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THE RC ORGANIC
MOVEMENT
Self-defence against fresh fruit not required
Did you eat a real strawberry? Or a real arıgula? Well, soon Robert College students will have a
opportunity to eat one.
Ms. Erdin and Ms. Callaghan had a brilliant idea to save Robert College members from the
poisonous chemicals, which we eat as "food". They are planting an organic garden. It is in the Konak
Area, near the teacher's houses.
Right now it isn't very large, but Ms. Erdin said that "If you start small, you will make smaller
mistakes."
Even they began recently, it was possible to see strawberry and melon leaves and arıgulas. "You
can take one of this arıgulas and eat without any doubt." Said Ms. Erdin while she was eating one of this
arıgulas. "Also it has more nutriton than a "grocery store" arıgula." added Ms. Erdin.
"Even the farmers don't use chemcals as US farmers, still it damages the field." said Ms.
Callaghan, when they were asked, what the main diffrences between organic food and "grocery store"
are. Ms. Erdin also added that, when we use chemicals, we make the field addicted to people.
In order to take care of the organic garden, Ms. Erdin and Ms. Callaghan are planning to open a
club next year. They want meet with students, who loves spending time with nature and who wants to eat
something organic. Fortunetly, Ms. Erdin will be here in summer, so she can look after the garden in
summer. " Even nobody will look after the garden, the plants grow by their own. Its nature's miracle!"
said Ms. Erdin.
Even they don't want to talk big about future, they will be glad if they could give the harvests to
residental students and teachers. But for that they need more time.The idea of planting an organic garden
is great because, Robert College have got plenty of space that we didn't use. It will be very good, if the
organic garden will go well and the area of the organic garden will get larger. However, for that they
need help.Taking care of a garden isn't a easy job. You have to spend time in order to plant something.
But if you love spending time with nature, it is the best thing to do. So if you are interested with this,
don't miss the opportunity and be a member of "Organic Garden Club" next year.
You can overdo health, y'know...
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