“It began with our little ones vigorously digging in the dirt, tilling it up, and finding joy. We learned that Mycobacterium vaccae in soil cause relaxation by stimulating serotonin production in our bodies. So I let them play in the dirt, I watched them divide mudpies and multiply mud muffins to serve on slabs tree bark.”

“They were spinning stories, bringing equations to life, and their mud kitchen became a portal for bridging wonderment and math. Within the confines of mud exists infinite possibility. So I took our fondness of farmers markets and their want of “mud kitchen provisions” to set up a market of our own. “
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