Blog #2

For blog #2 I read an article from CNN.com called "Farmers prepare for coldest day of winter in South Florida". The struggle/difficulty this article addresses is a cold snap in Florida that could potentially kill many crops farmers are growing. As many are in there peak harvesting season, this could be a big problem. This connects to the book we are reading in class, Nectar In A Sieve, because Nathan and Rukmani are going through a very similar struggle. The difference is that Rukmanis family truly cannot risk their crops dying because it is a life or death situation... they need them to survive. These farmers in South Miami also have a lot to lose, but not nearly as much in my opinion. "That's how we make out living, to produce a product," Algers said. "If we don't have a product, then guess what? Then it will dramatically affect the prices in the food stores". This passage from the article shows that their biggest worry about losing the crops is that the prices in food stores will raise very high. In Rukmani and Nathans case, they're biggest worry is becoming homeless and starving. We are lucky to live in a society where this problem gets so much attention and that it does not present a life-death situation to us. In Rukmani's society this would have never even gotten news coverage.

MLA:
WSVN. "Farmers prepare for coldest day of winter in South Florida." Miami News. 4 Feb 2009.