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A post and an article on urban farming
Link to the post first.
And now the article!
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Quote from the article:
“So that the next time we ask a kid where a tomato comes from,” she said, “he won’t have to say a supermarket. He can say, Here’s an urban farm, and here is where I’m growing that tomato that you’re talking about. How great is that?”
This is especially timely to me because, as we were home today because the children were a little sick (they claimed sore throats, they had a *slightly* elevated temperature (one degree does not a fever make), and Ana definitely had phlegm, but they were *really fucking hyper* instead of cozy) we watched some TV in the afternoon. The episode of Blues Clues we watched had to do with growing and where plants come from, and we ascertained that oranges come from trees. Evangeline was shocked and horrified at this revelation, turning to me to explain, most emphatically, that oranges do not come from trees (what a notion!) but from the fridge.
I eventually dissuaded her of this idea - after all, the TV kept insisting that all sorts of foods come from plants and the dirt - but I'm not sure she was entirely convinced. She may just be humoring us.
And now the article!
( Read more... )
Quote from the article:
“So that the next time we ask a kid where a tomato comes from,” she said, “he won’t have to say a supermarket. He can say, Here’s an urban farm, and here is where I’m growing that tomato that you’re talking about. How great is that?”
This is especially timely to me because, as we were home today because the children were a little sick (they claimed sore throats, they had a *slightly* elevated temperature (one degree does not a fever make), and Ana definitely had phlegm, but they were *really fucking hyper* instead of cozy) we watched some TV in the afternoon. The episode of Blues Clues we watched had to do with growing and where plants come from, and we ascertained that oranges come from trees. Evangeline was shocked and horrified at this revelation, turning to me to explain, most emphatically, that oranges do not come from trees (what a notion!) but from the fridge.
I eventually dissuaded her of this idea - after all, the TV kept insisting that all sorts of foods come from plants and the dirt - but I'm not sure she was entirely convinced. She may just be humoring us.