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Let's take a moment.

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This is Marnie Castor.

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Once upon a time, it was considered

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an act of great patriotism

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to grow your own food.

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In 1917, the Bureau

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of Education founded the

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United States School Garden

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Army to stave off

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starvation and support troops

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in World War I.

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Woodrow Wilson equated gardening

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as real and

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patriotic as building ships

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or firing cannons.

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they were called

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Victory Gardens.

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Today, houses are big, yards

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are small.

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A lot of us live in apartment

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complexes.

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Even so, it is still possible

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to grow your own food.

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You can grow on rooftops,

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indoors, though you would need

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plenty of sunlight.

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I have seen gardens on the road

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verge, the place between the

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road and the sidewalk.

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You could join a community

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garden.

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To eat a sunny red tomato

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or a ripe melon fresh

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off the vine is

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truly worth the price of admission.

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Take a moment and think about where

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or how you can begin

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to grow your first vegetable.

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Is there a sunny spot in your

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house?

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Can you team up with a friend or

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a colleague?

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Maybe growing your own food is

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patriotic.

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Maybe growing your own food.

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is a revolution.

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Bon Appetit!