Yearning to own a small patch of land and be more than a chicken sexer, the ambitious paterfamilias Jacob Yi relocates his Korean-American family — sceptical wife Monica, and their children David and Anne — from California to 1980s rural Arkansas to start afresh and capture the elusive American Dream. However, new beginnings are always challenging, and finding out what is best for the family, let alone starting a 50-acre farm to grow and sell Korean fruits and vegetables, is easier said than done. Amid sincere promises, cultural unease, fleeting hopes, and the ever-present threat of financial disaster, Jacob becomes convinced he has found their own slice of Eden in the rich, dark soil of Arkansas. Can grandma Soonja's humble but resilient minari help the Yi family figure out their place in the world?