tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44562924169051332192024-03-12T21:57:06.245-07:00LEAF 2013LEAF Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771353862868395605noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456292416905133219.post-54388462433128663862013-07-25T22:21:00.003-07:002013-07-25T22:21:56.120-07:00Insider Observations on Good Earth by IanGood Earth Market<br />
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Fairfax’s Good Earth Market, founded in 1969, really is concerned about the planet. All the food they sell is organic and all natural, and they use solar power for their energy needs. The products tell you how far away they originated from, and label whether it’s whole grain, raw, fairtrade, gluten free, vegan, non-GMO, locally produced, or if it is refined sugar containing. All of the meat there is also free range or grass fed, and the fish they sell is either labeled green for sustainable and safe, or yellow, for somewhat sustainable. You can also buy everything from flour to chocolate covered almonds in bulk, with your nifty reusable bag, and they have counters for various, healthy meals you can eat right there. They except the Fairbuck, Fairfax’s local currency, and a portion goes to neighborhood projects. It also happens to have amazing, in season, produce. It is one of the coolest grocery stores out there, if you can pay the hefty price.<br />
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We took a tour of the market with Sheila, one of the employees, and she told us all about the whole place, while people hurried about trying not to get in the way. We learned about all the reasons why organic or non-GMO was better, and got to meet a few of the other employees. Everyone kept their rapt attention on Sheila, even though they may have just been bluffing, for everyone was notified beforehand that after the tour they could buy something for $5 or less. Well, once we were done and fully saturated in West Marin food culture, we all searched for something to purchase. I and many others fell upon the ice cream, possibly because we didn’t want to go to any of the other counters with no hard cash and backup support. Some of the smarter kids realized that they could get a pint of Three Twins ice cream for 5 bucks and wolfed it down on the bus, but I just got a scoop of Mint Confetti for $3. I didn’t experience any after effects.<br />
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~ IanLEAF Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771353862868395605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456292416905133219.post-49395318561294247772013-07-25T15:09:00.000-07:002013-07-25T22:22:09.195-07:00The Food Bank through Aliya's EyesAt the SF FOOD BANK the LEAF Academy got to sort tomatoes and package brown rice. It felt like we were workers there. After, we played an amazing game called Hunger 101. Were we played a game that helped us understand what it is like to be without money or enough food to eat. We had to have a family member and we got a certain amount of money to buy groceries for a whole day. The SF FOOD BANK is letting people come there to come and get food for themselves and their families.<br />
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LEAF Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771353862868395605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456292416905133219.post-40306150525087449412013-07-23T07:13:00.001-07:002013-07-24T17:23:46.242-07:00Reflecting on our Explorations<div class="MsoNormal">
Online Food Survey<br />
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A majority of the people responding to our food survey like food less than 100 miles<br />
Most are shopping for weekly groceries for families.<br />
These people would go to a fast food restaurant for the accessibility<br />
People like good foods and expect it to be yummy. We’re glad people care about the foods they eat :D!! People said they wanted their food to be grown within a 100 mile radius of where they live. People answering our questions are label readers and determine organic food by reading labels.<br />
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We went on a hike on Mt Tam and we had so much fun! When we got there we went to the bottom of a hill and stood in our circle to talk about watersheds and the health of the ecosystem. We went into the stream to catch and count creatures to figure out if it was healthy. I caught salamanders! We taught each other about about the place on a nature hike and I learned that moss can suck a lot of water.<br />
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SFPUC<br />
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The SFPUC Southeastern Plant has been around since the 1950s. They’ve been treating people’s waste for a long time. Their mission is to make wastewater as clean as possible and release it into the bay so that no animals get harmed.<br />
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LEAF’S mission there was to learn about and to understand the way water treatment works. We also watched a DVD to also observe how everything works. When we went to all the stations of the sewer, it smelled really BAD.<br />
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At the sewer, I was impressed by how much cleaner the water looked after the treatment. It was really challenging to withstand the smell of the raw sewage. I learned a lot of things. I learned about the steps in cleaning the water. I also learned that you could damage the system by flushing down dental floss. It was fun and I learned a lot!<br />
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You can get involved by going to www.sfsewers.org or call 415-554-3289<br />
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Recology</div>
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Recology's mission is to make San Francisco a greener place.
They try to make as many things reusable, recyclable, or reduce that product.
They also do compost. They get almost millions of tons if not more recycling
everyday and they separate them into different areas to be reused. The trash
that they get can still be mostly composted or recycled but they are working on
it! We went to Recology so we could be more knowledgeable about how recycling
gets completed. We also toured the place and learned that you can dig in the trash
and make art out of what you found. That's a cool way to reuse objects. One thing
I learned, is that the bats (cubes) of recycling they organize recycling into
weigh one ton each! Also, the recycling factories are very big and wide and
very few people work in the space like that. All you need to do to get involved
is recycle more and get smarter about it. You can also go to www.recology.com to check it out!</div>
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City Slicker Farms</div>
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The mission at City Slicker Farms is to help families get
healthy organic food. We accomplished helping some families have something to
eat by working on the farm in West Oakland. I learned how to pick a ripe plum.
The ripe plums connect to one fact of life because they need the sun to grow.
Get involved by volunteering and visit <a href="http://www.cityslikerfarms.org/">www.cityslikerfarms.org</a>!</div>
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SF Food Bank</div>
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The mission of the SF Food Bank is to make sure all families
in SF and Marin have a daily meal. LEAF students helped the food bank fulfill
their mission by sorting tomatoes and packing 1pound bags of rice out of a 100
pound bag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I learned that 1 out of
4 people in SF goes hungry every day in San Francisco.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I think about this fact, I feel
both sad and grateful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel sad
knowing people do not have enough food to eat. I feel grateful because my
family has all the food they want and need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The SF Food Bank has 25,000 volunteers help them every year,
but they can always use more help. Everyone can make a difference by
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Heart of the City Farmers’ Market</div>
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Heart of the City Farmers’ Market was made over 30 years
ago, in 1981, to bring in fresh, affordable produce from local farms to SF for
low-income families or anybody who loves to get free handouts. It is really
cool because it is run by local farmers with a passion for bringing healthy and
nutritious food to this “food desert” in the “Heart of SF”. At the famers’
market, LEAF conducted a survey about food quality. Many people did not want to
take the survey but a whole lot more did! It was a way to learn if the people
in SF like to know what is in their food. Everybody had lots of fun and loved
eating the yummy snacks. I learned that it is very hard to get high-quality
produce at an affordable price but this farmers’ market makes it easy and
assessable. I also learned that most people care if their food is organic or is
gluten free. I am very pleased that many people care about their health. If you
want to get involved you would probably have to buy a vendor to sell produce or
you can help by going there and shopping for goodies. I think it is very fun
for the family to go and shop there and it there are very healthy and delicious
food choices!</div>
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This is how Smitten's Ice Cream started. The proud owner of
Smitten's, Robyn Sue Fisher, spent 5 years making a machine that would make ice
cream with liquid nitrogen. This made the ice cream softer and creamier. This
machine made it so the ingredients could be fresh. So she used this machine to
sell ice cream around the neighborhood on a red wagon. Then, she opened a shop
that was made out of one of those huge shipping containers.</div>
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What we did there was that we learned about their ice cream
(what is in it, how it is made.) I t is super unique because they use liquid
nitrogen to freeze it! We ate some of their ice cream, and we had fun.</div>
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LEAF Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771353862868395605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456292416905133219.post-76807821708997358742013-07-21T21:06:00.002-07:002013-07-21T21:08:02.901-07:00Ian Rethinks Fritjof's "Facts of Life!"<div class="MsoNormal">
Mysteries of life Explained</div>
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Fact of life: Life emerged victorious because of
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This sounds sort of weird the way I put it, but it’s true.
If you think about it, it makes sense; the process of evolution works in favor
of everybody, not just one species. Plants evolved to produce fruit in order
for other animals to eat it and spread its seeds, helping the plant reproduce
and nourishing other animals. Life depends on each other to survive, because
all species are specially adapted to help other species, which in turn help
others. This in turn keeps in place a system of checks and balances which keeps
species from overpopulation or extinction, a process otherwise known as the
food chain. Big predators keep in check smaller and smaller prey and eventually
plants so food production and reproduction is fairly constant. </div>
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That is until humans come along. Humans are not inherently
bad, it’s just that we have grown to smart, so this system does not apply to
us, and that means we get reckless for the rest of life's sake. Now that we
have the ability and numbers to do mass produced farming effectively and build
heavy machinery that can harvest and use natural resources for our own benefit
with no need for consideration for anything else, we are wrecking the planet.
We extract oil in anyway possible, mine for metals and coal that we want,
deforest the planet for wood and agricultural purposes, build dams and canals
for drainage, water and hydroelectric purposes, and basically build tall
skyscrapers and put people and asphalt everywhere. And what do we give back to
the earth? Almost nothing. You can see this pattern is not sustainable and if
we continue, will result in our downfall. One ordinary person can try their
hardest to be as eco- friendly as possible, try not to use fossil-fuel related
things, recycle and possibly compost, buy from local organic farms, save
electricity, but unless 7 billion people commit to giving back to the Earth and
stop reckless development fairly quickly, we as humans are doomed, but life
will always prevail through socializing.</div>
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Concept: A Watershed System</div>
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All water has to go somewhere, and the force of gravity
makes it go down, eventually ending up in rivers, streams and lakes, which lead
it to the ocean. This connected patchwork of waterways is known as a watershed,
and has a unique ecosystem. Migrating birds come to nest in the reeds in the
marshes, and salmon swim upstream from the ocean to lay their eggs where they
were born. But humans put up dams which disrupt the flow of water and make it
hard for the salmon swimming upstream to get past, and that makes so less and
less salmon come every year. Runoff from roads brings oil to the river, pipes
take water from the river for drinking and agriculture, and concrete keeps
water from saturating into the dirt, making it flood more easily. What you can
do is try to restore your nearby creek and take away sediment that clogs the
waterway and petition to remove the dams.</div>
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LEAF Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771353862868395605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456292416905133219.post-52730341787443032242013-07-21T18:43:00.002-07:002013-07-21T18:43:12.304-07:00The "Facts of Life" Through Rou Rou's Eye's<div class="MsoNormal">
Fact of Life Concept: Most energy driving the ecological
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1. My interpretation: All living things on earth depend on
the sun.</div>
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2. I think it is important for people to know what they
actually depend on for life.</div>
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3. There are many ways to utilize the sun’s strength to help
us. Some ways include drying, heat, and lighting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other developing countries it would be helpful to know
how to capture the sun to light homes at night or to heat a hospital. In the
U.S we use solar energy but we also use a lot of oil and electricity. If we
could figure out how to use more solar energy perhaps we could stop using oil,
gas, electricity.</div>
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Organic:</div>
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1. Organic means something is grown without pesticides
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2. I think it is important for people to know this concept
because might help people make better, healthier food choices.</div>
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3. I already make good food choices because I support local
farmers. My family only buys organic food when it is an option. I am also a
vegetarian and a pescatarian and I do not eat any meat. I only eat sustainable
fish and organic fruit and vegetables.</div>
LEAF Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771353862868395605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456292416905133219.post-88649438169225566812013-07-21T10:29:00.003-07:002013-07-23T18:43:24.419-07:00Fritjof Capra's "Facts of Life" through the eyes of our young leaders<div class="MsoNormal">
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Fact of Life: Diversity assures resilience.</div>
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In my own words: Differences assure rebelliousness. This
fact of life is important to know because one person can make a change in their
community or in the world with just a little resistance. This can help me to
change people’s choices by helping my community have food and end hunger.</div>
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~ Anthony<br />
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Fact of Life: Most of the earth's energy streams from the
sun while driving through the Ecological
cycles. This fact is important because people might want to know about it. I
can make better choices by maybe not using a lot of electricity.</div>
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Concept: Decomposer - this concept is important because it
gives plants nutrients. We can use this concept because plants need nutrients
to stay health and for us to eat.</div>
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~ Aliya</div>
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The fact of life I chose was "One species' waste, is
another species' food." In other words, one animals' trash, is another
animals' meal. This fact is important for people to know because it means that
not everything is junk. This fact is a little different for us humans. An easy
way to understand it is one man's trash is another man's treasure. This can
help me make better choices in life because I can think about this fact when I
recycle. Some things that you think are garbage can actually be of use. The
concept I chose was "Development". It is important because we have to
go through it and also nature does too. I can use this to make better choices
by remembering that things aren't always going to be the same.</div>
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~ Noelly</div>
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Fact of life: Lots of species can get food from another's
waste (one species waste is another species food.)</div>
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If we didn't have certain species, we would not have the
variety of foods we have today. But some animals are endangered or close to
extinction. Everyday, you can understand that the food I'm eating that's
natural started out as a living thing's waste. You can be more grateful for the
fact the plants and animals that help out the whole world of living things. I
can eat more of those things to keep me healthy because other processed foods
are not good for my body.</div>
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Concept: A living thing that lives on animal meat
(carnivore.)</div>
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<br /></div>
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Don't mess up a animal's diet by feeding it. Just don't feed
it at all. Also, you should know if the animal is carnivorous, and it can eat
you, stay away! Don't stand near an animal can possibly eat you. Cats are
carnivores. So you can feed them right. ex: Tigers, Lions</div>
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These are two things you can live by everyday!</div>
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~ Trey</div>
<br />
LEAF: The Facts of Life</div>
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<br /></div>
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Diversity assures resilience, meaning that when people of
all different ages, genders, or races come together, they create a great
community that is powerful and cannot be broken no matter the obstacle. That is
why everybody loves America because many people don’t mind what your race is. I
think using this fact of life can be used to make better choices because it
tells you to accept people for whom they are and for not what they look like.
Everybody should know this because there are still people who judge others
because of their race and not on who they really are inside. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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Waste is a material or object that is no longer needed after
a period of time, but sometimes people think waste is something THEY don’t use
anymore even though somebody else may use it. Many times, people throw away
their “waste” but it can actually can be recycled or composted. It is important
for everyone to know about waste because it fills up our landfills which it bad for our earth and takes many years to decompose. I think people should use the word waste everyday and expose it to others so they know that the bin they put
their scraps in can affect our earth and themselves in the long run. </div>
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~ Lauren</div>
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<br /></div>
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“One Pig's Loss Is Another Pig's Game” This fact is
important to all people because it shows that the things we eat are part of a
bigger cycle of food that travels through different species, but not many
people realize it. You can use this in your day-to-day life by thinking of all
the stages the thing your eating has gone through, making you have a new vision
about food.</div>
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~ Gabe<br />
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Glossary of Terms: Diversity.</div>
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In my own words: I think diversity means that you can make a difference and you can help change your community. This is important for all people to know because you can make difference you can change your community or even the world. I can use this in my daily life by helping and changing my community.</div>
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~ Anthony</div>
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My favorite fact of life is “one man’s trash is another man’s
treasure.”</div>
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My version is “one man’s trash is another man’s come up.”</div>
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This fact is important because everything can be used again.</div>
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We all can use this fact to help by not throwing everything away and knowing that you could be using some one else’s trash.</div>
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<br /></div>
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My favorite concept is “natural recourses.”</div>
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In my own words this is, “Use nature! It can help!”</div>
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This concept is important because we all can use nature to
help! Solutions do not always have to be modern. We can make better choices by
not just using modern stuff but by using what is already all around us.</div>
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~ Ben<br />
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Fact of life: One species waste is another species food</div>
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I think of that as a life cycle example if a moth dies than
that is a bats dinner. In other words if something passes on than its waste can
be something else's food.</div>
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LEAF Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771353862868395605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456292416905133219.post-18555510402510268842013-07-21T10:25:00.002-07:002013-07-21T10:25:31.451-07:00City Slicker Farms - Providing Affordable Fresh Vegetables to Underserved Neighborhoods<div class="MsoNormal">
On day 3 of LEAF at City Slicker Farms, the good thing that
happened was we cleaned up the weeds, and the bad part is the bathroom in the
recycling center. Today, I learned that chickens hate water, and if you want
inexpensive vegetables just go to City Slick Farms!</div>
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~ Marvin</div>
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Today we went to City Slicker Farms and we helped them on
the farm. We also got to analyze our data from our food survey. One thing I
noticed was that lots of people at the farmers market get weekly groceries and
are tourists. We also got to pick chicken eggs at City Slicker Farms. It was an
awesome experience!</div>
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~<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Khatab</div>
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Slicker Farms</div>
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Today I went to Slicker Farms in Oakland. The garden was
very nice and had a lot of organic plants. I helped water the blueberry bushes
and a pineapple guava bush.</div>
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I am interested in the farm because I would like to
transform my own backyard into an amazing organic food garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was interesting to learn that they
created planter boxes instead of planting directly into the ground. I was
surprised to learn that they use chicken manure to provide nutrients to the
plants. I think they did an awesome job growing the garden. I was super
impressed by the whole experience.</div>
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~ Rou Rou</div>
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Jason and I are incredibly impressed by the depth and
breadth of information and experience Rou Rou is having. I don't think she has
ever had a more complete educational experience!!! Thank you for all your hard
work!</div>
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~ Shelli</div>
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Today we went to a farm. We got the chance to help them by
doing some tasks. We split into groups and got to work. The first job my group
got to do was plum picking. They looked fresh and delicious! Our job was
finished pretty quickly, so afterwards, we got to do other jobs. It was fun,
but something that wasn't so fun was the bathroom. The closest bathroom was at
a recycle center, and they weren't very clean if I were to put it in the nicest
way I could think of. On the other hand, overall I had a great time and hope to
have more fun. I wander how the next place will look like and what kind of new
things I will learn!!!</div>
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~ Noelly</div>
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Today we made posters about the surveys on the 3rd day. We
each had two of the questions from the surveys and everyone put stickers on the
paper chart to show what answers they got from people. There was also was a
tally chart and we presented them to the group and showed what we noticed on
the chart compared to other people.</div>
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We had lunch at the school and then took the bus to Oakland
to Slicker Farms. We were put right to work and my group went to a plum tree
with Todd and we picked a lot of plums and put them in numerous baskets.
After that, we went back to the farm and weeded the area. There were barely any
weeds. Yay! Then, my group and another one went to another area with plants to
either get bugs off plants or weed that area. Marvin, Gabe, and I had a lot of
fun hitting weeds as hard as we could and at the same time, we successfully got
most weeds removed.</div>
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After that, I had to go to the bathroom and we went to one
of Oakland's Recology areas. Soooooooooo different. We waited forever for someone
to clean the bathroom but after, we came back but I was sad because we had
nothing to weed. I watched Ben saw off parts of branches and ate sour apples.
Then, we all gathered to the main farm and learned about the history of the
farm. I learned that the farm was there since 2001 and they are very convenient
to people who don't have much money when the farmers market stand was open.</div>
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Once again, my highlight was being on the bus with my
friends and laughing hard. Also, the physical labor got me to get a new friend
by doing the labor together. I hope the new friendship gets stronger. I hope
tomorrow's a day of joy and laughter. 4th day going on 5.</div>
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~ Trey</div>
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On day five we made graphs to show what was in the foods
surveys completed by everyone at the Civic Center Farmers’ Market. When we were
at the City Slicker Farms, I was impressed about how many people wanted their
food to taste good (impressed, not surprised). Around 40 people. I don't know
what was challenging. I learned about how to coil a hose. I think it was great
to work on the farm to have that experience.</div>
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~ Luke</div>
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City Slicker Farms</div>
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We combined all of our surveys and looked to see how many
people buy organic food or bike there or like gluten. Then we took the bus to
City Slicker Farms in Oakland. We helped clear out all the chicken poop, which
is surprisingly big; we also picked plums, swept spider webs, pulled weeds,
scrapped scale, etc. It felt good to take action. Todd told me to say a fact of
life so “one creature's waste is another's food.”</div>
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My thorn is getting the stuff in my eye.</div>
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My rose was eating the warm apple and I wanted an apple for
the whole summer.</div>
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~ Sam</div>
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Today I loved going to the urban farms and making charts
about are survey. I learned that most people go to fast food restaurants
because they are cheap. I also learned at the farm that you can use tree
branches as stakes. I have lots of fun this past week exploring new things.</div>
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~ Ben</div>
LEAF Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771353862868395605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456292416905133219.post-13114422969162867632013-07-19T08:15:00.000-07:002013-07-19T08:15:22.471-07:00Life in the COOP! City Slicker Farms<div class="MsoNormal">
Life in the Coop</div>
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Masks go on, goggles or glasses are donned, and then you
take the plunge. Into the chicken coop you go, and you hope it’s better than it
sounds. Underneath your mask the smells are dampened, but these dulled ones are
amplified into some pleasant food, which really isn’t what you thought it was,
combined with dust and must. The shovel plunges into mess, and dirt and straw
are relieved from the chaos below, along with all those other parts which are
usually greeted with disgust. You dump, hold the garbage bag for the other
person to dump into, and it goes back around, and then occasionally scrape some
of the eww. Rabid kids make rain in the enclosure trying to blast away at the
cobwebs from outside, and the chickens will sometimes attempt to claim their home
indoors, and are politely shooed away at their dismay. But one wanders in and
decides to lay an egg, or at least we thought so, as we never got to see the
finished product. </div>
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At the herb garden I scraped away at scales, an ants’
consumer crop which really seemed more boils that affected citrus trees. The
ants got mad at our vandalism, but more likely got squashed in our unsuspecting
fingers. As we ended the day I wanted to stay at the garden, connected to the
earth, but parent anxiety made us be at PHS by 4:20. The chicken laid the egg
in her clean coop, the ants rebuilt with earnest, and I went home. </div>
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Rose: Hanging out with the chickens and doing their
housekeeping, along with the pleasure of everyone else saying eww . I’m sure
they were thankful, as I was, but the tip was nonexistent. Thorn: Scraping off
chicken feces. They’re sticky, smell much to earthly, and are extremely hard to
pry of hard surfaces.</div>
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~ Ian</div>
LEAF Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771353862868395605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456292416905133219.post-18149835435310585072013-07-18T07:39:00.004-07:002013-07-18T07:39:58.609-07:00Recology, Civic Center Farmers' Market and SF Food Bank by Rou Rou!<div class="MsoNormal">
Recology</div>
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The Recology business is cool. I have learned what is
happening yo our waste, recycling, and compost. The waste is dumped into<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a pit, recycling is sorted thoroughly
and the compost is made into soil. I was able to watch people sort through the recycling.
I was very interested in the bird keepers because they use birds of prey to
chase off the seagulls. Compost can be seen as a 'fact of life" event.
Material is broken down and helps other things to grow. I think that Recology
center is a great way to help<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>keep
our earth healthy and clean and has done an amazing job. </div>
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Civic Center Farmers Market and SF Food Bank</div>
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Today I went to the Farmers Market and the SF Food Bank.I
helped create the survey that we used today. My team and I went around the market
asking people if they had time to take our survey. I learned that a lot of
people care that their food is organic and care that their food is yummy at the
same time. People depend on the farmers to provide food and the farmers in turn
need the consumer. I am glad people care about organic food as much as I do.
The rest of the day<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>spent at the
SF Food Bank was very meaningful. I was very excited to be a part of creating
1,700 pounds of rice for people in need. My team also packed tomatoes. We
packed 1 ton of tomatoes in less than 1 hour. We also took part in a simulation
game called Hunger 101.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found
the process of trying to budget<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>and feed my pretend husband and me on $4.50 a day very difficult. I was
very disappointed when I found out that although I am poor I am not considered
poor enough for food stamp assistance. It took me a long time to fill out all
the paperwork just to be rejected. We are very poor and often hungry and I
can't imagine how we will continue without assistance. In reality 1 out of 4
people in San Francisco goes hungry every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It made me think about all the hungry people and it makes me
want to work harder to figure out how to feed every hungry person. I really
feel grateful that my family has enough food to feed me meals, snacks and
treats every day. </div>
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~ Rou Rou</div>
LEAF Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771353862868395605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456292416905133219.post-52019995714678707572013-07-18T07:37:00.001-07:002013-07-18T17:13:00.033-07:00Surveying the Civic Center Farmers' Market and Work at the SF Food Bank<div class="MsoNormal">
We went to a farmers market with prepared surveys. We each
got in our summer groups and chose a partner and asked people what is important
about their food. We also gave people multiple choice questions and questions
about them. Luke and I got 7 people including a sign. We also played bingo and
we had to see where certain places were in the market and they were mostly
questions about food. After that, our groups had 10$ to buy snacks for
everyone. Then, we ate lunch.</div>
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We got back on the bus and went to the San Francisco food
bank. We helped box up tomatoes and me, Ben, Gabe, Luke, and Sam all cruised
and we finished very quickly. Then, we helped prepare 1 pound bags of brown
rice and Ben and I scooped the rice in the bag to be weighed. Ben got 10
"Bingos" which means the scoop is exactly one pound. I got nine. Then
we did a hunger simulation and we were all people with different budgets of money
to spend per day and we had to find our family members and plan things out for
the day. </div>
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I learned at the food bank, that 25,000 volunteers come to
the food bank. a lot of people will get food! My favorite part of the trip was
probably chucking tomatoes as fast as I could. Tomorrow's another day in the
field!</div>
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~ Trey<br />
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Dear Leaf,</div>
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On our trip to the farmers market we surveyed some people
that were nice and others were in a hurry. Then we played bingo and asked the
sellers some questions, and they answered. My team got a blackout which was
good. Later we went to the food bank and "CHANGED THE WORLD". We put
tomatoes in boxes and put them in a stack, and that was pretty fun. It actually
wasn't too much labor at all. Then we put rice in bags, that was more fun than
putting tomatoes in boxes. These steps weren't to hard to remember: 1)get rice
from bin and put in the bag. 2)measure it until it gets to one pound. 3)air it
out and seal it. 4)put sticker on the bag and place in the box. All of us
together did 1,700 pounds of rice. Finally we did a simulation. We were given a
situation, and we had to figure out was our taxes, our $$dollars$$ per day, and
what we made a year without taxes. We had choices to get food stamps, to got to
the grocery store, and to go to the soup kitchen for one free meal. I got the
money from the bank, got food stamps(it was worth $10), and we went to the
grocery store.We bought a lot of unhealthy food because that was all we can
afford. It was very stressful and I feel bad for the people who have to do this
each day. I learned that 1 out of 4 people were hungry in San Francisco, and
just a couple people can help hunger for an entire city. My opinion is that
anybody can help a city or help America with just a little hard labor.</div>
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~ Anthony</div>
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On the day we were at the food bank and the farmer's market,
I was impressed about how much food the food bank gives out to people in need.
They give around 460,000,000 pounds a year. It was challenging to ask people to
fill a survey. A lot of people I asked said no or walked away quickly. I
learned about how many people are in need in food in California (around 1/4). I
also learned about how many pounds of food are done in a day (around 100,000).
I enjoyed helping the food bank. It was really fun.</div>
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~ Luke</div>
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Volunteering at the SF Food Bank</div>
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The heirloom tomatoes go from big box to small box, and
these light-green and red fruita-veggies go to those one of those 50 million
constantly searching for their next bit of sustenance, or one in four San
Franciscans. The boxes pile up full of tomatoes and hands move swiftly as they
fill up and are taped up to be given as a gift to the community. Children and
adults efficiently help the food bank and save them a lot of money and time,
and soon the giant cardboard boxes are empty. After a short break and drinks we
come face to face with 100 lb. sacks of brown rice, and we turn commercial.
Plastic bags are filled and weighed, and after much fine work with the scoop an
exact 1 lb. of rice is pressed and heat sealed. The exact 16 oz. are tried to
be found from the start, and “bingos” become a friendly competition. When we
finish they say every single volunteer produced 1,700 bags in an hour, but we
only did something like 40 in our group and we remain skeptical. But we did our
job, and lives are brightened.</div>
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~ Ian</div>
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Day 3 @LEAF: Farmer’s Market & S.F. Food Bank<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div>
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At the Civic Center Farmer’s Market, we conducted a survey
about the quality of your food. We got a ton of rejections but it was very fun.
We also played Blackout Bingo and went shopping for snacks. Marvin and I got
Chocolate Zucchini Bread. IT IS DELICIOUS!! It was a great experience to
conduct a survey.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div>
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Then, we went to the S.F. Food Bank to do some volunteer
work. First, we packed tomatoes. My group was super-fast; WE WERE THE 1ST TO
FINISH! We had break then went to package brown rice. It took a while to
measure it but we completed a great amount of rice. My highlight of the day was
probably trying all the yummy samples at the farmer’s market. I can’t wait for
tomorrow!</div>
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~ Lauren</div>
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Today we went to the farmer's market and asked the customers
to take our Food Matters Survey, most of them just ignored us but we ended up
getting ten people. After the survey we did a farmer's market bingo game were
we checked off the shops we found on the list and after that, the teams picked
out different foods to buy and we all shared it. Then we had lunch and went to
the Food Bank were we helped putting tomatoes in their boxes and putting rice
in their bags. Then we ended the day by being paired up with a partner and playing
a game at the Food Bank about foods.</div>
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~ Gabe</div>
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Today we went to the farmers market and surveyed people
shopping there. After, we looked for something under five dollars for the whole
group. After lunch we went to the food bank. I found out 1/4 people in SF
cannot afford food for their families. We helped pack tomatoes and rice. And
that was the exciting day!</div>
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~<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sam</div>
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Today I had lots of fun going to the civic center famers
market I enjoyed trying to get people to do our survey and when they did it was
so fun. I loved bonding with our groups. then when we went to the food bank I
had lots of fun putting tomatoes in the boxes and the rice two it felt good to
help other people, GO ROONEY!!!</div>
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~ Ben</div>
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In day 3 of leaf I learned that 2500 volunteers come to help
every year. Also I learned that after 50min. we helped about 1/4 people in San
Francisco that cant buy any groceries or food. In the farmers market my group
interview about 20 people, and also we had free samples on melons and more.</div>
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~ Marvin</div>
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Today we went to the Farmer's Market and the San Francisco
Food Bank. First, we had the opportunity to ask costumers at the Farmer's
Market to take a survey about things that are important to them in the food
they choose to purchase. It was a little bit hard to just go up to some random
people you never met and ask them some questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also got to choose a snack for everyone to share and we
tried some blueberries. We all agreed they were very delicious, so that's what we
chose. Next, we went to the San Francisco Food Bank. We helped them sort
tomatoes and pack brown rice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
also played a game called "Hunger 101". The game taught me how
frustrating it is for families who are struggling to feed and take care of
their families. I gained more knowledge about what exactly the Food Bank does
and how important is for us to really know what is going on around in our
community. I've had a fun and exciting experience so far!</div>
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Recology Rocks! </div>
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The sights. The noise. The awe. And most definitely the
smells. Big trucks dump our waste into these machines which take it to the
conveyor belt. People sort out the aluminum, glass, and hard plastic the best
they can, and giant whirring machines do most of the rest. The paper and
cardboard are sent down, and any stray plastic goes away by hand. The glass is
sorted by color and sold to be recycled again, and aluminum is squashed into
colorful bales for the factories to utilize. The paper ends up in bales that
literally way a ton. No stopping is allowed, and 800,000 peoples’ waste always
flows through undeterred. This is Recology Pier 96.</div>
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~ Ian<br />
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Day 2 @LEAF: Recology and Smitten<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div>
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The second day at LEAF was so much fun! At Recology, we
learned about the process and how every job is important at the center. It must
be hard to work there because it is stinky and hard work. Seeing this makes me
think more about how I throw away my trash because I saw how critical it is to
separate your waste. Also what I thought was very cool was the art and the
falconer. It is amazing how somebody can just dig through your trash and make
an inspiring sculpture. The falconer was very astonishing too because the
falcon and the human have to make a bond in order to scare away the seagulls
from the waste. It has to be hard to create that bond. Then we went to Pier 96
to check out the recycling center. There were so many conveyor belts bringing
plastic, glass, and much more.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div>
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Afterwards, we headed to Smitten. They told us that they
froze the ice cream with liquid nitrogen (THAT’S -346 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT) and it
only takes 60 seconds to freeze it. The vanilla ice cream was creamy, smooth,
and just PERFECT! Smitten’s vanilla ice cream is probably the best I’ve ever eaten.</div>
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~ Lauren</div>
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Dear LEAF, </div>
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My reflections on the Recology field trip is that no matter
if it's waste it can be turned into art. It can damage the earth if you put
your waste in the wrong bin. You shouldn't be too lazy to help the earth.</div>
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~ Anthony</div>
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<!--EndFragment--><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Even though it has only been 2 days, here are some of the
things that I thought were very interesting. When we went to SPAWN, it was very
impressive to see all the things they do to help living things such as plants
and animals. After, when we visited Good Earth, something that I thought was
surprising was that the food was healthy and also very delicious because
usually some healthy foods aren't really the tastiest thing you would think of.
The next day when we went to Recology we got to learn all about recycle,
compost, and trash. Something I thought was interesting was that 2/3 of trash
can actually be composted or recycled. Then, we went to an ice cream shop. We
got to learn all about how they make their ice cream and also even try it. I've
had a lot of fun these two days. I'm looking forward to keep learning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">~ Noelly</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
Today I
went to Recology, in a bus. The man who showed us around was very nice. He told
us lots of things about the area then we went up to the sculpture garden and
not only did we get to see some awesome sculptures but we also meet the
falconer! His job was to scare all of the seagulls away! It was cool. Then he showed us through the garden.
That was also cool. Next we went on another bus and went to the ‘conveyor belt
house’.( I named it that because it had a enormous number of conveyors.) This
was on pier 96. We got back on the bus and went over to Smitten ice cream shop.
We all had vanilla and it was really good - probably the best ice cream I’ve
ever had. That is where I would like to go with my Dad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">~ Owen</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On the day when we were with SPAWN, I was impressed about
there being a lot of plants that were invasive that we eat everyday. Examples
would be blackberries and mustard. I was challenged about taking out the
blackberry bushes without having a thorn stuck in your arm or leg. I learned a
lot about different plants and how they look so alike, but are so different. I
learned about how many people die because they use poison hemlock as a straw
when they think it is something else. I really enjoyed being out there to learn
and help out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">~ Luke</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today we went to Recology and learned what to recycle and
what not to. We also learned what can be composted and thrown in the trash. We
learned about where all the recycling was put and that artists can make some
impressive art just by digging in the trash.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We learned that a falcon can be used to chase seagulls away
from recycling and garbage and we saw art that people made and you could easily
see what it was made of. Then, we went to a park and played a juggling game
involving patterns and we also did races up the hill and had 5 minutes of free
time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We then went to smitty's and learned how they make ice cream
with liquid nitrogen and we each had a sample and it was very smooth and soft.
That was my highlight. Then, me and my friends fooled around on the bus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then we made a poster with 5 questions from the homework
yesterday. That was pretty much the whole day. Looking forward to the next one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">~ Trey</span><br />
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Today we went to Recology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the Recology we got to see art made from garbage in the
art garden and we also saw were the artist work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to seeing were they work and there art we saw
the Pit (a big hole filled with garbage).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then we went to another place and we saw machine that brings the
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First we went to Recology and took a look around. I found
out that all waste in the black bin does not get sorted and goes straight to
the landfill. Then we went to the recycle center for Recology on Pier 96. Later
we went to Smitten to see how they make ice cream. They use liquid nitrogen to
make the ice crystals smaller which makes it smoother. The end!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">~ Sam</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dear Todd,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here is my blog. I have loved leaf from going to Marin to
going to Recology. I love the fact that we get to go on field trips to learn
instead of staying in a classroom I loved picking black barriers, buying a pint
of ice-cream and going to see were all of our trash goes. To eating liquid
nitrogen ice cream. I have had a great time at LEAF. Thank you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">~ Ben</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For the past 2 days in Leaf I learned a lot, like how to
pick the right black berries, and some more other stuff. I liked it when all of
us went to the golf course and found golf balls and berries. Also I learned
that you can use trash make it into something cool, or you can make it into
many kinds of art works</span><br />
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LEAF Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771353862868395605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456292416905133219.post-9202917272990428132013-07-16T09:00:00.000-07:002013-07-16T19:36:36.437-07:00Insights from Sherri regarding our day at SPAWN<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Good morning, Todd...it was a superlative day. The places we went were wonderful and I loved the enthusiasm and engagement if the kids! I had great conversations with the APG kids coming and going and they kept saying what a fantastic camp it is! Thanks SO much for asking me! Will ck out the date on the closing! Thx and hugs! Say Hi to all and have a wonderful day! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">~ Sherri</span>LEAF Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03771353862868395605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456292416905133219.post-5527090409435981412013-07-15T19:28:00.000-07:002013-07-16T19:57:01.952-07:00Melinda from SPAWN does her LEAF Homework. What questions should we ask about our food?<div class="MsoNormal">
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What does each part of my meal provide to my body? (If
energy nor matter can be created or destroyed, then truly, you are what you
eat)</div>
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How far did my food travel? (85%+ of our countries fuel use
is to transport food products)</div>
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If I am growing a garden or hiking ,which herbs, fruits or
vegetables have invasive tendencies and how do I prevent this from happening? </div>
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We had a great time yesterday!</div>
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~ Mel</div>
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