Tasks / Strange Foods
Go to a grocery store and buy a fruit or vegetable. Take it home. Find its latin and common names and also find out what "family" it belongs to. Find out what season it is harvested, where it is commonly grown, and how to grow it. Find out as much as you can about it. Eat it.
Additional points if you produce an info card and place it in the market next to that fruit/vegetable.
1 to 4 players
15 points
Level 1
In the zone of: Biome
12 completed :: 3 in progress
Interested in collaborating on this: (no one yet!)
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