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Where's Your Food From?
Some fruits and vegetables travel a long way to get
to your table. Thanks to different kinds of transport,
you can enjoy watermelon or strawberries any time of
the year. But many people prefer to eat local food from
allotments or local farms.
These small local farms produce fruit, vegetables
and grains. Some of them also raise animals for milk
and meat. People can have fresher food because these
farmers grow it locally.
What about cities? There isn't much space to have
farms.
One way to grow food in a city is on a roof! In
this roof garden, a class of children grew 453 kilograms
(1,000 pounds) of vegetables in one year. The children
grew cabbages, carrots, lettuces and even strawberries!
They had to water the plants and weed them, but they
enjoyed the food they grew in their outside classroom.
expensive
to transport
less flavour
bad for the
environment
variety
available
all year
farmers can
sell more
less variety
not available
all year
may be more
expensive
fresher
healthier
good for
local economy
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