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On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:21:09 -0800, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

> In article >,
> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:
>
>> "We want to make a better connection between what kids eat and knowing
>> where it comes from," he said. "I've seen it in my own family. If you
>> educate kids at an early age, you can have a tremendous impact."

>
> Every kid ought to learn how to prepare a chicken from alive to with
> dumplings. It's called unwimpifying (blush, I just made that up). Most
> can grow a carrot or pluck an apple, but a kid should have pluck in
> other primal food fields. That isn't going to happen in a garden.
> Perhaps rendering a coop of chickens and a cow named Molly can further
> help the kids into "knowing where it comes from".
>
> leo


why, for god's sake? there's not enough room for one thing.

should every kid who uses a computer be able to build one? fabricate a
microchip?

your pal,
blake