Do you know where the food you eat comes from? The students at Sopris Elementary

Do you know where the food you eat comes from? The students at Sopris Elementary School, in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, do. They grow it themselves!

Christensen is the executive director of Mountain Valley Development Services (MVDS). The organization supports people with developmental disabilities through teaching programs. Many members work on their gardening skills at the MVDS greenhouse, located next door to Sopris Elementary. Through the greenhouse program, members learn how to work alone and with others.

Christensen invited Sopris Elementary to use part of MVDS’s green house. Christensen said the project had two goals. The first goal was to help kids learn how food gets from the ground to the cafeteria table. The second goal was that MVDS members and the students would learn from each other. “ We wanted to educate kids about people with disabilities who contribute a lot to the community.” Christensen said.

Today, the project is developing . More and more schools get to know its importance to the students and have started this program. Meanwhile, the Sopris Elementary School was able to add a solar-heating system to the greenhouse to keep plant beds not too hot in summer and perfect warm in the winter. The project has saved MVDS money by helping to save energy. The money they save will be used to pay back loans and improve the greenhouse. “ It’s worth the time it take to do it,” Browning said. “ I’ve found the parents and community are very much behind it.”

More than 400 students are taking care of the plants in the greenhouse. Every class gardens two or three times a week. Last month, students began to harvest their first crop of vegetables, including carrots, radishes and spinach. Hannah Jull, 11, says the crops are doing well. “We have so much fun.” She says. “Everyone is going to like the food we’re growing.”

Niamone believes the school garden has inspired kids to plant gardens at home. “The projeft taught us that with a little hard work, you can make a healthier choice.” She says. “You just have to take that one first step.”

64. What morals can students learn from the greenhouse program?

A. Determination and confidence.           B. Independence and cooperation

C. Gratitude and appreciation.              D. Confidence and kindness.

65. According to the passage, the solar-heating system is used to _______ .

A. make the temperature suitable for the vegetables to grow.

B. make the vegetables get enough water to grow

C. make the students work in the greenhouse comtortably

D. get enough sunlight for the students working there

66. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Christensen is taking charge of the greenhouse program

B. The greenhouse program is part of the required course.

C. Students working in the greenhouse are all disabled.

D. The greenhouse program is popular in more schools.

67. Hannah Jull is referred to in the text to prove that _______ .

A. everyone likes to grow vegetables on the garden and on the farm

B. vegetables grown on the garden are more delicious than those on the farm

C. no food eaten by man is so sweet as that earned by his own labor

D. growing vegetables on the farm is more interesting than study

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