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At eight years old, Vegan Educator Clint Dinshah,  is EarthSave’s youngest Ambassador and a charter member of Kids Vegtastic. 

“Animals don’t want us to eat them; they want to do fun things! If we eat them, they will be dead, and then they can’t do fun things.”  ~Clint at age 3

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Grandson of American Vegan Society founder, H. Jay Dinshah, is building his portfolio of books, video’s, talks…

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I like fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, and breads! It’s good to eat healthy fruits and vegetables. Do you ever think about where they come from?

Near AVS there are farmers’ fields. They grow green beans, lettuce, cabbage, beets, eggplants, spinach, escarole, collards, sweet potatoes, parsley, peppers, and many other vegetables. I like to take a walk near the field and check what they are growing. We are friends with the farmers, and I got to ride a big tractor, green like the collards.
We could go pick food from the field, but I wondered how most people get their food. Farm workers pick it; it goes on trucks. Trucks bring fruits, veggies, grains, and beans from the farms and take them to the stores. Often along the way, food goes to a distribution center and changes onto different trucks. A truck might bring a load of only cabbages, but the truck that leaves the distribution center and arrives at the store carries a variety of veggies.
I found out that most produce is grown on contract which means there is an agreement between the farmer and the buyer. Other times produce that is grown goes to auction. There’s a big auction nearby, so we were excited to go see all the trucks and hear the auctioneer. Turns out it’s all computerized now, so most of the produce gets bought unseen. I did get to see photos on the wall of the old days when the vegetable trucks full of produce waited in line for the buyers. I drew a picture for you.
In our area there are lots of farm stands where the farmers sell produce directly to people who want to eat it. Have you ever bought veggies at a farm stand?
Do you like juicy yummy fruits? Most fruits grow on trees. Some fruits grow by the ground such as strawberries. I have gone blueberry picking at a farm. I have gathered
persimmons at my aunt’s tr. ee. We have a fig tree at A VS. I grow strawberries myself, and I hope my avocado tree will get big enough to make avocados.

Did you think fruits and veggies grow in the store?

~Clint Dinshah