Hoosiers can pick free produce at Fishers AgriPark, now open for the season
WRTV Indianapolis
[{'start': '0.400', 'end': '4.640', 'text': 'Growing season is underway and after'}, {'start': '2.159', 'end': '6.720', 'text': 'months of preparation, an urban farm run'}, {'start': '4.640', 'end': '8.880', 'text': 'by the city of Fisers opened its gates'}, {'start': '6.720', 'end': '12.000', 'text': 'to the public for the first time this'}, {'start': '8.880', 'end': '13.679', 'text': "year. WRTV's Naja Wood shows how they"}, {'start': '12.000', 'end': '17.440', 'text': 'are working to provide more than just'}, {'start': '13.679', 'end': '19.520', 'text': 'free fresh food options to local hooers.'}, {'start': '17.440', 'end': '21.840', 'text': 'Soon, all of this fresh produce will be'}, {'start': '19.520', 'end': '23.519', 'text': 'ready to be picked for free at the Agra'}, {'start': '21.840', 'end': '26.560', 'text': 'Park. And they anticipate even more'}, {'start': '23.519', 'end': '29.279', 'text': 'Hoosiers could come out this season. 30%'}, {'start': '26.560', 'end': '31.439', 'text': 'of the roughly 35,000 people who came'}, {'start': '29.279', 'end': '33.280', 'text': 'out last year uh were maybe some new'}, {'start': '31.439', 'end': '35.200', 'text': 'faces. We expect maybe some higher'}, {'start': '33.280', 'end': '37.920', 'text': 'numbers this year. For Adam Wagner,'}, {'start': '35.200', 'end': '40.079', 'text': 'filling this 33 acre urban farm with'}, {'start': '37.920', 'end': '42.640', 'text': 'people and fresh produce are just two'}, {'start': '40.079', 'end': '45.360', 'text': 'goals of Fischer Agra Park. We want to'}, {'start': '42.640', 'end': '48.239', 'text': 'continue to grow and uh offer, you know,'}, {'start': '45.360', 'end': '50.559', 'text': 'the the UPIC program, uh our education'}, {'start': '48.239', 'end': '52.640', 'text': 'piece, uh summer camps. Volunteers like'}, {'start': '50.559', 'end': '55.120', 'text': 'Kitty Ferman and Don Pap are on the'}, {'start': '52.640', 'end': '56.800', 'text': 'ground planting onions to prepare for'}, {'start': '55.120', 'end': '59.039', 'text': 'the busy season. It makes me feel good'}, {'start': '56.800', 'end': '60.719', 'text': "that I'm able to be out here, you know,"}, {'start': '59.039', 'end': '63.039', 'text': 'on a nice day like this planting'}, {'start': '60.719', 'end': '65.040', 'text': 'vegetables and and I benefit and the'}, {'start': '63.039', 'end': '66.880', 'text': 'whole community benefits. Furman thinks'}, {'start': '65.040', 'end': '69.040', 'text': 'it can provide some occasional relief'}, {'start': '66.880', 'end': '70.720', 'text': 'for Hoosiers struggling to get fresh'}, {'start': '69.040', 'end': '72.320', 'text': "foods. I just think that's so important"}, {'start': '70.720', 'end': '74.240', 'text': 'for people to have access to good,'}, {'start': '72.320', 'end': '78.000', 'text': "healthy food. I think it's great just to"}, {'start': '74.240', 'end': '80.640', 'text': 'get out and be involved in uh the'}, {'start': '78.000', 'end': '82.960', 'text': 'farming and the agricultural the animals'}, {'start': '80.640', 'end': '85.520', 'text': 'from collard greens to kale. The farm'}, {'start': '82.960', 'end': '87.759', 'text': 'also gives Audrey Neidler and her kids a'}, {'start': '85.520', 'end': '89.520', 'text': 'chance to learn about their food from'}, {'start': '87.759', 'end': '91.640', 'text': 'the ground up. Teaches you a lot about'}, {'start': '89.520', 'end': '94.479', 'text': 'the process. Um not only just using'}, {'start': '91.640', 'end': '95.600', 'text': "local produce, but you can see how it's"}, {'start': '94.479', 'end': '97.040', 'text': 'grown. You can pull it out of the'}, {'start': '95.600', 'end': '98.799', 'text': 'ground. You can learn how to harvest it.'}, {'start': '97.040', 'end': '100.799', 'text': 'The park offers more than a pickic'}, {'start': '98.799', 'end': '103.040', 'text': 'experience, too. They have this new play'}, {'start': '100.799', 'end': '105.040', 'text': 'space where the kids can let out some'}, {'start': '103.040', 'end': '107.600', 'text': 'energy. Still in that nature essence'}, {'start': '105.040', 'end': '109.759', 'text': 'with uh wood and rope and climbing'}, {'start': '107.600', 'end': '112.079', 'text': 'structures with water tables, a sensory'}, {'start': '109.759', 'end': '113.040', 'text': 'friendly area, nature trail. And then'}, {'start': '112.079', 'end': '115.920', 'text': 'another thing that brings a lot of'}, {'start': '113.040', 'end': '118.799', 'text': 'people out is uh all of our farm animals'}, {'start': '115.920', 'end': '121.200', 'text': 'because this place is rooted in one'}, {'start': '118.799', 'end': '123.280', 'text': 'thing. We provide an agricultural'}, {'start': '121.200', 'end': '126.719', 'text': 'experience for people who want to come'}, {'start': '123.280', 'end': '128.560', 'text': 'and visit the park. Naja Woods, WRTV.'}, {'start': '126.719', 'end': '130.680', 'text': 'Very cool. Well, last year Wagner'}, {'start': '128.560', 'end': '134.080', 'text': 'estimates that families picked roughly'}, {'start': '130.680', 'end': '136.160', 'text': "100,000 lbs of produce. That's 50 tons"}, {'start': '134.080', 'end': '137.760', 'text': 'of food. The free You pick experience'}, {'start': '136.160', 'end': '139.840', 'text': 'will be open in a few weeks for'}, {'start': '137.760', 'end': '142.000', 'text': 'families. No matter where you live, not'}, {'start': '139.840', 'end': '144.319', 'text': 'only fisers, the season will run through'}, {'start': '142.000', 'end': '144.319', 'text': 'October.'}]