Today Shai and I visited all of the locations. There are seven in total. Again, I was struck by the community. Every location we visited, Shai knew everyone there and[…]
Category: Community & Food
Week two, Tuesday
Today we had an order of 200 burgers, 150 side salads, and 150 salads. It struck me today that all of these containers are made of plastic. Additionally, I bagged[…]
Week one, Wednesday
Today I started working at Westville! I wake up at around 10 to get there at 11. I have been put in charge of all the orders going out to[…]
Week One, Monday
Today I met with Shai. Shai is the manager of technology and human resources at Westville and has been bogged down with work recently. While some workplaces are experiencing less[…]
Dakota – Week 2 Update 2
On Thursday, I did so much cooking. I woke up at 7:25 to go in search of yeast at the grocery store near my dad’s and wandered around the store[…]
Ariella – Blog post #4
The third recipe that I cooked so far in my project are my grandmothers bolitas de queso (cheese balls). My grandmother is a Holocaust survivor who escaped from Romania in[…]
Week 1 part 2
I did my next cooking exploration as a breakfast meal. I gathered garlic mustard and used it as flavoring and spice for my healthy and proteinous breakfast dish. Below are[…]
Week 1, part 1
This week I started by cooking with ingredients from local farmers from the farmers market. One new food to me was lions mane mushrooms. Then I began my foraging. To[…]
Senior Project Proposal
FINAL PROPOSAL Name: Anna Faulkner You have already written versions of your responses to many of these questions in previous assignments for Senior Project; you may reuse prior writing[…]
Update #3: Sophie SF
On Tuesday, I had the chance to observe another weekly Leadership Team Meeting at The Hunger Project (THP). The meeting consisted of a group of long-time THP investors and fundraisers.[…]
Dakota – Week 2 Update 1
So far this week I have made turnip cake and Chinese black bean spare ribs with my mom. These foods are very nostalgic, as they were foods I ate often[…]
Ariella Post #3
For my next dish I interviewed my grandmother on my mom’s side, Vivian Abady. She grew up in Egypt but was exiled due to her religion as a young teen.[…]
Dakota Critical Reflection 1
My essential question of what impact does food have on people’s lives is kind of broad but has a variety of possible answers. It’s important to be because my entire[…]
Sophie SF’s CR#1
My essential question is, how does a non-profit organization develop and implement a sustainable solution to global hunger and poverty? Coming into my internship, I was already familiar with how[…]
Sophie R – CR#1
My essential question is, how can learning about food sustainability inform the sustainable practices I use in my own life? I wanted to explore this question because I’m really interested[…]
Sophie R – Week 1 (2)
Even though I’m familiar with a lot of the major themes involved in food sustainability, I’m surprised by how much I learned this week. One of the most interesting things[…]
Update #2: Sophie SF
On Thursday (4/9), I had the chance to observe a webinar focused on how The Hunger Project’s programs in East Africa and India are responding to the COVID-19 crisis. During[…]
Ariella Mendal Blog Post #2
The fist recipe I made is called Ajiaco. It is a traditional Colombian dish that comes from Medellín. It is similar to a chicken or pork stew/soup filled with a[…]
Dakota – Week 1 Update 2
In the past couple of days, I have done a lot of research about hot pot (called da bien lou in Cantonese). I initially thought that there was just one[…]
Sophie R – Week 1 (1)
This week I started working on my first online class, watched a documentary, and listened to some podcasts. My original senior project involved working with different farms, both rural and[…]
Update #1: Sophie SF
This week, I started my remote internship with The Hunger Project (THP), a strategic, non-profit organization that works to end chronic hunger and extreme poverty by launching sustainable, grassroots, women-centered[…]
Sophie SF’s Senior Project Proposal
Project Name: An Examination of a Sustainable Solution to Ending Global Hunger Essential Question: How does a non-profit organization develop and implement a sustainable solution to global hunger and poverty?[…]
Dakota – Week 1 Update 1
So far I have done a lot of just research preparing myself for this project. A lot of the preparation was initially done for my original project (cooking with my[…]
Senior Project Proposal
FINAL PROPOSAL Name: Ariella Mendal You have already written versions of your responses to many of these questions in previous assignments for Senior Project; you may reuse prior writing[…]