Perhaps it's Time for a Basic Ag Class

I've mentioned the big raid and bust on the Garden of Eden, in another article, but it inspired the foundation for this article.  As our nation moves away from being an agrarian society, people are not going to be able to recognize the various plants.  We have a clear case of grown men not knowing the difference between tomato plants and marijuana.  Do we really want this to be the direction of our society?

Whether it's city ordinances or abusive authority and SWAT teams, do we want to be so ignorant as to not recognize plants?  How is that even considered progress?  What society takes pride in not knowing the difference of the indigenous vegetation, much less the foliage of the vegetables we eat?  How did this ignorance become respectable?

I saw a photo of a friend's arm after coming into contact with poison ivy.  If the powers that be want to really do something to make our lives better, out law poison ivy and send in the SWAT team!  Seriously, we cannot continue to allow our population to be so far removed from nature that those in authority do not recognize where vegetables come from.  We need to teach some Basic Ag to everyone.  The headlines indicate, it isn't just farmers who need to know what will grow.  As you can plainly see from the photos, these plants should be readily recognizable, even when standing behind a badge.


                                                       
         MINT                                                         BEETS

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    SQUASH
 

All delicious and all perfectly legal . . .