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The fourth class meeting we went on a field trip to ECHO. ECHO is an organization to help people who work internationally with the poor to be more effective especially in the line of agriculture. When we visited we got to see all the different agriculture that is housed at the ECHO plantation. So many different species of plants, vegetables and fruits. It was not only local things they produce, but also invasive species you can find around the world. Casaba is the  plant that took me by storm. Seventy of the worlds carbohydrates come from casaba. You can make bread out of casaba and tapioca comes from casaba. Meringa was another plant species we learned about. Crushed up meringa is used as a supplement for babies for breast milk in foreign countries. There was a sign at ECHO that said meringa had 7 times vitamin C of oranges, 4 times calcium of milk, 4 times vitamin A of carrots, 3 times potassium of bananas, 3 times iron of spinach and 2 times protein of milk. Those states were interesting to see. The tire planters were one of the coolest things I saw. It showed it doesn't matter where you live you can grow just about anything out of the tire. So people in New York who don't have agriculture space as we do in Florida can also grow yummy fruits and vegetables like us. I enjoyed my time there and will most definitely go back there.