Subject: Because it's a joke.
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Posted on: 2014-12-17 13:13:00 UTC
And because there's no list of departments that can't be improved by adding 'and DOOCH' to the end.
But okay, if you want an in-universe explanation, here goes:
There is a persistent rumour that the DOOCH has spent the past several years collecting out-of-character hobbit bit-parts and replacements, and releasing them 'into the wild' in New Caledonia. These hobbits, so the story goes, then began to delve holes in the surrounding hills, and set up farms and all the other accessories of rural life. In exchange for the DOOCH's help in keeping them hidden, the hobbits give all their spare food to the department, who sell it on (by way of a convoluted chain of front organisations) to the various restaurants in the city.
Certainly, it is true that no-one is quite sure who runs the farms, nor has anyone admitted to seeing anybody working the land. It is equally true that hobbits are adept at hiding from 'the Big Folk', and very fond of growing food. But proving the idea plausible does not make it true, so unless Agents Rohana and Celebduin can acquire actual evidence of their claims, they must remain simply a rumour.
hS