A school in Hunan has changed its playground into a garden full of fruit and vegetables, so that its students can grow and eat their own food.

湖南的一所学校把操场变成了种满水果和蔬菜的园子，这样学生们就可以吃到自己种的食物了。

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People use more energy, water and land to raise animals for food than to grow fruit and vegetables.

人们使用更多的能源、水和土地来饲养动物作为食物，而不是用它们来种植水果和蔬菜。

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When you grow your own fruits and vegetables, you help cut down on pollution because big trucks don't need to take your food to shops.

当你自己种植水果和蔬菜时，你就可以帮助减少污染，因为不需要大卡车把你的食物运送到商店里去。

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But the sea level is rising, so much so that the nation's water has become too salty to drink and to grow vegetables, especially taro, a vegetable that was once the island's staple food.

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Partly because many people in poor countries buy, not grow, their food especially the higher-value, more nutritious kinds, such as meat and vegetables.

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