Let's Grow Our Food!
让我们种自己的食物!
Fresh food is healthier than junk food, but it's often more expensive.
新鲜食品比垃圾食品更健康,但往往更贵。
In some towns and cities, people are learning to grow their own fruit and vegetables in community gardens.
在一些城镇,人们正在学习在社区花园种植自己的水果和蔬菜。
They share the garden and take care of the plants together.
他们共享花园,一起照顾农作物。
Ana and her 14-year-old daughter, Marjorie, live in Quito, Ecuador.
安娜和她14岁的女儿玛乔丽住在厄瓜多尔的基多。
Every morning, Ana goes to the community garden. Marjorie often goes with her.
每天早上,安娜都会去社区花园。玛乔丽经常和她一起去。
Ten families work together in the garden.
十个家庭会一起在花园里劳作。
First, they plant seeds and they water the plants.
首先,他们会播种并给植物浇水。
They pull out weeds and pick the vegetables when they're ready.
然后拔掉杂草,当蔬菜成熟后进行采摘。
It's hard work, but they grow a lot of food!
这是一项艰苦的工作,但他们种了很多食物!
They eat a lot of the vegetables and they sell some at the market, too.
他们吃了很多蔬菜,也会在市场上卖一些。
Ana enjoys sharing this garden because it brings people together.
安娜喜欢分享这个花园,因为它把人们聚集在了一起。
The children love working outside and watching the vegetables grow. They are also eating more healthily now.
孩子们喜欢在外面劳作、看着蔬菜生长。他们现在吃得也更健康了。
"I didn't like vegetables before," Marjorie says, "but now I like to eat a lot of corn and potatoes. They re delicious and they come from our garden."
“我以前不喜欢吃蔬菜,”玛乔丽说,“但现在我喜欢吃很多玉米和土豆。它们很美味,而且是来自我们的花园。”