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Urban foraging — gathering wild greens, mushrooms or fruit from parks, roadsides and vacant lots — was once dismissed in wealthy cities as a curiosity practised only by hobbyists or the destitute. [1] That perception has shifted considerably over the last decade, as chefs, foragers and public-health researchers have begun documenting an unexpectedly rich range of edible species growing untended within city limits. [2] Municipal governments, meanwhile, remain caught between two competing instincts. [3] Some now issue permits and publish foraging guides, treating urban greenery as an underused civic resource; others maintain blanket bans, citing concerns about pesticide residue, plant misidentification, and the risk of over-harvesting from small green spaces. [4]
Where would the following sentence best fit?
'A single mature mulberry tree on a neglected traffic island, researchers found, could yield fruit worth several hundred meals over a single season.'
Urban foraging — gathering wild greens, mushrooms or fruit from parks, roadsides and vacant lots — was once dismissed in wealthy cities as a curiosity practised only by hobbyists or the destitute. [1] That perception has shifted considerably over the last decade, as chefs, foragers and public-health researchers have begun documenting an unexpectedly rich range of edible species growing untended within city limits. [2] Municipal governments, meanwhile, remain caught between two competing instincts. [3] Some now issue permits and publish foraging guides, treating urban greenery as an underused civic resource; others maintain blanket bans, citing concerns about pesticide residue, plant misidentification, and the risk of over-harvesting from small green spaces. [4]
Where would the following sentence best fit?
'A single mature mulberry tree on a neglected traffic island, researchers found, could yield fruit worth several hundred meals over a single season.'
- A. Position 1
- B. Position 2
- C. Position 3
- D. Position 4
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Answer: (B) Position 2
The sentence offers a concrete illustrative example ('a single mature mulberry tree... yield fruit worth several hundred meals') of the claim just made at position 2 — that researchers are 'documenting an unexpectedly rich range of edible species growing untended within city limits.' It fits naturally right after that general claim and before the passage pivots to governmental response ('Municipal governments, meanwhile...'). Placing it at position 1 would precede the very claim it illustrates; at positions 3 or 4 it would awkwardly interrupt the discussion of municipal policy with an unrelated yield statistic.
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