2 Fresh Food

Unit 2 VOCABULARY 1 Every week, people go to the supermarket to buy vegetables like green beans and cucumbers that come from big farms. Some supermarkets also sell fruit and vegetables from small local farms. But most people think food from the garden is fresher and tastes better than food from a supermarket. Some lucky people have space to grow food in their own gardens. For example, they grow carrots, onions, and cabbage. Many other people don’t have space at home, but sometimes they work together to grow food in a community garden. It’s easier than you think to grow vegetables. First you dig. Then you plant the seeds. But remember to water the plants! And you have to weed the garden sometimes. When the vegetables are ripe, they’re ready to pick. dig, plant, water, weed, pick, a pumpkin, lettuce, a cucumber, cabbage, hot peppers, an onion, an eggplant, green beans, a zucchini 2 Listen and repeat. dig Dig the rocks out of the dirt. plant Plant the seeds in a row. water Water the plants well. weed Weed the garden once a week. pick Pick only the fruits and vegetables that are ready. grow I like to grow vegetables. ripe Wait until the vegetables are ripe. ready Are you ready to water the plants? a pumpkin Pumpkin pie is my favorite dessert. lettuce Lettuce is very good in salad. a cucumber Cucumber is good in salad, too. cabbage Cabbage is delicious in soup. hot peppers Hot peppers make good hot sauce. an onion Onions can be white, yellow, red, or green. an eggplant Eggplant can be purple or white on the outside. green beans Green beans are—surprise—green! a zucchini A zucchini can be green or yellow.

SONG 1 Listen, read, and sing. Something’s Growing Pumpkin, lettuce, peppers, and beans. Something’s growing, and it’s green. Pumpkin, lettuce, peppers, and beans. Something’s growing, and it’s green. Working in the garden! Working in the sun! Working in the garden is a lot of fun! I have to water the garden. I have to weed and dig. I look after my garden. Those weeds grow very big! Pumpkin, lettuce, peppers, and beans. Something’s growing, and it’s green. Pumpkin, lettuce, peppers, and beans. Something’s growing, and it’s green. We can pick cabbage in the garden. We can pick some green beans, too. We can plant carrots in the garden. I like to garden, don’t you? Working in the garden! Working in the sun! Working in the garden is a lot of fun! Pumpkin, lettuce, peppers, and beans. Something’s growing, and it’s green. Pumpkin, lettuce, peppers, and beans. Something’s growing, and it’s green.

GRAMMAR 1 Have to I have to water the vegetables every day. I don’t have to buy any more seeds. She has to plant the tomatoes in a sunny place. She doesn’t have to weed today.

VOCABULARY 2 1 Listen and say. how often How often do you eat fruit? every day I eat fruit every day. on On Fridays, I have to go to the market with my mother. once Once a month, we take vegetables to our neighbor. twice Twice a year, my dad has to plant new seeds. three times Three times a week, we weed the garden. GRAMMAR 2 Would like What would you like for lunch? I’d like a bowl of vegetable soup.

READING 1 Listen and read. THE FARMS OF THE FUTURE ARE HERE How much space do you need to grow 10,000 heads of lettuce a day? Not that much, surprisingly. In an indoor farm in Miyagi, Japan, farmers grow that much lettuce every day. They grow it in a building smaller than half a soccer field! On this farm, farmers grow lettuce on shelves. The shelves can be up to 15 levels high! Special LED lights help the lettuce plants grow faster. In fact, the lettuce is ready to pick even sooner than on an outdoor farm. Another big advantage is that indoor farms don’t use nearly as much water as outdoor farms. On outdoor lettuce farms, there’s usually a lot of food waste. Some plants are damaged or don’t look good, so farmers can’t sell them. Sometimes farmers have to throw away more than 30 percent of the lettuce they grow! On this indoor farm, they throw away less than three percent of the lettuce they grow.