urban farming in latvia
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Urban Farming in LatviaMULTIDISCIPLINARY FLIPPED LEARNING WITH ICT
ERASMUS+ KA2 PROJECT2015-2017
Daugavpils Saskaņas School/Latvia
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Urban farming as such is not typical of Latvia as we have a lot of empty fields and farmland.
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Latvians like to spend their free time in the countryside.
O So, what we do – we rent or buy a piece of land (or usually
we inherited it) for gardening and growing food plants. And
families grow vegetables, fruits (apples), berries, or do
beekeeping or even raise chickens.
O This tradition is passed from generation to generation. It can
be both commercial gardening or just a hobby.
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First, we grow seedlings on the windowseel.
Then, we plant them in our garden
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This way we provide ourselves with natural food.
In a sense, it can be called allotment or community garden.
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And now we will show you some photos of our and our teachers’ gardens.
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Also we pickle cucumbers, tomatoes and other vegetables to eat them in winter.
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Some families do beekeeping, raise chicken or rabbits.
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