Dig It 2014 Script Last updated 3/12/2014 7:07 -Dig It 2014 Intern speeches Pat introduces interns AV Cue DYLAN NEWMAN DYLAN NEWMAN, 6TH GRADE VLUC I think it’s important for kids to have gardening and cooking. I think this is important because nowadays most kids - if you asked them - would say that they don’t know how to cook or they have never gardened before. People are losing their roots. Back before there were supermarkets and farmers mass produced beef and other foods, everyone knew how to farm, it was just a part of daily life. But now, since people don’t need to farm billions of families grow up and become adults without setting foot in a garden. Soon people won’t do anything but sit around in their houses. They won’t know how to do anything. This is why I think gardening and cooking is important. And CitySprouts is a great way to do this. You can get out and enjoy life and be around nature, you never know what amazing things you could discover. AV CUE FATIMA AKTER FATIMA AKTER, KLO The summer before middle school was filled with early mornings at the garden and afternoons picnicking under the shade of a tree. I learned about new plants and how they grow. It was so fun at the end of the internship when all of the seeds we planted grew into vegetables and fruits. Summer at CitySprouts was like being a family. Some people grew and picked plants while others cooked us a meal in the kitchen. I met new friends and was introduced to the wonders of a garden. Now, I joined the cooking club at my school with friends learning about new cultural foods. AV CUE KIMMAI NGUYEN KIMMAI NGUYEN, RAUC After my last CitySprouts internship, I was inspired to grow herbs at home. Our backyard didn’t have much sunlight, so we planted seeds like basil, fennel, chives and onions. Even though we had a good harvest the herbs sadly died when winter came long. I’m looking forward to coming back to CitySprouts to learn more and I hope other kids will learn to garden too. AV CUE CHRIS BELLOSTE CHRIS BELLOSTE, CSUS My favorite thing about CitySprouts is how they have programs through the year. The summer program, in my opinion, is one of the greatest programs and one of the best summer experiences I’ve ever had. On top of gardening, we learned about the environment. One memory I had was going to the farmers market, I got my picture taken and put into the Cambridge Chronicle with my name and everything!!!! My favorite thing to do was doing the compost and preparing the food. Compost is important because giving your food scraps back to the land can give your crops more nutrients than money can buy. AV CUE BEFTU SULTAN BEFTU SULTAN, KLO I remember my early years at Morse School, my class would go out to the garden in the spring. Tasting different vegetables and fruits would be the highlight of almost everyone’s day. The best time I’ve ever had was picking apples and making apple cider, one of the best things I’ve ever tasted. In math class, we also measured pea growth. Now I am once again connected to CitySprouts through the cooking club at school. I have made Tajine, a Moroccan dish with squash, chickpeas and different Moroccan spices, and surprisingly, cinnamon. We’ve also made tabouli and cupcakes. 1
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