A2 RW Ch7 L4 · Volunteering & Chapter 7 Review 📘
📘 Học trước khi làm · 📊 Think visually · crop rotation
One farmer's crop rotation 🌾🫘
Year 2 · Beans — these make their own fertilizer from the air and so make the soil more fertile.
Year 3 · Fallow — only grass is grown. Cattle can feed on it and so add natural fertilizer.
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Word maps 🔗
📘 Học trước khi làm · 🤝 Soft skill · Volunteering your time
“Volunteer on an Organic Farm” 🌱
• Work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.
• Enjoy free room and board. Live with a farm family or other volunteers.
• Stay local or go abroad! VW has host farms around the world.
• Name your interest. Volunteers are placed on farms that match their interest, from horticulture to animal care — and much more.
Read the flyer again 🌱
🐕 Caring for animals at an animal shelter
👵 Having a conversation with seniors
🗑 Picking up trash at a park or beach
📚 Reading to children
🍲 Serving meals to the homeless
🌻 Taking care of a community garden
1Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is becoming more and more popular in Europe and the United States. CSA is a system that connects consumers with local farms. Consumers can join a CSA farm and receive a weekly box of fruit and vegetables during the growing season (May-October). Members usually join the system between December and April and may pay the total amount for the season. Some CSA farms deliver to your home, while others have pick-up locations.
2There are many pros to belonging to a CSA. First, you can help support small, family-run farms that depend on CSA members. You can also reduce your food costs because it’s cheaper to get organic produce from CSAs than stores. In addition, CSA produce is fresher than fruits and vegetables bought in stores because it does not need to be shipped far away. As a result, CSA farms can pick their food when its flavor is best and deliver it to members quickly. Lastly, CSAs help consumers respect the environment by providing locally grown food that is in season.
3In addition to the pros, there are some cons to belonging to a CSA farm. One complaint is that CSAs send too much food each week. Members sometimes complain that they cannot eat all of it. However, others simply freeze what they don’t eat or share it with friends. Another issue is that you cannot always choose the produce. Therefore, you may get food items that you don’t like or don’t know how to prepare. On the other hand, some members look forward to the surprises each week.
4There are both pros and cons to joining a CSA farm. However, even if you are not a fan of CSA farms, it’s clear that they are more sustainable than shopping at a store where food can come from far away.
1Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is becoming more and more popular in Europe and the United States. CSA is a system that connects consumers with local farms. Consumers can join a CSA farm and receive a weekly box of fruit and vegetables during the growing season (May-October). Members usually join the system between December and April and may pay the total amount for the season. Some CSA farms deliver to your home, while others have pick-up locations.
2There are many pros to belonging to a CSA. First, you can help support small, family-run farms that depend on CSA members. You can also reduce your food costs because it’s cheaper to get organic produce from CSAs than stores. In addition, CSA produce is fresher than fruits and vegetables bought in stores because it does not need to be shipped far away. As a result, CSA farms can pick their food when its flavor is best and deliver it to members quickly. Lastly, CSAs help consumers respect the environment by providing locally grown food that is in season.
3In addition to the pros, there are some cons to belonging to a CSA farm. One complaint is that CSAs send too much food each week. Members sometimes complain that they cannot eat all of it. However, others simply freeze what they don’t eat or share it with friends. Another issue is that you cannot always choose the produce. Therefore, you may get food items that you don’t like or don’t know how to prepare. On the other hand, some members look forward to the surprises each week.
4There are both pros and cons to joining a CSA farm. However, even if you are not a fan of CSA farms, it’s clear that they are more sustainable than shopping at a store where food can come from far away.