Field Site Reflection

Today was a winner of a spring day at the Jasper Farmers Market at Lee Newton Park. Every Saturday with a few exceptions, bright and early at 7:30 our farmers’ market opens with devoted vendors selling a variety of goods, plants, bakery items, crafts, decor, eggs and fresh veggies. And fresh coffee! Blankets, hair bows, jewelry, clocks, wine stoppers and wooden toys are just a few of the many choices among the creative crowd. Spring greens for the fresh salads you crave, eggs for the soufflés and quiches or everyday cooking are abundant, and breads! Plus, many choices of baked items to choose from. Sorbets and tamales, too! You must come and see for yourself all the treasures to be found.

Hot and cold sandwiches are always freshly prepared. You can eat outside on the upper level, or you can grab a seat on the large patio. If you want to enjoy some live music, you should do your grocery shopping on the weekends. You can find plenty of organic produce and exotic spices. If you love chocolate, the large selection of gourmet chocolate will make you smile. The market also has a floral department.

Being one of the biggest attraction in Bloomsburg that only comes once a year it is a huge deal to the residents that live here all year round. The local schools sometimes shuts down for the whole entire week or maybe just for a long weekend. This fair is practically everything you would imagine a state fair would be and they have it all here. You can adopt a puppy, play with farm animals, and whatever you could think you would need they will have it. If your looking for good deals on home decor your best bet is to go when its closer towards the end of the week when the fair is almost over because at that point people do not want to be traveling back home with stuff they brought up and just want to get rid of it. This fair even has all the traditional shows you see in the movies such as the bearded lady, the man with no head, and they even had one named serpent lady all for the cost of 50 cents. Alpha Sigma Alpha devotes their time into this fair every year and withholds two stands, one where you can play darts and the other where you put a quarter down and spin the wheel to see if the arrow lands on the one you picked. They were able to raise up to 2,000 dollars and was equally split and donated towards the S. June Smith Center and Girls on the

The Colorado River Fair, as part of the network of California fairs, provides an enormous return on investment both economically and socially. Fairs celebrate the town’s history and heritage. They are an educational opportunity for youth and provide wholesome entertainment for families. Four-H and FFA programs support California’s vibrant agriculture sector. Community members of all ages enter their artwork, baked goods, photography and other homemade products in pursuit of coveted blue ribbons. Many non-profit and charity-based organizations participate in activities at the fair.

I bought a few more items but those were the most intriguing. I HAD to purchase the whole hard red wheat berries because I’ve wanted to grind my own flour using my NutriBullet for my online dessert shop. You guys know I use “special flour” for my customers. LOL, The seafood shop and the butcher shop were not fully open so I couldn’t see their entire selection. I managed to talk with a few of the employees because they were pretty inquisitive as to why I was recording and taking pictures. I explained my blog to them and they invited me to return tomorrow for the grand opening ceremony when reporters and news stations would be present. I’m thinking about going back! You guys should definitely go there for the grand opening ceremony at 7:30 a.m. because they will be offering free coffee and pastries until 8 a.m. The first 200 guests will receive either a $10, $20, or $100 Whole Foods Market gift card and the first 500 guests will receive a free reusable shopping bag. So you will definitely be able to leave out of the store with

The Sac County Fairgrounds have shaped me in ways that I cannot even describe. I made countless memories with my best friends and family at this place. I learned responsibility, hard work, and what it felt like to be rewarded for both of those things. So many events happen in this one week, at this one place, that all taught me so many life lessons. The many events that I was involved in at the fair, such as, entering my grandma’s vegetables into the open class building, entering my own projects as a 4-H member, and showing cattle. There are so many more wonderful things about this little county fair that I could go on and on about that have shaped me as a person.

For my civic engagement-learning project, I choose to volunteer at the Unity Common Ground Fair. I have been to state fairs but not a fair like this one. Honestly, I never even heard of this fair until Mark Kavanaugh e-mailed all KVCC students about it. The Common Ground Fair hosts the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) every year. Through Mark’s email, I contacted Anna Libby, Volunteer Coordinator, to find out what I needed to complete before I could volunteer. I did enjoy my time working at the fair, for I did interact with all versions of diversity.

With an increase of interest in local communities and their economies, any businesses involved in the community will benefit. Since the locavore movement began there have been tremendous improvements on the income local farms receive. In a study

The cart will be supplied with local food from our local farms and local bakers ensuring we have the best products to sell. It is our intention to ensure our food is the freshest by using local farm to market food as well as keeping the prices low. Making money is why we are in business. For us to make money it will be necessary to have repeat customers which will keep our business thriving. Using social media will let our customers know where we are on a given day. Social media works both ways, our customers can contact us on social media such as facebook to find out where we might be over a weekend. This will help us reach the goals of repeat business in the Portland/Vancouver area. We are hoping by the use of social media, using farm fresh produce for our food and keeping our prices at a reasonable rate that our customers will come back to us time and time again to enjoy delicious, healthy, and freshly made vegetarian and vegan food that customers will enjoy and seek out at local events in the area.

My fieldwork sites include two, I am at Hospice Care Team where I see pediatric patients and Innovation Performance Ex, (IPE) Therapy Contracting and Consulting where I see adults. The population I see range from four to ninety. All of the pediatric patients have CP, right now we are seeing 5 pediatric patients that range from mild to severe. We work with fine motor, gross motor, visual tracking, oral motor, and ROM. With the adults we work on strength and endurance, this population is CVA, dementia, and MVA.

The New Rochelle Farmer’s Market is a weekly Saturday farmer’s market. It features dozens of traditional farmers’ market food vendors offering produce as well as prepared and specialty foods, meats, fish, breads and much more. It’s brought by to New Rochelle so the hungry and the harried can shop different of products and enjoy their time. The Farmer’s Market also offers networking opportunities for community groups, free music, children’s entertainment, educational cooking, gardening seminars and demonstrations. This market is available from the beginning of June to October at 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Upon arrival, I went to the information vendor located in the middle of the Farmers Market where I was greeted by other volunteers and Melanie Sparrow, who told me my responsibilites for the upcoming hours. My first duty was to hand out various advertisements for the upcoming GreenFest which will be held October 1st, 2016, across the street from the Farmers Market. The GreenFest is held by Georgia Southern’s Center for Sustainability. The goal of this event is to teach people about green living and what it entails. Much like the Farmers Market, there will be live music, vendors, and workshops. Aside from passing out ads, I also helped keep attendance of everyone in the market by taking a count every 30 minutes or so.

As a refresher, my field placement is at UPMC Mercy Acute Detoxification Unit. This week’s reflection paper strongly emphasizes the importance of peer group supervisions or seminars as a supportive method for Social Work’s interns. In addition, three concepts extracted from class’s readings are discussed.

Farmer’s markets are often a community’s hidden gem. They offer countless benefits for both consumers and merchants.

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