Will’s career in New York City politics has fizzled out. When a connected colleague and an ambitious restaurateur ask for his help founding a farm in a neglected part of Brooklyn, he sees an opportunity to reinvent himself like all the picklers, beekeepers, and kombucha brewers he's been reading about.

In the Weeds is a story of politicians and bureaucrats, hipsters and celebrity chefs, venture philanthropists and charter school teachers, gentrifying artists and neighborhood activists—all colliding in a hilariously human mess.