Thursday, April 5th

Today in class we talked about food insecurity in a little more detail. One of the more interesting facts of the day was that Ohio is currently the sixth most food insecure. I found this fact to be relatively surprising. I knew the state was suffering and had a lot of poverty, but I never imagined we were this poor off. I have always had a stereotypical view of poverty. I was under the impression that it was secluded to the inner cities and southern states. We learned about a project we will do that invokes shopping for a family for a week. This is going to be another interesting experiment. We than broke up into groups and started to discuss how we were going to approach our gardens. I am involved with a group dealing with pregnant woman. Our goal is to grow produce that is high in iron and folate. Some of our idea include: kale, beets, broccoli, peppers and peanuts. I am really looked forward to working on the garden. I got out there a couple days ago and was able to turn over some soil and get it ready to plant. It was a really good feeling seeing the transformation from weeds to a distinctive plot of usable land. The whole experience should be really rewarding and I am looking forward to it.