政府关闭了幼儿园的农场
政府关闭了幼儿园的农场
At Little Ones Learning Center in Forest Park, Georgia, outside of Atlanta, the young students do typical preschool things. They work on spelling and draw interesting creations, but they also get to play and learn in an amazing garden.
在佐治亚州亚特兰大市外的森林公园(Forest Park)的“幼儿学习中心”(Little Ones Learning Center)，年轻学生们做的是典型的学前教育。他们致力于拼写和绘画有趣的创作，但他们也在一个惊人的花园里得到了发挥和学习。
Student farmers show off the lettuce they've grown. (Photo: Linden Tree Photography/Little Ones Learning Center)
The garden originally started as an outdoor learning environment for kids who needed to get out in nature for a little bit.
花园最初是作为一个户外学习环境，为孩子们谁需要出去到大自然一点点。
Eventually parents got involved and the garden truly bloomed. Now kids grow squash, beans, radishes, bell peppers, watermelons and all sorts of greens, while also learning how to compost. Then on the first and third Wednesday of the month, they set up a produce stand where they sell their homegrown fruits and vegetables to parents and people in the community. Farmers from the West Georgia Co-Op also bring produce to help supplement what's offered at the small stand.
最终，父母们参与进来，花园真正地开放了。现在孩子们种植南瓜、豆子、小萝卜、甜椒、西瓜和各种各样的绿色蔬菜，同时还学习如何堆肥。然后在这个月的第一个和第三个星期三，他们设立了一个农产品摊位，向父母和社区的人们出售他们自己种植的水果和蔬菜。来自西乔治亚合作社的农民也带来了农产品来补充小摊位上的供应。
The school is located in parts of Clayton County, an area where many people can't afford fresh produce, so they offer steep discounts (two-for-one) when customers use food stamps.
这所学校位于克莱顿县的部分地区，那里的很多人买不起新鲜农产品，所以当顾客购买食品券时，他们会提供大幅折扣(买一送一)。
'It's like shutting down a kid's lemonade stand'
“这就像关掉一个孩子的柠檬水摊”
Student farmers at Little Ones Learning Center work in the school garden. (Photo: Linden Tree Photography/Little Ones Learning Center.)
The garden-to-farm-stand movement helps the kids learn about the environment and love their vegetables while also assisting the community.
“从菜园到农场”运动帮助孩子们了解环境，热爱他们的蔬菜，同时也帮助社区。
But in early August, the city shut down the farm stand, saying the residential area wasn't zoned for selling produce.
但在8月初，该市关闭了农场摊位，称住宅区没有划出出售农产品的区域。
School administrators were surprised when they were asked to close up shop.
当学校管理人员被要求关闭商店时，他们感到很惊讶。
Hoping to change the rules
希望改变规则
Students grew this produce for sale at the Little Ones' farm stand. (Photo: Linden Tree Photography/Little Ones Learning Center)
The kid farmers and their teachers have been forced to move their organic fruits and veggies inside, where the lower visibility has meant a big drop in sales.
儿童农场主和他们的老师被迫把他们的有机水果和蔬菜搬到室内，那里能见度较低意味着销量大幅下降。
Hoping this will be a temporary setback, the school administrators and parents have led a call to city officials to change the rules.
希望这将是一个暂时的挫折，学校管理者和家长们已经呼吁市政官员改变规则。
So far, the city has only offered to allow the school to sell its produce in a different city-owned location. But it's outside the school's neighborhood, away from the community school leaders want to serve. The school also was offered the chance to pay $50 for a "special event" permit each time it opens the farm stand.
到目前为止，该市只允许该校在该市拥有的其他地点销售其产品。但它是在学校附近，远离社区学校领导想要服务的地方。学校还获得了一个机会，每次开放农场时，学校都可以为“特殊活动”许可证支付50美元。
The city argues that if it changes the ordinance, there could be a farm stand on every corner. Okunoren-Meadows highly doubts that would happen but, if it did, that would be a good thing.
市政府辩称，如果它修改了该条例，可能会在每个角落都有一个农场摊位。奥克努伦-梅多斯高度怀疑这是否会发生，但如果真的发生了，那将是一件好事。
She says that the school only sells about $150 worth of produce each time the stand opens. After paying school employees for their time, the stand loses money selling 50-cent apples and 50-cent tomatoes.
她说，学校每次只出售价值150美元的农产品。在支付了学校员工的工资后，这个摊位卖了50美分的苹果和50美分的西红柿，结果赔钱了。
She suggests that perhaps the city could make exemptions in the farm stand ordinance for educational facilities. Although no decision has been reached, she's optimistic that the farm stand will be back up and running soon.
她建议，也许市政府可以在《农场摊位条例》中对教育设施做出豁免。虽然还没有做出决定，但她乐观地认为农场很快就会恢复运营。
