This page was created to document the lives of 14 students from two different higher ed institutions (Paul Quinn Collge and Abilene Christian University) on their Spring Break in a food desert. We hope this exposes the reality of how one grocery store in a food desert could drastically change the lives of those effected by it.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Food Desert
Today was a great, we walked to the Dallas landfill which is exactly 1.6 miles from our school (Paul Quinn College) where as the closest grocery store is probably 5 miles away from PQC. My real issue is there isn't any fresh produce close enough, but there is a landfill, which the city wanted to expand, so your telling me that we are not only congesting garbage particles, but fried chicken, hormonal beef, hot cheetoes, and pop, so what do we do? The mission that we are on is very important to confront locals about these problems,which are horrible for sustainable living, it is imperative!!!!! While hunting for my food tonight, some of us went to Subway. We told the employee our mission and where we were from and what college we attended, and the first statement she stated "you all attend Paul Quinn?" precisely as an insult instead of commending us on the dedication and outreach that we are trying to share and improve our local cities and even the world. So in other words, I was infuriated. Other than that the day was swell.
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