Urbanized students lack even basic knowledge that fruits grow from flowers

Evidence

“You mean a squash comes from a flower?” she says incredulously, seeing the progression along the vine. “I love this kind of squash at Thanksgiving.” … Her eyes widen in shock. “You mean all these years I’ve been eating ovaries? Blech—I’ll never eat a squash again.” — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 473

Categorization

• CANDY: The punchline — a student realizing she’s ‘been eating ovaries’ and swearing off squash — is light, tweetable food knowledge.
• STORYSTEM: The alienation-astonishment beat — a whole life of eating food with zero idea where it comes from — could seed a character or classroom scene about reconnection to land.