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Figure 1.29. Some of the farm pigs.
Figure 1.30. Beehives along the side of the garden.
1.2.5 Family Food
The selection of the vegetables to plant is done by A´da, who is one of the few ladies
that has continued planting vegetables after her training by the Antisana Foundation.
She recognizes that this training has improved the diet of her family. In this area of
Ecuador most people do not have any vegetables in their diet, which is principally
carbohydrates such as rice and potatoes. Since receiving this training A´da became
convinced of the value of vegetables and has changed the diet of her family.
A typical evening meal is shown in Figure 1.31. It consists of fresh maize on the
cob, grilled trout, boiled faba beans, and a mixed salad with vinegar and oil dressing.
Although trout is an expensive food in some countries, these fish come from a local
trout farm only 1 km away.