Free-Food Forest免費事物森林

Andy Corbley

景一編譯

There's a farm in Atlanta where residents l can walk into aforest， take a deep breath， andbegin pulling crops right off the land for dinner.

在亞特蘭大有一個農場，那里的居民可以走進森林，深呼吸，然后開始從地里拔莊稼做飯。

The Food Forest project at Browns Mill contains 2，500 edible2 and medicinal plantsavailable to anyone in need.

布朗斯米爾的食物林項目包含2500種可供任何有需要的人食用和藥用的植物。

It's one of a growing number of free-food forests appearing in cities around the country， ascitizens and organizations both public and private try to deal with problems of hunger and fooddeserts.

這是出現在美國各地的城市越來越多的免費食物森林之一，因為居民和公共及私人組織都在設法解決饑餓和食品荒漠問題。

In Atlanta， this problem is serious.

在亞特蘭大，這個問題很嚴重。

The nation's largest free-food forest have been created with the help of the city of Atlanta land the U.S. Forest Service.

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在亞特蘭大市和美國林業局的幫助下，人們創建了美國最大的免費食物森林。

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“Access to green space and healthy foods is very important，" Michael McCord，alocalarborist3， said.

“獲得綠色空間和健康食品非常重要。”當地樹木栽培家邁克爾·麥考德說。

The project uses a method marrying the forest and the field in a way that does good to both，as well as the global and local climate4.

該項目使用了一種既有利于森林又有利于農田及全球和當地氣候的方法將森林和農田：結合起來。

Already filled with large pecan trees and blackberry brambles. the land was enough tocreate some space underneath the trees with which to grow inter-row cover crops， and clear non-use bushes for replacement by other crops.

已經長滿高大的山核桃樹和黑果莓叢的土地足以在樹下創造一些空間，用來種植行間覆蓋作物，并清理沒有用的灌木，以種植其他作物。

“It's really a park for everyone，" Atlanta city councilwoman5 Carla Smith said. "Everytime I go there's a community there who appreciates the fresh healthy foods. People know toonly take what they need."

“這真是一個適合所有人的公園。”亞特蘭大市女議員卡拉·史密斯說，“每次我去那里時，都有一個社區在享用新鮮的健康食品。人們知道只拿自己需要的東西。”

The food that's left over will be harvested by full-time volunteers and distributed6 amongthe community.

剩下的食物將由全職志愿者收獲并分發給社區。

Gardening and cooking classes are being held to help teach community members abouthealthy food， and the project includes community garden beds which the most enterprising7visitors can use.

該項目目前正在開辦園藝和烹飪課程，幫助社區成員了解健康食品，該項目還包括最有開拓精神的訪客可以使用的社區園圃。

（英語原文選自：goodnewsnetwork.org）

[Notes]

1.resident[?rez?d?nt] n，居民

2.edible [?ed?bl] adj.可食用的

3.arborist [?ɑ?b?r?st] n.樹木栽培家

4.climate[?kla?m?t] n，氣候

5.councilwoman[?ka?ns?l?w?m?n] n，議會女議員

6.distribute[d??str?bju?t] v，分配

7.enterprising[?ent??pra?z??] adj.有開拓精神的

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