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Students in 10 communities across Saskatchewan are learning the process of agriculture in the province by being introduced to seeding to harvesting their own food.
Cnn's john zarrella visits a unique farming experience. >> in the shadow of high rises, a garden of greens, turnips, broccoli, and something called spinach. here, once a week on wednesdays, small family farmers sell their produce. this is over town, smack in the downtown middle of miami. in a unique way, this farmer's market fills that void. here, eddie stewart can use cash or his ebt card, known as food stamps, to fill his bag with fruits and vegetables. this is the brain child of this chef. there are more than 100 now
Aren't those pretty? >> reporter: apparently green eggs aren't just found in the dr. seuss classic. >> you almost don't want to eat it because it's so pretty. >> i know. >> reporter: we're at the organic soul food chicken farm an hour from san francisco. it's a business that stirs such passion that loyal customers refused quite literally to let go down in flames. >> after a fire killed 1200 chicks and destroyed their coops last september, alexis kofa and her husband eric thought the struggling farm they started just three years ago was finished. >> did you think you were going to be out of bus...
From that. it's just too hard. >> reporter: starting the farm wasn't easy. alexis and her husband had no farming experience. she was in marketing. he was a structural engineer. yet as soon as they began selling their chicken eggs, many chefs from the finest local restaurants, including alice waters from the nationally renowned cehz pannisse, said it was among the best they'd ever tasted. >> grow something that really is tasty, i'll buy it all. >> reporter: the farm was saved not just because of its high-quality eggs and meat, but also because of its philosophy. >> this egg comes from chickens ...