Eco City Farms are becoming more popular in cities and towns around the United states. 

Eco City Farms in Edmonton, Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a working-class community . People do not have very much money. And they have limited access to fresh food in markets. 

Over the past two years, the farm has attracted volunteers from the community like Marcy Clark. She schools her four children at home. On a recent day she brought them to Eco City Farms for a lesson. Her son Alston Clark thinks his experience is very valuable."I like coming out here," he says," You know, you connect with the earth, where your food comes from. You appreciate the food a little bit more." 

Margaret Morgan started Eco City Farms. She thinks of it as a place where people can learn to live healthier lives. "Growing food in a community brings people together," she continues, "Every piece of what we do here is a demonstration to show people everything about how to have an eco-friendly community." she says. From the Eco City Farms people come to know that they are not only growing food and raising chickens and bees, but improving the soil with compost made from food waste. 

Eco City Farms is an experimental operation. The farm gets its power not from the local electricity networks, but from the sun with solar panels. In winter, the green house use a geothermal system. 

Vegetables can be grown all year. So once a week, all winter long, neighbors like Chris Moss and her three children bike to the farm to pick up a share of the harvest. 

"I like eating the vegetables "says five-year-old Owen Moss. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Do Marcy's kids go to public school?
2. Does Marcy send her kids to public school?
3. Are Marcy's children getting their education at a public school?
Q2:
1. Where do Marcy's kids go to school?
2. Where are Marcy's children receiving their education?
3. What is school for Marcy's children?
Q3:
1. What kind of community is Eco City Farms there for?
2. What sort of community receives goods from Eco City Farms?
3. Eco City Farms is meant to service what kind of people?
Q4:
1. Why do working class communities need Eco City Farms?
2. What is the benefit of Eco City Farms for a working class community?
3. What service does Eco City Farms provide to working class communities?
Q5:
1. Why did Marcy take her children to Eco City Farms?
2. What was Marcy's reason for bringing her kids to Eco City Farms?
3. What pushed Marcy to bring her children to Eco City Farms?
Q6:
1. Did any of Marcy's children enjoy going to Eco City Farms?
2. Was the trip to Eco City Farms enjoyed by any of Marcy's kids?
3. Did any of Marcy's kids like going to Eco City Farms?
Q7:
1. What was enjoyable about Eco City Farms to Marcy's children?
2. Why did Marcy's kids like going to Eco City Farms?
3. What was fun about the visit to Eco City Farms for Marcy's kids?
Q8:
1. What type of animals does Eco City Farms raise?
2. What sorts of animals are brought up at Eco City Farms?
3. What animals is Eco City Farms home to?
Q9:
1. How is the soil at Eco City Farms enhanced?
2. What sort of enhancement is done to the soil at Eco City Farms?
3. What is done to enrich the soil at Eco City Farms?
Q10:
1. Where does Eco City Farms get their heat source?
2. What is the heat source at Eco City Farms?
3. Where does Eco City Farms get its heat from?
Q11:
1. When are veggies grown at Eco City Farms?
2. When does Eco City Farms grow vegetables?
3. What's the season for vegetable growing at Eco City Farms?
Q12:
1. How does the Moss family travel to Eco City Farms?
2. What is the means of transportation used by the Moss family to get to Eco City Farms?
3. What does the Moss family take to get to Eco City Farms?
Q13:
1. What does Owen enjoy doing at Eco City Farms?
2. What does it make Owen happy to do at Eco City Farms?
3. What activity at Eco City Farms is enjoyable to Owen?
