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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. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/3ef985d146370a3f0fc42409430c10cc Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork