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Lds Vegetable Program Helps Bolivians - Mormon Doctrine Studies - Posted: 9th Feb, 2010 - 1:10pm
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Lds Vegetable Program Helps Bolivians
LDS vegetable program helps Bolivians
No surprise, said his mother, Bernita Choque. When William's not at school or outside playing soccer with his many siblings, he's likely eating something. Over the past year, William and his family have been enjoying a more healthy, balanced diet thanks to an LDS Church-sponsored greenhouse project that is bringing spinach, carrots and other vitamin-rich produce to a region where vegetables are typically scarce.
The people of the Bolivian Altiplano have long existed on a diet of meat and potatoes. The climate here is simply too harsh for traditional farming and reliable plant growth of most types of vegetables. As a result, many people here live in a perpetual state of vitamin starvation. Ref. Source 8
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