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We Garden Because… ➡️ *What about other cultures?* ➡️ An Exploration of Our Food

⌛Time Estimate: 5-10 minutes

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• 💃🏻 Who is this??? Why is there fruit on her head? 🍇 🍓

Did you know that different cultures eat food totally different from your own?

🥬 ****If you go to another country, chances are that you’ll encounter local dishes that use fruits and vegetables you may have never heard of! 🤔

<aside> ❓ Can you think of a time you encountered a food you’ve never heard of before? What part of the world do you think that food is most commonly found? What culture likes to use that food the most?

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• [ ] 📝 Activity: Draw a picture some of the foods you are thinking of in your field journal! 📗

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A Multi-Cultural Bay Area

🔆The San Francisco Bay Area is home to people with many different cultural and ethnic backgrounds, such as Mexican, Vietnamese, Chinese, Indian, and Filipino, to name a few. 🌎Organizations like Valley Verde work hard to help many of these families learn to grow food from their cultures right here in the Bay Area. 🌽🥬🥕

• [ ] Activity: Check out some of the fruits and vegetables below. Have you ever heard of them? In your field journal, draw some of these culturally-specific foods, and note down their name and anything else you find interesting. 👃😝 What do you think these vegetables feel like, smell like, or taste like?

Purple Tomatillo