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You never can tell what a day may bring.
We went to visit our friend Yoko at the pig farm, and ended up invited to sausage making and lunch!
Friends Kris and Dijir were with us, and got to get their hands into the ground meat and stuff sausages.
It was two firsts for them; seeing farm animals up close, and seeing where food originates.
Yoko has both school groups and individuals in regularly. It is a lot of work, but she enjoys showing people where the stuff they eat comes from. It is an eye-opening experience for many.
Kris learned something else: he says he now understands how far the prodigal son had fallen when he ended up living with the pigs! Simply reading does not convey the sounds and smells connected with the story. The visit was more educational than we had first anticipated.
We went to visit our friend Yoko at the pig farm, and ended up invited to sausage making and lunch!
Friends Kris and Dijir were with us, and got to get their hands into the ground meat and stuff sausages.
It was two firsts for them; seeing farm animals up close, and seeing where food originates.
Yoko has both school groups and individuals in regularly. It is a lot of work, but she enjoys showing people where the stuff they eat comes from. It is an eye-opening experience for many.
Kris learned something else: he says he now understands how far the prodigal son had fallen when he ended up living with the pigs! Simply reading does not convey the sounds and smells connected with the story. The visit was more educational than we had first anticipated.
posted by John Elliot | 10:11 PM
5 Comments:
I don't know... I aet a lot of the pigs' food volenterally when I lived at the farm. Those pigs get some pritting good food. Espesially the bread.
Sawa
I was always tempted to eat the pig food, since half of it was packaged pastries past their expiry date. But I usually didn't in the end, out of principal.
One of my greatest boasts in life is that when I was sixth grade I used to ride my bicycle half an hour to the Hasegawa pig farm just so that I could volunteer as a pooper scooper. They were truly masters at exploiting free child labour, but I can honestly say that it was the best exploiting I ever received.
I'm with Sarah. I ate the more sophisticated pig feed quite voluntarily. It felt a bit strange, but I enjoyed getting first pick before the pigs got their share.
Did you receive the pig feed in thanksgiving? I would love to have heard that prayer.
Kris
Of course we recieved in thanksgiving! It was all the junk we couldn't get at home. Who cared if it was passed the expiry date, so long as it was edible?
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