Service-Learning Project

1-9-19

Topic: Local Produce Stand

Goal: To bring local fruits and vegetables to our community.
2-4-19

Expressing Your Opinion

1. Identify the problem: our community does not have access to
local fresh
produce.
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5368542/
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5368542/
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5368542/
2. Get information: Community Food Stand

3. Look for solution:

4. Tell what you think:
2-6-19
“Healthy Eating, Healthy Planet” by Readworks
* The article is mostly talking about how we can help the planet by
growing our own food and eating locally and in-season.
• Eating locally means consuming produce that is grown close to
your home.
• When you buy food that is grown locally, you’re also supporting
your own communinty.

2-13-19
“Nothing Fresh in Sight” by Readworks
 • Yet many people don’t have easy access to a good grocery store.
• Nearly 6 million households live more than a half mile from a
supermarket and don’t have a car.
• Gardening Programs are helping Bronx students find fresh
produce.
2-13-19
“Nothing Fresh in Sight” by Readworks
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2-15-19
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2-25-29 “Group Hopes to Change Fresno’s Food Economy” by Ali
Bunder for Valley Public Radio
• PROBLEM: Hundreds of different food crops are raised in the
Central Valley, but the Central Valley has little access to the fruits
of their own area. 12 food deserts in the Fresno County.
• Food desert: lack of access of fresh produce (no chemicals and
picked within a timely manner.)
• SOLUTION: Food Common Fresno created OOOOBY produce
boxes, surveys of areas that are food deserts to bring farm’s
markets.
3/18 Pre-Writing Opinion Paper
3/25 Meeting with
April 2019
• Writing opinion paper on our local produce econemey
4-9-19
Mr. Minkler Meeting
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