Obviously the social justice teach-in enabled all of us to put our knowledge out into the school and teach others about our topic. But for us the teach-in was a part in a very long important process. Throughout this project visiting organizations and doing hands on work made us realize that making a difference…
The Food Stamp Challenge was a experiment we did where we found out what it would be like to live on food stamps. An average person on food stamps gets about 30 dollars a week. Together me and my group did this for a week. We started on Sunday, we went to a small grocery store…
the newark conservancy is a organization that focuses on teaching the newark community about heathy local food. They have many empty lot farms throughout newark. These farms help stock local farmers markets and give ingredients to cooking classes. The actual building includes green houses and gardens. The Conservancy teaches classes and helps schools learn about…
On our recent field work to newark we met up with my uncle Charles Rosen; an owner of a farm supporting recently incarcerated men and women. our first stop was at the Newark conservatory. This organization focused on local farming and helping people learn about fresh and local food. We then got to talk to…
We watched a movie that explained the struggles us rising food prices and how its a struggle for people bellow the poverty line to get access to healthy food. The movie explains the food and heath problems the US face in a fight to bring heathy food to everyone. The movie steps into the lives…
