Health and Food

Healthier New York – Imagine

by Alice

Some of the ideas we had to solve the problem of food deserts was to buy healthy food at a supermarket. What that does is when you buy an item, you are instantly voting for it, the more people buy it and the more they will put of that item, after a long time, they…

by Alice

How healthy is your food? Answer: it ranges to 1-10 depending on what you order. Buy from the right places (union square farmers market). All meat comes from good places. They make their own everything. Where do you buy your fruit and vegetables from? Answer: union square farmers market 4 days a week. Vegetable…

by Hanna

For our fifth fieldwork, Stella, Alice and I went to a restaurant called Maysville. Maysville is a 4.5 star restaurant, and we wanted to see and hear about the healthiness of food from a different perspective other than just from our eyes. Many people just assume that fast food restaurants are unhealthy while fancy restaurants…

by Stella

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…

by Stella

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…

by Alice

\ We were driving around Newark and we noticed how there were almost no grocery shops or even delis. Most of them were closed or were fast food restaurants. How can we expect the people of Newark to eat healthy and survive if they only have the bare minimum. Not only is it a food…

by Stella

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…

by Hanna

After traveling to the farm in Newark, we drove to a food bank. A food bank is a place, or warehouse, where food and supplies are shipped. People who are in need of these supplies, such as homeless people or people who live in food deserts, are allowed to come in and take what they…

by Hanna

For out third and fourth field works, Stella’s uncle, Charles, picked us up from school and drove us to Newark. Before stopping at the farms and the food bank, we drove around Newark, and counted the amount of super markets in the area. There were two. One wasn’t even a super market, it was a…

by Alice

Charles, Stella’s uncle took us on a field trip to a food desert in New Jersey. There were about 2 supermarkets. Half of the delis were closed and since it is a food desert, that means there might of only been 3 delis. Practically all of their food stores were fast food places. Charles explained…

by Hanna

On Sunday, November 15, my group decided to do the Food Stamp Challenge. The Food Stamp challenge is a challenge where each person gets either two dollars a meal, or thirty dollars a week for all of their food. They then have to live off that much money for the week, or month, depending on…

by Alice

The “Food stamped” movie was very educational. I really liked it, but it made me very emotional and made me understand how people who live on food stamps live. It was about a couple that tried living off food stamps for a month. They were interviewing people in the streets asking them if people can live off…

by Stella

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…

by Clair

Fast food restaurants are everywhere. They portray their food as healthy and good. Most people don’t realize what’s really inside their typical burger. Do you know? Our group focuses on the unhealthy reality of fast foods. Eating too much of it can create sicknesses and diseases and can ultimately shorten your life. Although many people…