Nashville Michigan that is. The kids and I, along with the neighbor and two of her own, went to Mooville. This a working dairy farm with a unique business set up by the family, a dairy store featuring products made from their milk in their own plant. The event was an effort to educate kids about the dairy industry. They had a large group of kids from age 6 on up. They had a great time. Stuff like this is great because it opens kids eyes to how their favorite dairy products get to their table. But even kids like mine, who have seen the dairy farm and the neighbors kids, who live on dairy farm, they learned a few new things too.
Much of the population doesn't follow how that food gets into the store and onto their table. A great example is a story one of the moms at our church told. They hadn't put out a garden in a couple years, so one of their younger children had never seen one. As they were planting the garden he wondered where the seeds for Chicken potpie and lasegna were. She said they knew it was time to get that boy in the garden to appreciate where his food came from. When the first corn stalks poked through the soil he again question the whole thing, he said "that doesn't look like corn". They had to explain to him that it had to grow some more before the corn would arrive.
Speaking of gardens, I had to get the sprinkler around for mine tonight. There has been little rain in over a week and none in the forecast for anytime soon. My poor tomato and pepper plants were looking pretty sad. They will perk up soon with a nice drink.
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