Free-Food Forest免费事物森林

Andy Corbley

景一编译

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.

在亚特兰大有一个农场，那里的居民可以走进森林，深呼吸，然后开始从地里拔庄稼做饭。

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

布朗斯米尔的食物林项目包含2500种可供任何有需要的人食用和药用的植物。

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.

这是出现在美国各地的城市越来越多的免费食物森林之一，因为居民和公共及私人组织都在设法解决饥饿和食品荒漠问题。

In Atlanta， this problem is serious.

在亚特兰大，这个问题很严重。

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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在亚特兰大市和美国林业局的帮助下，人们创建了美国最大的免费食物森林。

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

“获得绿色空间和健康食品非常重要。”当地树木栽培家迈克尔·麦考德说。

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.

该项目使用了一种既有利于森林又有利于农田及全球和当地气候的方法将森林和农田：结合起来。

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.

已经长满高大的山核桃树和黑果莓丛的土地足以在树下创造一些空间，用来种植行间覆盖作物，并清理没有用的灌木，以种植其他作物。

“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."

“这真是一个适合所有人的公园。”亚特兰大市女议员卡拉·史密斯说，“每次我去那里时，都有一个社区在享用新鲜的健康食品。人们知道只拿自己需要的东西。”

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

剩下的食物将由全职志愿者收获并分发给社区。

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.

该项目目前正在开办园艺和烹饪课程，帮助社区成员了解健康食品，该项目还包括最有开拓精神的访客可以使用的社区园圃。

（英语原文選自：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.树木栽培家

4.climate[?kla?m?t] n，气候

5.councilwoman[?ka?ns?l?w?m?n] n，议会女议员

6.distribute[d??str?bju?t] v，分配

7.enterprising[?ent??pra?z??] adj.有开拓精神的

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