【推荐1】Gleaning (拾穗，拾遗) is not a new concept. It dates back to ancient times, when farmers would leave the edges of their fields unharvested or leave produce looking imperfect for the poor which was either to rot in the field, or was rolled over.

Gleaning offers fresh, healthy food to food insecure people. That is where gleaners come in. Gleaning addresses farm waste and food poverty by providing free healthy food donated straight from farm to table. Interest in gleaning is growing; in 2017,there were five gleaning groups in the UK, while today there are 25.

Holly Whitelaw, an organizer for the Cornwall Gleaning Network, reported to Positive.News that her volunteers send around 300 boxes a week to food banks and community kitchens in her area. The boxes come complete with recipe (食谱) ideas and the kitchens love the fact that this fresh food is so highly nutritious.

Gleaners find the work very fulfilling. “It’s a really jolly atmosphere,” Whitelaw told Positive. News.”Any time I go gleaning, I am lifted up. For the volunteers, it’s so good for mental health, getting outside and doing something practical that’s good for the needy people.”

Adding technology to this age-old practice, a digital map of the 734 fruit trees available for gleaning was provided. This produce is going to the Orcas Island Food Bank which has witnessed a 227 percent increase in demand since the pandemic (疫情), with numbers still on the rise.

To assist the increasing amount of hungry people, produce is being rescued from fields around the world. A prime example of a successful organization is Leket Israel. In 2021, Leket rescued 40,758,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables from farmers’ fields and packing houses.

Hopes are that awareness will continue to grow. To make this happen, more unions need to be established with farmers and more people need to volunteer their time to help. This form of helping may soon become as commonplace as local charity walks, predicts Positive.News.

【推荐2】Emily St. Denny is fifteen years old. She was born in Beijing, China, where her father worked as a French teacher and her mother taught English. When she was five years old, Emily and her family moved to Milan, Italy, where her little sister was born. Two years later, her family moved to Japan, where she attended an international school. After five years, the whole family moved to France.

Emily's father was born in France; her mother in America. After living in so many places, Emily does not really know who she is. She says she feels more American than anything else, as English is her first language, but she has never lived there! Emily is a "Third Culture Kid".

"Third Culture Kid" (shortened to "TCK") was made up in the 1960s by doctors Ruth and John Useem. They used it to talk about the experience of immigrant (移民) children growing up between two cultures: the culture of their parents, and the culture of the place they are living in.

Today, TCK also refers to children who have traveled a lot and who are culturally mixed. These are children who are familiar with many cultures, but not as familiar with their parents'.

【推荐3】From the day a person opens his or her eyes in this world to the point when success surrounds them, curiosity is something that never leaves their sides. It stays with them and instills (灌输) in them a sense of exploration; it pushes them to take risks, and uncover he hidden mystery. It is a powerful quality as it helps people develop an understanding of different aspects of the world.

Many parent get annoyed when their children ask too many questions. They do not realize that by not responding to the questions and curiosity of these ones, it might take away their chance to learn new things. Leaning is every individual’s right, and no one can take away one’s eagerness to explore, discover, and learn new things.

The former president of the United States, Roosevelt, once said, “I think, at a child’s birth if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to give it the most useful gift that gift would be curiosity.” If a child asks too many questions out of curiosity, parents must answer the questions with patience. The way they respond will determine whether a child grows up to be a smart learner and an explorer or not.

While some parents take these matter slightly, there are some who attend to the needs of their young ones’ hunger to learn smartly. Regina, a life coach and public speaker, instead of losing her calm on her daughter’s nature to frequently question everything, she tried to respond to her daughter with love and affection. Not only did she answer all her daughter’s questions, but she started thinking of other curious kids out there who were eager to discover the hidden secrets of this world.