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DocuSign Envelope ID:883AB84D-78B1-4D41-BOEF-BE6A942205E0 <br /> Final Draft:Transplanting Traditions <br /> In the beginning, in Burma (Myanmar) and Thailand, people always farmed.There were <br /> three seasons—a cool winter, a dry summer and a rainy time that turned the soil a rich purple- <br /> black. <br /> Some tilled the land with mighty long-horned water buffalo and pounded the soil with <br /> hoes called bates. Children helped adults farm, carrying buckets of water from a narrow river. <br /> Families worked together to grow, harvest and gather many vegetables. Purple long beans hung <br /> from bamboo trellises and the farmers plucked leafy roselle greens from bushes with dark-red <br /> stems. <br /> Then came difficult times of war and many families had to flee their homes.They lived <br /> in refugee camps where houses of stripped bamboo were perched on stilts to prevent flooding <br /> in rainy times. Some carried water long distances to care for their small gardens. They always <br /> farmed. <br /> When some of these farmers came to North Carolina,they lived in small apartments <br /> with no gardens. The food they bought from grocery stores was expensive and strange to them. <br /> Then they found Transplanting Traditions,a community farm in Chapel Hill. The open spaces <br /> and fresh air made them feel as if they had come home. <br /> Over many years at Transplanting Traditions, the farmers have learned about kale, <br /> collards, chard and ways to plant. They introduced people in the United States to snake gourd, <br /> water spinach, bitter eggplant and so much more. <br /> And the farmers had to learn that the United States has four seasons, not three— <br /> winter, spring,summer and fall. <br /> Winter: <br /> Winter is a time for seedlings <br /> Transplanting Traditions-Final Draft-1 <br />