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Andrew and Helen Stephens, Twins, Food Explorers
Find out what an official "food explorer" is and what these cheerful young twins sampled at the Kensington Farmers' Market.
Names: Andrew and Helen Stephens
Age: 8 “We’re twins!”
Occupation: Students at , "food explorers" at the (a program of the Kensington Farmers' Market that gives "food explorer" name tags to local elementary school children for a discount on purchases at the market)
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Do you live in Kensington?
Helen: Yah.
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What are you doing today at the market?
Helen: Well, we’re getting lunch.
Are you food explorers?
Helen: Yah.
Andrew: Yah.
What does that mean?
Andrew: That means we have coupons – I just used my coupon.
Did you use it to get some food at the market?
Andrew: I used it for a pizza.
Helen: It means that you love the farmer’s market.
Do you go to school near here?
Andrew: We go to Kensington Hilltop Elementary School.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Andrew: I’m going to be an astronaut.
Helen: And I’m going to be an artist.
Do you color?
Helen: Yah. I like to color.
What’s your favorite thing to draw?
Helen: Kittens.
What do you do for fun?
Helen: I call somebody up for a play date, if mom will let me.
Andrew: Sometimes we watch TV.
Do you have a favorite TV show?
Helen: Fetch with Ruff Ruffman – it’s pound puppies.
Andrew: Pokemon.
What do you like to buy when you’re at the market?
Helen: I like kettle corn.
Andrew: I like the raviolis.
What did you get today?
Andrew: I got some pizza, some lemonade for my drink.
What did you just try?
Helen: I just tried some grapes and a pluot.
Andrew: First of all, the pizza that we bought isn’t ready yet. It isn’t ready. (pauses while the picture is taken) I went to an alien party last night, and it had an alien cake that looked like a space ship.
