Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[pete <pete.rout@virgin.net>]

> In Britain everything grows in
> soill not dirt.  

I have a friend whose son will only eat ovenchips,  won't touch
proper ones.  (chips are what you americans call french fries. 
Never understood why they would be called that)
Pete

> > When I was working
> > as a checker at the local grocery store a few years back I accidentally
> > dropped a potato on the floor. I picked it up and placed it back in the
> > bag and continued on with my checking. The lady said she no longer wanted
> > any of the potatoes because they were dirty. I still can't figure that
> > out - they are grown in the dirt first of all and secondly wasn't she
> > going to wash it and cook it (and possibly peel it) before eating it
> > anyway?
>
> Wish I could remember where I read this, but it was something to the
> effect that part of the problem with the English-speaking mindset was
> that the  word "dirt" had two meanings--the dirt in the
> ground in which we grow our food, and the undesirable dirt that needs to
> be removed. The article said we would have been better off if
> "earth" were more widely used.
>
> City kids are constantly told not to eat anything off the ground, so it's
> not surprising that a child who didn't know where their food came from
> would be reluctant to eat a carrot they saw pulled out of the ground. But
> you'd think grown-ups would know better.
>
> Liz in SW VA
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