Runkle: Tell your kids where lunch comes from

Ask almost any American child to draw a farm, and she will likely sketch a picture of happy animals in a sunny, green field next to a red barn. This is the fairy-tale image of agriculture we spoon feed children before they’re even old enough to read. Ask the fifth-grade students of Michael Fields, a science teacher in Arenac County, Mich., to draw a farm, and you might get a different image. Last month, Fields came under fire from parents and...
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