Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Farming in Schools?

The Question
Is farming taught in schools and should it be?
The Answer
Yes! 27% of Maine can't farm. That may seem small, but almost all of that percent of Main-ahs don't get enough to eat. Farming should be taught in schools because those people probably haven't had a good meal in a while. Farming is an alternative from McDonalds or Burger King. While farmed food doesn't make a five star meal, it still can make a four, and you know where it comes from. Your farm. Most people just buy junk that came from China, or where the meat gets processed again, and again. And again. I think that schools should teach farming. If schools taught farming then people wouldn't have to eat that.
The Reason
You may wonder why people would rather buy cheap food than farm there own food. The reason is: IT IS CHEAPER AND IT IS HARD! I don't blame those people at all. Who'd rather pay $4.50 for tomato seeds than get a tomato for 50 cents. The person that would rather pay $4.50 is 

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  2. Edit last sentence! Also a bag of tomato seeds is $4.50 but one seed is 15 cents. One seed produces more than one tomato. That tomato gives you more seed.

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  3. I didn't finish the sentence, Eli! And I said tomato seeds not tomato seed.

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