Corey's Second Week

My second week of gardening has been completed! I’d say it was very fun because of our field trip to Phillips Academy and planting many of our plants and seeds. We also watched a film on Netflix called “Food Inc.” In the beginning of the week we planted our own boxes of lettuce, radish, onions, tomato, collards, and watermelons. The process of planting was extremely fun, but watching our plants double in size is the real prize. After a long few days of planting we were rained and watched Food Inc. Watching the film made me second guess ever eating many processed foods. Just from watching how the animals were treated and fed just for an extra couple bucks going into an owner’s pocket. We also learned how to research different places and where to get many organic meats vegetables and other foods. Lastly in the end of the week we visited Phillips Academy in Newark. It was a very environmentally friendly school. They ate many organic foods, ran off of solar panels, and run their very own roof top garden at the school. Their food program took many of years to get going due to financial issues and not being aided fully by the city since they are a charter school. Either way they manage to do it and the kids look much more alert, healthy, and energetic due to their improved school diet.