream, self sufficiency and working for yourself
sopt dreaming start doing...;)
It was the old American dream too! Until the capitalist monsters that now run our country made us all think we needed to buy more and more to be happy.
@@MrMountainchris Kim Jung Un approves your ideas comrade :D
gorbulas - Ssh! The government might hear you!
Kind of joking, but I can see an "ocean" of bureaucracy, taxes, paperwork, licenses and H&S regulations coming your way on a jiffy... LOL 😂
Actually it’s the old one
My husband and I do this in Fallbrook. I grew up un a farm, he didn't, but he is a 'natural!' I love being in my garden; better than any therapy! My garden soil is so awesome, all I used is organic chicken manure, and my potatoes, onions, squash, etc are lush, and two feet high right now!
terima kasih paman sudah berbagi ilmu dan pengalaman tentang urban farms....
Love it! Thanks for sharing
I'm inspired by the way this family lives and I also always wanted to live like this ,
what an amazing family you have
Today was my first visit to your amazing channel. Your video was delightful, interesting, educational and inspiring. I am 75 and enjoy patio gardening and grew my first potatoes this year...in containers. Next spring, I will take some of today's inspiration to heart, and grow more vegetables in my back yard. Of course, it will be nothing that resembles yours, but it will be fun and offer me more exercise, and I will share with a few special neighbors. Thank you and your wonderful family. I look forward to more videos. Mobile, Alabama 5/6/'19
What an amazing way of living,.i loved watching your vegetables garden..
wooow, just a fantastic and happy family, what else can I say.....
Wow love everything about this Video. Thank you.
Waooo... It so interesting video. I really like it👍👍👍
That is just outstanding. Urban homesteading at its finest
Love the garden so beautiful
I needed to see this, I am in the process of doing this as well, Growing the food I eat has changed my life and I could never go back!
I'm watching this video just as I'm getting ready to plant a couple of pecan trees for my urban food production. Glad to see I'm not the only crazy person out there.
Thank you for sharing this lesson.
Lov it one day I will be here also! great job guys!
Wow very inspiring, this family helps saves our fragile and one and only precious Earth.
wow @ 5:00 the plants get as much water as they need by claypots
Wow wow wow... So beautiful.
wow' this is so great & nice idea, thanks for sharing & thanks for inspiring us :)
Wow. So inspired and I learned a lot. It encourage me to go back to farm which I guess makes sense. Enough for this modern world and head back to basics.
Simple yet healthy lifestyle.
Love it much.
Wow! Earthenpot for self watering!!! What a brilliant idea!! I am gonna do same thing for my garden. But it will be difficult to get earthenpot. Young time we used for drinking water. Now all people are depending on machine. Thanks for sharing
this is why I'm glad I live in Tennessee we have actual land to grow our food
Hi friend thanks sharing your good information and nice gardens
Great job thx for sharing
Amazing.. well done.. 👌👌👍👍
Amazingly efficient, even if we do 20% that is an amazing improvement. Great story.
Thanks for the video, you're my inspirations
Wow i just enjoyed ur video i would like gud luck to the futcher u & family
Wow just watched your video and you grow lots on such a small area, I live in Ireland and have .06 of an acre only moved here a year ago last week , I only put a polytunnel up this weekend, and have little garden experience, I hope I can at lest do 10% of what you all do, thanks for sharing your video, it has just given me a great boost.Cheers from Kildare Ireland.
Incredible. I am inspired.
this video changed
my mind
very nice garden. this is very inspiring.😊👍🏼🙏
OH My! Love this & their way of living.......
Great job thank for sharing
i'm 25 and start creating this kind of life. really inspired this kind of video. than ks for sharing.
Wow,this is mind blowing
That is beautiful!!
I am already trying..to make it work..and guess what..it all pays off..and..now within..a few..months..We will be self sufficient..in vegetables...thanks...for the inspiration.😍
Excelente ideia.👏👏👏👏
I have done almost a similar experiment in Nairobi.And yes,it works big time.Thanks for the video.👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Hello Herald, which place in NAIROBI.
Hallo Eliud - Kilimani area,I used old construction culverts,flower pots,and old car tyre's .
@@heraldloshi1864 thanks,am interested and will do it in the future.
wow...that's awesome! I love it.
Thanx... These people will live healthy &long life..love from India.. God Bless...
So amazing! I love this. Path to freedom indeed! My Future project. 😊
Your farm is great
I like your lifestyle