this is derek parker. >> hi t. derek. >> he's in a position called a co-manager.initial part of the internship, and he's now staff now. derek is running operations, derek is a full time farmer. and that is the board in the back that parker runs. this is a big part of empowerment, the youth run the board. and they keep their relationships with all the accounts. >> these are all the companies and businesses that buy the food? >> yeah, and parker is our vanna white. vanna -- >> so when you started here as an intern, was your goal to still be here nine years later? >> no, hell no. >> when i'm done with my aa, i'm out of here. but then i started realizing, i want aid job where i felt like i was living a legacy. >> the most amazing thing about this farm is the workers, college students getting up before dawn to work hard. when i was in college, i was going to bed at dawn. and i hadn't been working. >> let's talk about the thing i keep hearing about here is food sovereignty. what is that and how important is that? >> the idea of food sovereignty is, you're growing food,