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elecon victo olen by boldened racal left demoats, ich is wt they'rdoin d stoleny the ke news medi at's whathey've ne. (cwd chantg) usa! a! we will nevegive up we will ver conce itoesn't hpen. yodon't coede en there theft. (crowd noise) we wl not ta it anyme. anthat's wt this isll about (cwd chantg) the poli are now nning ba intohe capit buildin we have eersrom the presters tt are wahing bend the snes. (cro noise) th is incrible. (cro noise) our decracy isn a very dangerous ple right w. the's so mh anger. therso much strust. (screang crowd

our ry demracyepen on access to liablenformati. screamincrowd ) 've lostore than,000 wspapersn the uned state whe do youo for inrmation when yr newspar is gon ( crownoise ) whenou have vacuum, itives risto questn facts and question cvention and crea confusi, inhis couny, we'veee real decne in the lels of trt in theress. ( crd noise urnalis e being lled the eny of theeople. at causepeople be fearl? a ck of inrmation, theyon't reay know at's gng on. th don't tst what'sappening m more wried abo oudemocractoday an any oer time history thers a veryld sayin thatemocra dies inarkness. and whenhe lightgo out,

we alluffer. ( screamg crowd there's gun! the's a gun anit's hapning. 're seei it befo our eye gun shot ( music to ) the pa couple weeks are owing on again, ju how tou the busess news isight now over t last decade and half, we'vseen 180newspape dippear ofthe landape of t u.s. anyou need newapers orournalis of any nd to hold ese peop to accot. i thinthe daysf newspars being printed on paper in the commuties is prey much or. all this has leto the growth of so cald - newseserts, placeshere the is mited cess to ws outle. i thk it's ueniable, lol repoing is rlly goin the way the hor and bug.

thaverage wspaper goingo be lik passengetrains. they're ing to bmany, ma importt cities that st don'tven havehose. e real tgedy of is the covage of lal governnts and ste governnts has ally dimished ifot evapoted. there iso democry thout a ee and independenpress. thernever habeen and thermost cerin never ll be. i nevewanted ito come to thi (snd of padropping) weere gointo call em out one y or thether. we were open relt against ouowrs. i stted writg it. and i ad abo the fir thr paraaphs of e editorl. and just pusd back fromy desk a -- who heumps up t of hishair ru into office shuts thdoor, makesure tt no o is liening. are yosure?

aryou real sure? yoknow whayou're dng here? ght? y know wh's goingo happen if you plish thieditoria anso i sai "so youike it" (lauter) ifhey fireou for this i willroudly wk out that dr with y. ( sic ) the hedgfund maners ofn telliny referr to vulre capitists have hidden hind the rrative at adequate staffedewsrooms and wspapers can no lger surve in the dital martplace e smart ney is tt in a f years, the nver pos wille rottg bones. and a mar city, an imrtant potical regi willind itse wiout a nepaper.

deer desers a wspaper owner who supports its newsroom. if ald isn't wling to do good journalism here, they should sell the post to owners who will. it just finally felt like well, this is what we've all been saying buhaven't en able to p out the. i'm lking arnd thinki, well, in abo 30 minutes m not gog to hav a job anore. on suny mornin get the mes i go out to ck up thpaper. it on the ont page on aunday, and 's abovehe fd. thatight on n, thnew yorkimes edir, an baque lked abo what wead done, the biest crisis in jonalism is notonald trp's attas

the washington st d thnew yorkimes. 're big,e can stand , wean even rive d it canven inspe us. the biest, theiggest csis ishe, is t decline of lal newspers. this ia major ty, deer that nows on the vge of hing fewethan 10journasts. at's astnding. this is crisis inmerican jourlism. d i think everyo assum at the dital age would ing in n competirs o would pi up the ack. th has notappened. i mean, w often es a ws organation, a newsper, actuly publi an editial th is contry to e wishesf their ner? and that not onl extraordary, that icourageo. the denv post isn a real tough st. a wsroom a veryroud newoom, th once mbered

250 to 3 journalts now dowsomewheraround 6 ey've be cuttingown beyondhe bone. mean, they're th're deep in the bonnow. marr's spillg all ov. the ne matters at's theallying y fr workerst the deer post whmarched adams cnty today. suppters of e post a fed with cuacks their oer. leadinthe way, uck pluntt. he had bn the edor of theditorialage. someall him hero. (cheers om therowd) can't beeve i'm this situion. and i ver woulhave bee in thisituatioif it ha't been forou. i reallyeed den glob capital comaround a eitr start revesting in it'newsros anstart loing for way toreserve cal jourlism acro all it'holdings but paicularly at theenver po. they ed to se us to more resnsible oers,

i try not use pronity. i'm tireof watchg peop walkut our drs, od quali people ke you. (cheers) hodo you g out in the public mi, anenough," or #metoo or that kd of a sry narrave so that ople undstand, "oh, tt's why 's terble if my ate papecollapse" i coulhave kepmy job the editorial pageditor. i didn't i dn't takthat rou i regned. we had photofromike our pulitzerrize winng photograers and r other just a the phographers at work the denr post, d they we all ov the bby, lik an art eibit. and itas reallbeautiful. and capturea sense of whait was le livingere just by lking arnd.

and,m when walked rough the lobb all e photosere gone and -- it just de such statement. goodo see you. i don'even thi of it athe denv post buding anyre. , it's n. 's absolely not this is, y know a using focorporatns. ma i miss it. (laughr) i reay do.. i pled high hool sports he. i wa i stillave clippis when i was inhe paper ck in 19 - 91.

wow so i mea there'sothing le a homewn newsper. u t getocal infmation anywherelse, li you can a metown nspaper. it impossie to cov a major tro area likeenver, th only people. 's just t, 's just t possib. anso a lotf things ll not g covered ecall! rall! recl!) schos won't get cored the way ey shoul law forcement won'get vered thway it suld. tep away or arreste for inteering. ow! snd up anact ke a ly. there youo. now yocan go tjail. enviroental ises won't be cered theay that theyhould, and liticianand othe will knothat noby is actual lookingnobody's payingttention

these are peopleho live is area ll me th heard out a don gunsho... d pick t things at are most imptant andost urgent. d we do ve rely tremeous repoers still left. i me, it's not likeverybody is a ree-leggedog inur shop. this is not,his is not whate have. we have ally skied, really doted, allyiligent reports whcan get t there d get anstory th we want em to ge but weo have to choo our bates. ansometimei feel le i'm gog to be ck becau i kn that i not abl to fightll of thbattles that nd to be ught. irds chiing) i'm leavg, i'm st worn t. wh they anuncethat they werlaying o 30eople, iwas artbreakg. that's n good r me. keeprying toet back into runng and trl runnin,

but th kind oftuff it'sust at theost, 's been ... time (peoe talkin anthey putut eeses ancrackers i s at theost for 13 yrs. d i stard out coveri higher ucation. i coverepotics, heth, and for e last s years, was on t instigativprojectseam. and the tim there waa big pu invest investitive rerting anto take a group reporte who would rely be tchdogs r the counity and delvinto lonr term projts or ises that just ruired mo than couple odays, orven a cole of wes of repting, orot spendinghe time at we ud to spe taing abouhow to ke a sto better. inead, wtalked t much about coorate gos and pageviews. d whethewe're seing ough digal subscptions, and just misthe old

days when you uld sit down wh your etor d reallyo over atory and be worki for your commuty. raffic snds) one of the ias that's oating aund righnow should you stop subscribg to the denver post? get tha you nt to ta it to the n, you wt to hurt t man whe hurts. i dot suppt a subscripon boyco at all. let's gethe counity invoed. let'try to fd a way, me of yoguys are per plugd in. ny of yoguys e super ugged in you know h to do th kind ofhing. let's t the gornor to ce. let'set t mar of theity of dver to com we, thank u for th portunitand thanall of you. (appuse) good evening, evyone. i suppt good, rong dependenjournali. and support e denver pt. and i'veone everhing i coulin the lt cole of wes to hel ow your rculatio (lghter) (alause) t alwaysith the headlis i want

but st i thoht 'd sharthat wityou. (lauter) i'not alwa abo how the posteports on , 's abouthe fact independt, vifiable stdards in rorting tt's impoant fothe grow of our ty, and the owth of our mocracy. (ame) what can you dto he find dierent ownehip to hp put pressuren alden? i waactuallyoing to tryo meet with th when i s in new yo last we. d i thinthis is en i wasn new yo en i g word abt chuck's signatio whh was rely disappoiing. and so wbacked o on it at th point itime . just heard the mar say he bked off om calli alden bause uck plunkett rigned. to me,hat is wn whenou f--incall ald. nothing me, indates at the pt is savle. i don'know thathere woulbe a grndswell the communitto save ything other an the bncos. thmayor camake a callo john eay.

and e broncos ould start king up,ake a ee for lal journism. ife can gethose types ofnfluentis behi us. we need save th paper don't thk at's going happen. i'm sorrto say tt. i thinthe viain of theoment islden. buthe realhing in frt of us chae. i think at we ar ing to s an evution ofournalis at may lve wspapersehind. and we nd to sta thinng abouthat that loo like. low dramic music♪♪ denv was a t newspap wn, the cky mounin news anthe denv post, for ov a cenry. fomost of at time, the rockmountainews s a morng newspar, e denverost was an ening nspaper. ♪♪ ft drum mic

i woed for t rocky motain new ich was,ou know, bitternemies wh the st r years. that why iame hereto ben the nepaper wa that's w i came re from baimore, tbe in th newspapewar. fought iit. ♪♪ fast drbeat mic itas a gre newspap reing commity. probably millionewspaper werehrown drivewa in denr. ♪ were ju fast, were mble. we we smart. we embrad all tys of thnology. understd video. llo, i'molly hugs the denr post nsroom. colorados one ofnly sistates. we were st reallreally, rely goo ( music had abo 250 joualists th had abo 250 joualists. su there were tu battles antensions music

ll, i le the bosn globe part beuse i habeen ssed ovefor edit. i stard openinmyself u tother opptunities but en i cam ere wereust somehings i wanted to do. i wantedo sort ospeed up oumetaboli. i waed to ange me pcesses wanted to improv e planni. i nted to evate thwriting and i waed to elate e ambiti. ( ckgroundalking ) ripps, t cincinni based ner of t rocky untain ns, ey comped on pri for rculatio anthey comted on pce for advertisg. anit got tthe poin ere the pers wer seing annu subscriions r $3.65. penny aay. ( tv ad rocky n news) scripps ought itould win ainst de singlet,

thowner ofhe denvepost, becae dean w a ivatelheld comny th had find his coany throh debt. t ultimaly, thbig probm was thatcripps w traded on the n york stk exchan and had puic shaholders they hado answer toall stre analys. d theyad to exain quter aftequarter why theyere losi money in denr for thlong tm. ( tvd rocky n ne ) ultimaly, whencripps didn't w that nepaper wa r as quily or asasily, as ty thoughthey cou, they dided to throw inhe towel d they wt to deasingleto and negoatedhat's caed a joinoperatinagreemen th allow newspaps toollabora on the buness sid and set ices in ordero preser two parate nsrooms, two parate etorial vces. ey builthat beautil denver pt rocky untainews buildingight acrs from the vic cent. perfect acement. it smed like the future was bright

for the two papers. they were very optimistic abt the future. but two or tee things happened. ( bagroundews repo ) oh my d. at just ploded. just saanotheplane cong in fromhe side. the send exploon majofinanciainstitutns have teered on t edge of collae. ansome havfailed. ( somb music ) colora went in that recsion lat than the re of the tion anstayed iit longe than theest of t nation. byhe time lorado g out of tharecessio u starteseeing wha call thsecular oblems ofhe newsper indtry. ofhe newsper indusy. music) vertisinon on thweb for wspapersas been a dister. i dot knowhy don't unrstand tt. but looking at, an a

a fullage ad a newsper, somew when y're turng the ges of nspaper, yostop andou look th full pa ad. t when y'ronline when y see thaad, it botrs you e things they ied to d like p ups and all ose thin. i mean, ople couldn stand tt. and vertiserdon't wa to offd people that not thas not gooddvertisi. the id of taki the shotguapproacho having big ll page wspaper , and noreally kwing o's readg and who'respondi to it is sewhat araic. you uldn't grothe digil adverting platrm replacehat you were losg the pri platfor right? and soou couldt charge the sa rate. and soe were ling mone ye over ye, every ye for 10 ars. (music) the classified aertising is wt reallyilled thnewspapeindustry

craigsst, hereyou could vertise r free, wanting sell yo frigerator. put thad in foa week it cos - ack, can't rember whait costsou, but itosts youmore buc than y thoughtt would. not on is craigslist fe, you n put photos of your frigerat on ther classified advertising in newspapers couldn't do that. ople wergetting eir ne for fe online which waprovidedasically by the nspapers, that's the orinal sin isort of ging your ctent awafor free d it's rlly ha to make pele pay foromething whenou've gin it to em for freeor a lon long, lg time. buthat isn the who story. whatappened uly was the bsidy r the neroom t taken ay. the wspaper ed to be subscred to byeople who mighhave wand to lea ere the rd salesere on onaturday.aybe thewant to the jume every ngle day otherseed the tvook. and thpeople w

enyed ws suddey realiz thathe true st of a wsroom anit wast gettinpaid for anymor they r out of ys to grow renue. i think l of younow, richoehne anmark coneras, rich ithe present and o of the e.scrippsompany. and of crse marks the seni vp of nspapers. i'm ing to l rich spk and ta to you and answ any queions. goodorni, we won take lo weant to awer uruestions torrow wilbe the fal editn of the cky mounin news. (booin certaiy not go news for any you, and rtainly t good news forenver. let try to just as saight as can deer can'tupport t newspape any lonr. just c't happe (music)

was a vy sad da th is the d of ts newspar 149 year we didt even g her to 0. ♪ dean sineton is a , sort oan outlaowr. he was in hiyouth. ♪ was kno as leanean annot for his sture. heas knownecause h boht newspers and but heeduced t staff to thoseapers. and a t of tho papers went outf busine. ♪ had a rutation fobeing vious in cuttg costs. he'sne of thmost persuave peopli've ever kwn. he led being aring threal fac of what, h decisns were beingade and at was gng on. a the other rt of itas,

benefitetremendoly by his wiom and eerience. ♪ medinews wasentered in dver, andhe denv post ishere his ofces were. this bame his ba and he s complely investedn the po. he borwed money anbought newspers andas a gre siness mel as lo as the newspars were profitae as thewere. ♪ media newsroup wch is wh an singlon's comny was call at thtime. anit was longegarded an advaage that was a pvately hd compan an sineton, s busiss rtner ana handfuof other pele ownedll the sck the comny. it d not tra on t nework stocexchange en the rky mountn news closed, ople sai oh, n't

itreat, that dn singlen is privateompany, don't havehareholds, heoesn't he wall seet, at's whye won. d that mawell be ue. t it didt takeery long fous to sethe downde of tt situatn. and tt's what'slaying o today. i can cut costs wi the best othem. i' got a lifelg reputaon for cuttg costs. fomost of career, cut more tn anyboddid. i bought lot of ney-losi newspers in my caree and had put thetogether wi oth newspaps. and wead to cua lot ofost. d laid ofa lot ofeople. anso i washe villa. rinting ess sounds)

wspapersre a busess. the newsom hated to he is, but nsistent 57% ofur readehip reads for the s. en the renue picre of nepapers srted to decline pidly, wknew tha u reallyouldn't ve debt. we hadebt. so you cldn't ha debt and ght the ttle. he cut d did effiencies, d was foed to do mo efficieies, becae of allhe secular essures ound him cut tooeeply. as my newspar owners st newsper owns have don hurtinghe pruct itse. wh the thiing s, is, you ow, whilour adverting bases shrinkg wi the paps we hav if we go out a buy oth wspapershat haveore stab adverting baseswe can holdn to me of our

vertisinrevenue. so they we out andverpaid r newsper propties andll of a sudden, nexthing younow, ey're inebt. d it's jt a miscculation d it wasxacerbated by t recessi in 2008 lots ochains fded arou this tim famous ains. like the's no mo times mirros. ere's noore knht ridde these we the besthains ofewspaper in ameca and t chains thselvesollapsed when pple ask,why did dean sgleton cose to se to alde , that'not quite e way th it worked. was reay not appriated athe time s that hmade a choice finance s company rough debt, ndreds of millions of dollars in debt floated to the puic and public bondholders. if aompany gets into

financl troubl bondholrs have morpower th stockholderso. back ', 09 an 10, we stl thoughwe couldin the batt. d we sti had som ght le in us. t we coun't dot and haveebt. soe negotiedith our 60r 70 lenrs to cvert the debt to equitynd becomour partrs (music i di't expecsomebody to go y up thehares, but th starteduying shes. you coulsee the ndwritin the wal (mic) at happe to you the siness y're in, doest make t returns at it onceid? and ere's noa lot of go options whenou getnto thatosition. (music i an i would havprobably foht untilhe end ii hadn'ttruggledith multle sclesis.

t if i had syed, theesult woulhave beethe same i an, i wod have c as many costs aalden's t. the onlyeople le that wod buy a nepaper, we wa street firms who nted to ta a maturbusiness anliquidatit over me. aln globalapital i hedge fu. th're locad in nework city athe top othe lipsck building and it's small gup of fos whundersta financi markets in rlly sophticated ys and are le to inst large amnts of mey in busisses thathey sees struggli d they'vgot a buness strategy to milk prot out of those mpanies er a perd ofime sohat their vestmentakes sense. it's allust, you know, cut and y capitasm. itad to ha been afr a evious loff

starng to lo at well o is thialden glal? um, y, they n all the otr compans. whoa, th just boht payle. they jt boht fred' pharcy, you ow, the some retler onhe east ast. d those re both ar baruptcy. what happene holy c. all the ney's go. and w they'rshutting those thgs down. fromhe outside looking in, they have little fai that newspap like thdenver post, orheir oth properts can tuly incree or mainta their renue if ey spendn the pruct. th is the siness ty're in. th just ha one plaook. to aen, you' only goone constient and th's the sreholder the facthat aldeis so secrive, thathey won return pne calls ey won'tnswer qutions ju sort ofakes me re stubborn m a freence inveigative report

but i vestigat alden glal capit. i ve word for ma years a a nepaper- t montereherald thatnded up tting boht alden gbal capil. so ie expericed firsand whatappened. to aen it's l the sa whetr you t out chp shoes orou put o a newsper, 's just another mmoditto them. we he about newspaps acss the cntry, thgs like the nver pos san je mercury ws, thorange cnty regier, thboston hald. so now ias reallstunned e dato open my emai and findhis charhere. on story bken doct, and of cours i folloall of k's writi on this he's gat. n came o with th earth shakg data fr all thefm paper througho the cha, th were mang 17% pfit some ars were ming a 30% ofit marn. i waamazed bthe leveof profit

oflmost a biion doars in revues, anprofits about $160 llion a ar at abt a 17% margin and esntially,7% is abt twice ofhat mostewspaper chains a making. thclaim ishat we nd to have me layoff because you , the ecomy's so bad, bause theompany just h to tighn our bes. u know, 're justarely maki it and . i'sorry, 1 margin not ju barelmaking i that is riving. they'rsolidly ofitable they're tting thr core product the wsroom, ththing th u have thave, ifou're gointo have newspape you knowi'm noxpert onedge fund but it'clear th aldenas a pla uble dig returnsear afte ar. th's just,hat's no stainabl it's to a reckls disregd for e instition self. that'she pain d the pelty of havg a hedgfund own

likelden owng the po, beuse it mes it ea to me cuts, u don't re about wh the impt is, yodon't understa what the pact is, anallows y by havi that distance to juslook at e dollar likeou don'tave to lk at e conseqnces becae you n't knownd yodon't ca. 19% returns th the owns are demaing om prorties li the nver pos the's onlyne way tt you can prode 19% rerns year aer year.and that to cut pele. we g draggednto morend more mtings wi reprentativeof ald who we questiong just basic nets of urnalism ke, why doou have otographs? ouownersnnouncedhat we wereoing to ve tmove out the icoc denverost buildi downtow d that f the fir timin its histy, there'd no denv post in dver. now we a in our inting pss whicis in uncorporat ams coun, sically rectly nt to refinees,

anall thesother faories. it smelllikeog food l day. usic) we dcribe th one mee in cember adefendinyour lif wheryou comento thiseeting and u haveo defend evything y do. yove got texplain ery dollarou spe, d why yospend ithe way you do. and n you fi a way tdo it cheaper? and cayou find way to it withouas many ople and y can't u be theame size asome pi*ant per in newersey? here the mesge. i'm not doing anof that. i'm t makingny cuts. becae to m that wajust evidencehat theyidn't ca. and at was i i mean, knew then i w done. y don't nd me. (music)

wh greg regned, he didn't specificly say tt more cs were comg. but all kinof assum that that's t reason was aving. ansure enoh, not lg after heas out t door ey cut ather 20 so. weut peoe in nember. and, younow, it s ju ful. i lt like was floang out of mbody and le not ev tached tthe realorld. d like i had thivery cle thout. this is whe the deer post di. (music) e entireournalisc ecosysteis suffeng right no news derts, aothers he sa aremerging d spreading accross e countr we'vlost morthan 200 newspers in e unitedtates. at meansow, that mns entire cnties th have no nspaper.

and whenhat happs, the soundtrack of a communy just gs muted.like you just d't know at's goi on. at's it nna be le when ere isn'that voice anyre th steps iand likelays, a referein a cerin kind of way welcome the revution! you' one of ose peop o is ppared toight who sai'm t going to lethis happ to amera eher w're goi to th amerin values ore'reoing to with soalism. 're gointo have exemsm and rical yowant to y that if a whiteeople ev own slav, e muslimstill ruthe slave trade, you wick whore! i's ju this ocn of informion, is just wasng ov all of . xed in wh all ofhose wondful nuggs of facal informatn is all othis oth stuff all of thinoise. l of thi minformaon and disinforti. oisy monge)

the be way we n show respt for thvoters w are set s byelling tm thtruth. wcan choo to accepthe tth, or wcan chooseo rejecthe truth but the oblem isa lot of pele don'tant to hr it. anthey don want toelieve thatt's the uth. why en't youupportin present trum do... suort.. ahthe thingsresidentrump doe.. yore not sporting m! i doou agreeith manyf the thin he is fornd i suprt those things are u going supportim in h, the fudulent te syste the elecon? no. u're joke! absolutjoke, a disgustinghame! 's dangeus for o democra en we ha millionand millio of peop. who don'want to ar the trut o believthat the's an agen behind cts. the ro of journalism iit's st absolely centl to civic lif we neethe publ to be eaged and need thpublic t rt of ma an assement as to whatre reliae sourceof informatioand what aret.

u can sawhat youill abou as in mastream mia. but therare, andere, ethicastandard that a l of alteative voes have littlor no terest i hering t if one pson tellyou it's rainin and onpers tells y, it's sun, it'sot your b to quo th of th, it's youjob to lk out th f---ng windo anfigure o which o's right. we're alstill trng to put out a per eversingle d, ich is hd in itsf, but have althese otr obstacle and we he colleagues paing up tir desks anleaving. i d make aig decisn rently to ave the st after 13ears, d it waseally a rd chce. and just misworking r yo communi.

d it jusdoesn't feel goo anore. it's notike thatn the newsom. meanit's harto work somewhe for 13ears, and t leave the best oterms, i feelike evenhough my coeagues uerstand, and a loof theare considing leang as we. i lt like me guilt ether yoget yourews on the one, or a table whetheit's cald the denver post, orhether is called someewfanglename, th doe't bother me so ch. i's just, want to ke sure the are crible joualists of sufficient ze and sle in a newoom do the b that fls tt paper ofecord ro. can do tremenus amoun of gd. inarticula for pple who dot have per,

whdon't ha a voice o wouldn be ard, unlessournalis actuall list to them local news needso be saved cause th is how ople mak formed disions. and this is hoyou ke a counity goin is to tell stoes that tter to peoe, aboutheir neighbhoods antheir cies and keing an e on wh ose in per are doing. i do n want dirict fun ent on arogram tt as of day has en foundo be illegaand uncotitution. (cheer local vernmentan reall rrupt anwe need watch it d as oneawmaker ked when they heard about the0 cuts t r newsro, ow we cado whatevere want." (crowdoise) who is aindependt voice, whisn't been to th vernment o isn't holden tsome othepowerfulnstitutis. th's the pss. and well lose you don ve thosendepende voices. you ow, thiss not abt a bunch poor jonalists,

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narrator: on this episode of "earth fus," avocados have become one of the most popular foods on the planet and exploded into a multibillion-dollar industry. the petorca province in chile is a hub of worldwide avocado production, but the growth of the industry has created a crisis over water rights, raising questions about the moral dimensions of how our avocados are grown and consumed.