Gabby’s Farm

Descriptive Transcript

[Upbeat music plays, pop giggle]

Child: Whee!

[Logos] T.V.O. Kids, B.G.M. Sphere Media.

[Text Reads] Original.

[Upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Aerial video footage shows a farm near a road. Bright red and yellow flowers grow near a rooster weathervane. Gabby runs to a pile of gourds by a patio door.

GABBY: There are lots of herbs to pick!

DESCRIPTION: Herbs grow in pots and in a garden on both sides of a path. Gabby jumps in front of corn stalks and picks an apple off the grass. Blueberries grow on a bush.

GABBY: And corn to grow! And lots of other food to gather all around the farm. Can you guess what kind of farm I'm at?

[Rings rattle]

DESCRIPTION: Metal rings dangle on chains beside a wind chime. An arrow-shaped sign nailed to a tree trunk reads, “Standing Rock 2016.” In the garden, a sign reads, “Kahonlakon. Sweet grass.”

GABBY: We're at TerryLynn's First Nations farm in the Six Nations of the Grand River! Follow me!

[Rooster crows, upbeat song plays, slide whistle]

DESCRIPTION: Gabby skips across a field, lies on grass by a cow, waves, and carries a net over scattered leaves on the ground. They look through a magnifying glass. Gabby and Thomas feed chickens. On a lawn, an adult wearing a riding helmet holds a lead as Gabby sprays a horse with water.

[Song] 1, 2, 3 and 4. Let's get ready to explore. All my favourite animals are right outside my door.

[Sheep bleat]

DESCRIPTION: Gabby chases sheep. In a garden, they hold up onions. Gabby poses near a tractor, smiling. Gabby walks with smiling adults and watches a third adult feed hay to a cow.

[Song] Pick some veggies from the garden. There's the tractor, let's go ridin'. Hanging with my family, right here, it's Gabby's Farm.

DESCRIPTION: Gabby steers a ride-on tractor past the barn.

[Title] Gabby’s Farm.

Gabby: That's me!

[Upbeat music plays, birds sing, Gabby giggles]

DESCRIPTION: Corn stalks and herbs sway in the breeze. Gabby smiles and runs through a field with their ponytail bouncing.

GABBY: Let's go find my friend TerryLynn!

DESCRIPTION: Aerial video footage shows a car driving on a two-lane road parallel to a river. The car passes the edge of a field and drives towards an area with thick forest on both sides of the road.

GABBY NARRATES: The Haudenosaunee community in Six Nations is one of over 600 First Nation communities in Canada.

DESCRIPTION: In the garden, Terry Lynn sits beside planters. They wear a wide-brimmed straw hat over their long brown hair and a green T-shirt.

TERRY LYNN: Shé:kon.

[The music stops]

GABBY: Shé:kon! Hi! It is so pretty here!

TERRY LYNN: Oh, yes. One of my favourite places in the entire world!

GABBY: Did you always farm?

[Upbeat music plays]

TERRY LYNN: Yes, I've been a gardener my entire life, my grandparents, all my family. The Haudenosaunee people are some of the world's oldest farmers, and my role here in the community is I'm a Seedkeeper.

GABBY: What do you have to do?

TERRY LYNN: My basic responsibility is to make sure that the seeds of my people are passed on to the next generation in a healthy way. Seeds are so important; they represent the continuation of life. Without seeds, we have no food.

DESCRIPTION: Gabby gently touches seeds on a nearby plant.

GABBY: I can see the seeds!

DESCRIPTION: A photograph shows bright green coriander leaves. A second photo shows white coriander flowers.

TERRY LYNN: Yeah, these are coriander seeds. Originally, this plant was called cilantro. We use the leaves while it's fresh. After it turns to flowers, we get the seeds, and it's called coriander. Seed collecting's pretty simple; it's just grab the seeds. Sometimes I use the scissors, sometimes I don't. So you can help me.

DESCRIPTION: Terry Lynn and Gabby pick coriander seeds and put them on a cloth in a basket.

TERRY LYNN: Long time ago, everybody saved seeds. Today, we just run to the store and buy new ones.

[Gabby chuckles]

TERRY LYNN: Unfortunately.

GABBY: Are we gonna pick all the seeds off of the plant?

[Chime]

DESCRIPTION: Gabby puts seeds in the basket.

TERRY LYNN: We'll pick a few. So we got some in our basket. I have some more things to harvest. Would you like to help me?

GABBY: Yes, please!

[Whoosh, bright cheery music plays, boing, Gabby laughs, bush rustles]

DESCRIPTION: Gabby jumps up from behind a hay bale and runs across pebbles. Terry Lynn carries the basket and walks with Gabby towards the bushes. Gabby picks berries.

TERRY LYNN: Hunting, fishing, foraging are really important parts of the diet for Haudenosaunee people, for Indigenous people.

GABBY: What is foraging?

TERRY LYNN: It's when you go out and gather food that you can find naturally. I know what's good and safe to eat on my land. You should never eat anything you're not familiar with.

[Whoosh, leaves rustle]

DESCRIPTION: Gabby and Terry Lynn carry a large basket between them as they approach a wide tree trunk.

TERRY LYNN: Here's a Black Walnut tree!

[Leaves rustle]

DESCRIPTION: Gabby looks up at the branches swaying in the wind.

GABBY: Wow!

TERRY LYNN: You wanna collect some?

GABBY: Of course I do!

[Ding]

DESCRIPTION: Gabby picks up a green black walnut and puts it in the basket.

TERRY LYNN: The wind is very important for collecting walnuts. It's actually what knocks 'em off the tree for us so that we can gather them before the squirrels. Here's one.

DESCRIPTION: Gabby puts another walnut in the basket.

GABBY: Eight, nine! Let's count the walnuts!

DESCRIPTION: As Gabby counts the walnuts in the basket, a number appears over it.

GABBY: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine!

[Nine snorts, whoosh, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Gabby holds a black walnut, and a tennis ball appears in a split-screen.

GABBY: Nine black walnuts! These walnuts aren't black at all! They look like green tennis balls!

DESCRIPTION: Terry Lynn opens a walnut hull and takes out the black walnut.

TERRY LYNN: That's true, and that's how we tell when they're ripe. As it starts to rot, this outer hull breaks off, and inside is where the actual nut is. It takes three months for it to dry, and then we can crack it open. And you can ask your mom to take the nut out and make a nice walnut cake. It's a very important part of our diet.

DESCRIPTION: A video clip shows a person cutting a walnut with a knife over a bowl. There are shelled black walnuts on a cutting board beside them.

GABBY: I can't wait to try! It was lots of fun foraging with you, TerryLynn!

[Branches snap, rustle]

DESCRIPTION: In a video clip, Gabby picks fruit off a tree and places berries in the basket.

[Gabby cheers]

DESCRIPTION: Gabby runs across a lawn with a black-and-white dog. Gabby runs to a rope ladder on a swing set and climbs.

[Text Reads] Gabby’s Farm Fun.

DESCRIPTION: Gabby steers the ride-on tractor past the barn.

GABBY: Gabby's Farm Fun! Nature Hunt!

[Bright cheery music plays, chicken clucks]

DESCRIPTION: Aerial video footage shows Gabby’s farm. A chicken pecks at the top of a barrel. By the barn, Gabby holds a clipboard with drawings beside check boxes. The drawings are a stack of hay bales, a purple scribble, a black-and-white spotted cow, a red flower, and a grey cat.

GABBY: These are the things I will search for on my farm. One stack of hay bales, something purple, a spotty cow, one red flower and one cute kitten!

[Beeps, bell dings]

GABBY: Ready, set, go!

[Cows moo, energetic music plays, horse neighs, ding, zap]

DESCRIPTION: Gabby runs. In a field, two brown and white cows stand close together. In a stall, a horse shifts. Gabby peers around an open door and walks to a hay bale with a purple bucket and a rake on top.

GABBY: Two things from my list! One stack of hay bales! Check! One purple bucket! Check!

[Cows moo]

DESCRIPTION: Gabby strokes the horse’s nose.

GABBY: Thanks, Copper!

DESCRIPTION: Outside, Gabby stands on a gate and looks at grazing cows. Gabby finds a cow with a spot on their head.

GABBY: Hmmm! There are lots of cows! Look! That one is spotted!

[Marker whooshes, Gabby gasps]

DESCRIPTION: Gabby checks the cow off their list. Gabby stands in a playhouse above a slide and looks through a spyglass.

GABBY: I see something!

[Dings, marker scratches]

DESCRIPTION: Gabby runs to the red flowers growing beside their house. Gabby checks the box beside the red flower.

GABBY: Look! Red flowers. Let's check it off! Just one thing left.

[Cat meows, ding, marker whooshes]

DESCRIPTION: Beside the barn, a kitten drinks milk from a bowl. Two more kittens sit nearby. Gabby slowly walks closer and crouches by the kittens. Gabby checks the kittens off the list.

GABBY: Summer the kitten and her friends. Cute! Nature hunts are so much fun!

[Cat meows, Gabby laughs, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Later, Gabby pushes a wheelbarrow. On Terry Lynn’s farm, Terry Lynn shows Gabby red seeds in a pod. Gabby leans over herbs in the garden.

GABBY: Wow! Mmmm.

DESCRIPTION: Terry Lynn and Gabby stand beside the corn stalks with a basket on the grass nearby.

GABBY: These stalks of corn look different than the ones on my farm.

TERRY LYNN: Yep. You can see it's a white corn. It has a huge seed. I've been growing this corn all my life. I use it to feed my family.

GABBY: I bet the corn is super good then!

TERRY LYNN: Would you like to pick some?

GABBY: Yes, please!

TERRY LYNN: Okay, so it's important, usually I grab onto the stalk, right? Then I grab this, and I pull it down quickly. So if you use your left hand here, just pull it down quick.

[Stalk rustles]

DESCRIPTION: Gabby grabs the top of a corn husk and pulls it quickly.

TERRY LYNN: Yes! Comes right off! Yay!

GABBY: Good thing I have strong muscles!

[Chimes, whoosh, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Gabby flexes their biceps and then puts the corn in the basket. Later, Gabby and Terry Lynn stand by a greenhouse.

GABBY: Let's count the corn!

DESCRIPTION: The corn is laid in a row on a picnic table. The corresponding number appears by the corn as Gabby counts. Terry Lynn counts in the Haudenosaunee language.

GABBY: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine! Nine cobs of white corn!

[Nine snorts]

DESCRIPTION: Gabby and Terry Lynn hang the corn on a coat rack.

TERRY LYNN: Now I hang them to dry.

GABBY: Wow! Cool!

[Whoosh]

DESCRIPTION: Gabby and Terry Lynn stand by the patio doors.

GABBY: Thank you, TerryLynn, for letting me come to your farm at the Six Nations of the Grand River!

TERRY LYNN: Well, it was good to have you here today.

[Terry Lynn speaks a Haudenosaunee language]

TERRY LYNN: High five! O:nen ki' wáhi.

[Upbeat music continues, chimes, corn rustles]

DESCRIPTION: In a flashback, Gabby and Terry Lynn pick coriander seeds and put them in the basket. Gabby picks berries and puts those in a different basket. At the tree, Gabby picks up a black walnut and puts it in the basket. Gabby pulls the corn off the stalk.

GABBY: I visited TerryLynn's farm today! TerryLynn is a seedkeeper. A seedkeeper makes sure Haudenosaunee traditions and practices carry on. It was fun collecting coriander seeds! I got to search for food on the land. That is called foraging. And we found black walnuts! The corn was also ready to harvest.

DESCRIPTION: In the flashback, Gabby and Terry Lynn count the corn. The corresponding number appears on the corn.

GABBY: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine! Nine cobs of white corn!

[Nine snorts]

DESCRIPTION: The flashback ends.

GABBY: Hey TerryLynn, how many black walnuts do you think we can crack in twenty seconds?

DESCRIPTION: Gabby grabs Terry Lynn and pulls them forward.

TERRY LYNN: I guess we're about to find out.

GABBY: See you next time!

[Upbeat music continues]

DESCRIPTION: Gabby and Terry Lynn walk on a trail through herbs and plants. Terry Lynn stops and points at different plants.

TERRY LYNN: This here's a, it's called a stinging nettle plant. You actually use it to make rope.

GABBY: Oh.

TERRY LYNN: This white one? Back in the day, pioneers used to use it to make marshmallows.

GABBY: Oh ho ho!

TERRY LYNN: That's the real plant! So, smell that. Smells good, eh?

DESCRIPTION: Terry Lynn gives Gabby a piece of the plant, and Gabby sniffs it.

GABBY: Ooh, yeah. That smells good!

[End Credits] Executive Producers: Bruno Dube, Marlo Miazga, Daniel Bourre, Sean Connolly, Corinna Lehr. Co-Executive Producer: Chloe Gray. Created by Daniel Bourre. Host: Gabby. Directed by Anthony Gullace, Melissa Peters. Writer: Julie Patterson Porter. Special Thanks to Tanya Sharpe, the Sharpe family, Terry Lynn Sera:Sera Brant, Mohawk Seedkeeper Gardens, Six Nations of the Grand River. Copyright 2022 Kids Farm Productions 1 Incorporated. All Rights Reserved.

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