Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- May 22, 2007
Cultural gardening brings unique plants to backyard gardens (:45)
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Suggested Intro:
ANYONE SEARCHING FOR PROOF OF GLOBALIZATION NEED LOOK NO FURTHER THAN AMERICA'S BACKYARD VEGETABLE GARDENS. A SPECIALIST IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAYS OUR GARDEN PLOTS ARE INCREASINGLY REFLECTING THE NATION'S CULTURAL DIVERSITY. MORE FROM GARY ABDULLAH:
Story:
(:15) IT USED TO BE CORN AND TOMATOES; NOW IT'S MUSTARD GREENS AND LEMONGRASS, AS THE NATION INCREASINGLY GROWS ORNAMENTALS AND VEGETABLES THAT REFLECT OUR DIVERSE CULTURAL HERITAGE. PENN STATE CONSUMER HORTICULTURIST KATHY KELLEY SAYS GARDENERS HAVE DIFFERENT REASONS FOR GROWING UNUSUAL VARIETIES:
Kelley Actuality:
(:20) "THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME OTHER ETHNIC FOODS THAT THEY MIGHT NOT FIND LOCALLY AVAILABLE IN GROCERY STORES OR SUPERMARKETS. ALSO WE FIND THAT THERE ARE MANY CONSUMERS WHO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND THEY AGAIN WANT TO RECREATE THAT SPECIAL MEAL THAT THEY HAD MAYBE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY. AND, IF THEY CAN'T FIND THE INGREDIENT IN A LOCAL SUPERMARKET OR GROCERY STORE, THEY CAN CERTAINLY GROW IT IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD"(:10) KELLEY SAYS NON-NATIVE PLANTS MAY NOT HAVE BUILT-IN IMMUNITY TO LOCAL PESTS AND DISEASES, SO YOU SHOULD BE READY TO GIVE THEM EXTRA CARE AND ATTENTION. FROM PENN STATE, I'M GARY ABDULLAH.
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