Days Ten And Eleven

Happy Weekend!

On Saturday morning I went to the farmer's market with my father to purchase my food for the week. My favorite market is the Saturday market at Union Square but you can check out http://www.cenyc.org/greenmarket for a list of farmer's markets in your neighborhood.

It was a wonderful experience, I love being able to meet the men and women who planted, cared for, and picked the food I was purchasing. For example the woman who grows hydroponic tomatoes was incredibly warm and friendly she informed me and my father that because the days are getting longer and her crop is now exposed to more sunlight the tomatoes are especially sweet this week. It is this connection with farmers that our country has lost. As we have moved to a world that is virtually without seasons, one can walk into a grocery store and buy strawberries 365 days a year.

Speaking of grocery stores, last week my mother went into Whole Foods searching for some dinner for our family and some local foods for me to eat and came out of the store perplexed. The only local foods she could find were a local green bell pepper, coach farm goat cheese, Ronnybrook milk, and some eggs. Why does a "green" store lack a local foods section?

In Saturday's New York Times there was a fantastic article written by a farmer about local foods you can check it out at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/01/opinion/01hedin.html .

Unfortunately, I spent the majority of the past weekend doing homework (On Monday I have a physics test and a five page paper due on eco-terrorism) and thus I don't have any tips on being a social green teen this week.

More Later

xoxo Green Teen