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Meet Laurie Sykes, Organic Farmer
adj. expressing opinions loudly or confidently
vocal
Another shopper, Heidi Ames, was more vocal about
eating locally grown organic fruits. “Fruit grows in dirt or on
trees, which is as natural as it gets. Supermarkets kill the
freshness when they wrap fruit in plastic. I would never eat
adj. containing poison
fruit sprayed with poisonous chemicals. I don’t care how
poisonous
bright the colors are or how big the fruit is. Who wants to
adj. different from others of the same kind because of a genetic change
mutant
eat mutant strawberries the size of my fist anyway?”
Check
What is one thing people do not like about produce that is not organically grown?
It does not taste as good. / It is not natural. / It is wrapped in plastic.
/ It is sprayed with poisonous chemicals. / It can be a mutant.
Unit 3 | Meet Laurie Sykes, Organic Farmer