July 20th 2010
By User Triskeles Staff
Post by Harold Williford
The farmer’s market was an excellent experience for me. When we sold the brownies we made, I knew what it felt like to get up and sell your goods.
Those were some delicious brownies.
When we made our money we knew that it wasn’t going to go into somebody’s pocket. We knew that it [...]
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July 19th 2010
By User Triskeles Staff
Things have been busy here at Food For Thought so there’s a bit of updates in store. Our first field trip to the Reading Terminal Market was a huge success. See for yourself!
The students went on a scavenger hunt where they asked vendors questions about their products like where their ingredients come from, why their food [...]
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July 8th 2010
By User Triskeles Staff
We are into our second week of Food For Thought riding out the feverish heat and working hard as usual.
Students returned to the farms after a long weekend to get their hands dirty.
Nothing “beets” harvesting at Charlestown Farm.
The Kimberton farm group got a lesson on mulching eggplants.
In the afternoons half of the group recharges by [...]
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July 6th 2010
By User Triskeles Staff
With the help of Ms. Emilie a few budding photographers are taking some incredible shots of Food For Thought in action. Here are a handful from the bunch on our first week at work.
Above is a group working at Sankanac Farm.
Melissa, the manager at Charlestown farm teaches the group about weeding.
One of our students Harold [...]
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