Yesterday on July 29, 2010 my group and I went on a field trip to the framers market up on Cecil B. Moore st near Temple University campus. In addition, at the farmer's market there were a few Temple Students their that were selling organic foods that they grow everyday in a community nearby the campus. They decided to create this garden because they want to help make our city a better place to live in be eating and providing healthier foods. However, one of the students explained that having local food isn't just good for the people in our communities, but it is also good for the environment because most of our fruits and vegetables are transferred from a 150-mile radius or in some cases even further, in other words, she informed us that when it takes that long for fresh fruits and vegetables to travel to the grocery store it wouldn't be considered as healthy as it would have been if would have came locally. As a result, by the time it gets to the stores there is no more nutrition left in the fruit or vegetable.
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