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Lesson One: Joy Hall 35 Mother Earth: •Gardens need rain to survive •Wind may damage crops •Forest fires could damage crops •Plants need soil to grow from •If the weather is too cold for too long, it may shorten the growing season or the ability to grow After finishing the Medicine Wheels, instruct students that you will now be learning about Joy Hall, an organic vegetable farmer! ACQUIRE: JOY HALL'S FIRESIDE CHAT VIDEO Joy Hall is a mother, entrepreneur, organic vegetable farmer, and the owner of Joy Farms. Joy is from the Hall family from Sq'ewqéyl (Skowkale) First Nation, British Columbia and the Felix family from Sts'ailes (Chehalis) First Nation, British Columbia. Joy Farms uses organic farming techniques. Joy started to learn about making traditional medicines and how to grow her own plants and foods. Which then led to Joy attending the Tsawwassen Farm School at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Joy Farms provides healthy organic foods and veggie boxes for her com- munity members. Joy also educates about healthy food and nutrition as well as issues related to unhealthy eating habits , while connecting everything she does back to the Land and culture. Start the video of Joy Hall's interview with Fireside Chats. In the video, Joy Hall talks about her job as an organic vegetable farmer, and her passion for nutrition and health. After showing the video, ask the students if they have any questions or misconceptions about Joy's interview. To debrief the video, ask the class the following questions: 1.How did Joy become an organic vegetable farmer? 2.What are some diseases that Joy has researched that can be improved by eating a healthy, organic diet? 3.Do you know what kinds of food are locally grown where we live? In Joy's interview, she talks about how it is important to know where your food comes from. Inform students that individually, they will be completing an inquiry-based project researching what food is grown in their province, and where some of their favourite food is grown elsewhere in the world. APPLY: WHERE IS OUR FOOD FROM? BROCHURE INQUIRY PROJECT. Students will be performing an inquiry-based research project on two major questions and cre- ating a brochure displaying their research. Students will be researching what foods are grown readily in their own province, and then they will discover where three of their favourite foods are grown. Questions: What types of food grow in my own province? a. State what province you live in. b. What type of fruit are grown? (Find 5 examples) a. Where are they grown? b. How are they grown? c. What type of vegetables are grown? (Find 5 examples) a. Where are they grown? b. How are they grown? Where are the foods I am eating coming from, if they are not from my province?