I spent many years as an educator, and it's always bothered me how so many kids today (and even their parents) don't have a clue where food comes from or how to prepare anything that you don't pop into a micro wave, heat and eat. The last 13 years of my career before I retired, I worked in an affluent suburban school. We started a school garden just to give the kids some kind of idea where food comes from, and the work involved in making that happen. We donated the food we produced to some local food pantries. I think they began to appreciate what the farmer does for them at least a bit, and I hope some of them enjoyed it enough to try it themselves. Many people in politics are just as clueless and the results of that lack of knowledge shows itself clearly in some of the stupid, well meaning, but uniformed types of agricultural legislation that occurs far too often. Dave, you and Trish are providing your children a most enriched curriculum of life. Your kids won't want for knowledge about how to survive and will understand the relationship between man and his environment. We take from the earth what we need, and we give back as much as we take. Hats off to you
