Read the article. Do you think a Pick-Your-Own Fruit Farm would work here in Los Angeles? How can you envision this working? Can you make a connection to your pocket park?
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Wolfvoelker6789
5/7/2015 08:42:55 am
I think that a "Pie Patch" like farm in Los Angeles is a Idea that would work just as well as it would here, as it would there. I cannot really make a connection from this to my pocket park because my park is the Meddeans in the road which would not work out that well, I think. That's all I can forulate too say.
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Benicio
5/7/2015 08:50:07 am
I agree Wolf and I think it is a good idea
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Celeste
5/7/2015 09:04:30 am
I quess so, as long as you can find a good place to do it.
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Cara
5/7/2015 09:12:36 am
I agree. It is a very good idea and it is something different.
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Arlon
5/7/2015 09:29:55 am
I agree with you Wolf because it sounds like it would be great and it would lead to people eating healthier.
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Ashley
5/7/2015 09:33:48 am
I agree Wolf. We need to have a local farm here. We only have a ton of buildings around here and can't even make a farm if we want to because the government has to agree. If we had a farm or a community garden we would have been very happy to gather ingredients such as zucchini, cabbage, and tomato to make a special recipe. And also we don't have to go that far. And great connection you made with the pocket park. But we didn't make it yet.
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nola
5/7/2015 01:58:39 pm
I agree Wolfvolker6789 I think that the pie patch would be great in la although they would probably die pretty quickly.
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Benicio
5/7/2015 08:59:44 am
I think it would be a great idea to grow a garden in Los Angeles. It sounds a lot like the U-Pick farms where you can pick your own produce. My pocket park can resemble a garden with fresh produce if you replaced some of the flowers with fruit and veggie plants. Los Angeles needs something like this in the city area because it is mostly buildings and factories.
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Celeste
5/7/2015 09:09:36 am
Having a garden would be nice, a little break from the buildings.
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Cara
5/7/2015 09:13:31 am
I agree, we need a wide open area. We don't need that much smoke from factories.
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Arlon
5/7/2015 09:27:00 am
I agree with you Ben because it does sound like a little bit of a cool idea and it could lead to having a bunch of people eating healthy.
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Gavin
5/7/2015 02:38:53 pm
I think it would be a good idea to grow a garden in Los Angeles.Los Angeles needs this because in Los Angeles there are only big buildings and it just makes it the city look plain.It sounds like an event where you can pick your own crops or something like that.This should also be needed in LA because the city would look much more nicer and they should grow this in many other areas as well.
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Celeste
5/7/2015 09:02:19 am
I think that in a city like LA, it would be hard to find a spot to plant a pick-your-own fruit farm, though, I just happen to know that there is a kind of dead spot close to yogurt🍦haven. From October to December it's ocupied by a thing that sells pumpkins and Chistmas trees; I like this place but I'm just putting something out there. It's a small plot of land but if someone worked hard I think that it might just work. This is sort of like the poket park because we're fitting a small something into the neighborhood that would be for the community.
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Cara
5/7/2015 09:14:23 am
I agree Celeste. It would be very nice to have an open area to pick fruits, but there wouldn't be very much space.
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Minerva
5/7/2015 10:37:51 am
Oh yeah, Celeste. I know that place. I bought my pet squash there.
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Sarah :)
5/7/2015 01:51:23 pm
I agree, because pocket park we're fitting a small something into the he neighborhood that would be for the community; and I know that place from October to December it's occupied by selling pumpkins and Christmas trees.
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Cara
5/7/2015 09:11:43 am
I really like the idea, and I think it will be very sucessful. It would also work well here. Its a chance for homeless or not very wealthy people/families to be able to have food. Also, then, we wouldn't have to go to a market to get strawberries and worry about freshness. I cannot make a connection because my pocket park is sorta like a freestyle park. There is a dance floor and stuff.
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Ashley
5/7/2015 09:43:02 am
I agree Cara. Then we would be able to walk over to the farm/garden because it's local. I would love to have a local farm as well because we would be able to make a very fresh and non toxic food produce to cook your favorite food at home with spending a little bit of money because the price of the fruit and veggies are cheap.
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Natasha
5/7/2015 10:06:50 am
I agree with you, Cara. This would be a chance for people to pick their own fruits, but why doesn't everyone just plant their own gardens?
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Cara
5/8/2015 10:13:44 am
Well, you know to plant a garden, you will need space and permission. So, if people live in apartments, like me, that will be hard.
Sarah:)
5/7/2015 01:59:06 pm
I agree, I think if we had the "Pie Patch" in California it will be very successful, but it would be hard to find a blank piece of land in Los Angeles.
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Arlon
5/7/2015 09:23:42 am
I think this might work if,they used a lot of open space because Los Angeles is a big city and not a lot of land of green.Also they should use a green house made of glass to let in light and have maybe an automatic water system maybe.
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Natasha
5/7/2015 10:04:13 am
I agree with you, Arlon. I really don't think that there is a lot of open space here in LA.
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jacob
5/7/2015 10:55:06 am
i agree I don't think there is a lot of space in LA.
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Natasha
5/7/2015 10:02:03 am
Personally, I can't imagine a pick your own fruit farm in LA. There is too much pollution, so I don't think that the produce will grow well.I have heard that sometimes when you are near too much pollution and you grow your own food, your food gets poisoned. I also don't really think that we even have an empty land space, so that just makes it more unlikely that this will work. My pocket park is basically on the side of our road.
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jacob
5/7/2015 10:54:12 am
i agree Natasha because LA has a lot of pollution and the plant will not grow. They might be dead. You are right Natasha because i think there is not enough space in LA.
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Justine
5/7/2015 12:08:19 pm
I do not agree with you because Chicago is probably just as polluted as in LA and it is working out.
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ERL
5/7/2015 12:35:03 pm
I agree fully with you! Pollution would get into the food and when we pick it a nd eat it we would get sick. I just do not see it it los angeles.
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ERL
5/7/2015 12:35:36 pm
Just not enough space to.
Aidan
5/7/2015 01:35:25 pm
I agree with you Natasha because a lot of people in California just throw all their trash on the floor and then all the plants will not grow as well.
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Ashley
5/7/2015 10:26:50 am
I think it would work. But the buildings are too big to find place to make a little garden/farm it will not even fit with all those buildings. So we'll just have a small park to have a mini community garden. The reason I want to have a farm is because the farms and ranches are really far away so I want the farm to be local. And you really need other fruits and veggies to make the recipe to make for dinner but the farm/ranch is far away and you really need the last ingredient and it's a cabbage. You didn't have it at home and the market doesn't have any either and really need a farm and it's so far away. That is why I want to make a local farm for the city that really needs it.
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Minerva
5/7/2015 10:48:49 am
Great response, Ash. I like that you called it a community garden. That's exactly what it is.
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Justine
5/7/2015 12:06:37 pm
I agree with you because it is better to get fresh food rather than from a market where everything is packaged.
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JordenChristianTiritilli.l:I
5/7/2015 10:31:13 am
I think the pie patch farm is a good idea and is helping the community. A pie patch farm here would be about the same as anywhere else. But we have a lot of buildings here and never thought of making a farm. I think its a good idea cause it will make people healthier and happier. I think Breanne is right and should get a lot of customers because she worked so hard. I also think the Su Casa group is a good idea because its will help the women and children in need and will help them still have a good farm.
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Minerva
5/7/2015 10:35:12 am
I can imagine a pick-your-own fruit place (urban farm) in Los Angeles working out really well. Actually, I know of a place just like that urban farm. I'll use it as my connection: Just down the street from my house, there is a community garden. The garden is available to any one who wants to pick their own vegetables and has different plants according to the seasons. My mom's friend Al is sort of like Breanna Heath. He is head of the garden and he takes care of it, planting, weeding, harvesting, watering, and cleaning.
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Aidan
5/7/2015 01:33:23 pm
I don't agree with you Minerva because a Pick-your-own fruit farm will use up to much water and we are in a BIG drought.
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Sasha
5/7/2015 02:05:22 pm
I agree with you Aidan we have only a years water supply left. So what if we run out of water????!!!!
jacob
5/7/2015 10:50:33 am
i think pick your own fruit place would be a bad idea for California. And California has a lot of apartment which maybe could fill up the whole country. There is not enough water for the plants. And we do to much pollution which will be bad for the plants. But I think its a good idea to because that we would not get food from the harvest of shame. And we can make our own food for ourself. And we can feed the homeless food. And we need plant for breathing. I hope they make a pick-your-own-fruit farm.I can make a connection to the poket park. One connection is that they are non living and living.I think that if the make the farm then it would make them happier and the harvest of shame people will not work.
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jacob
5/7/2015 10:51:28 am
i meant to say los angeles
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Agree umm Disagree (Elena) NO pick-your-own-fruit garden!
5/7/2015 12:41:41 pm
I agree that 1. There is not enough water 2. Too much pollution
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Crack- whoomp! There it is. (Julian)
5/7/2015 12:01:45 pm
I , for one ,think it is a very good idea. Fruit and veggies are very good to balance out all the prospering fast food places that children and adults eat, which is ironic because I just went to the Cheesecake Factory after my x-rays. But I think more fruit farms and less fast food places!
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Brian
5/7/2015 12:51:52 pm
I don't agree with you we are in a drought
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Justine
5/7/2015 12:04:33 pm
I think that a pick-your-own fruit farm in LA is a great idea. There aren't a lot of places here where you can actually pick the fruits by yourself. If you could choose what you wanted I think that it would be a lot easier for everyone. It would stop migration because no one would be working there getting low pay and not getting breaks. I can kind of make a connection to my pocket park because mine was in my backyard, and I could plant a garden with fresh fruits and vegetables and my friends could come pick some of it. It would be a community garden for all of my friends.
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ElenaRamonaLindholm
5/7/2015 12:32:23 pm
I think that a pick-your-own-fruit garden in LA is a bad idea because of the drought. They would not get enough of rain or water because of the California drought. Or the plant would shrivel up by too much sun or die because they had to little. I cannot envision this working because it does not fit for LA. The people of LA would rather go to the grocery store and buy from there. Even tho the garden would be lower prices. Where would you put the garden? In a crook of a fence? There would be to much pollution anywhere you put it. The plants would die with the pollution roaming around them. I cannot relate this to my pocket park because mine is a Meadean and you cannot stop when you are on the road to pick a fruit. You cannot park around a meadean. You would have to be walking to go there and not all people in LA can randomly be walking in eagle rock. The garden is for a LA not just eagle rock.
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charlotte
5/7/2015 12:37:34 pm
I think that having a community fruit farm would be a great help to Los Angeles's community. There would be less agriculture, and immigrants wouldn't have to work so hard. I also think that it would be good for people's diets because a lot of people moan at the thought of going grocery shopping, so they just go to some cheap place that sells cheap food. But it's exciting to go and pick you're own fruit at a farm where the kids can run around and play in a green, community area. Another reason why I think it would be good to have a community fruit farm in California is because, like it says in the article, it's important that people know about what they're eating, and if they pick their food their selves, then they can be sure that it isn't processed or unhealthy. In the text, it says, "They are educational because people learn more about their food and the nutritional value of what they're eating. This is important for kids." However, I also think that it would be hard to find the space for it here in Los Angeles. LA is a populated place, and to find so many acres of land might be hard. The farm would have to be in some place that anyone could get to easily, which gives less options as to where they'd build the farm. Also, LA doesn't have the best green environment because of the drought. In the text, it says, "The earliest the farm will open is in late June...Until the farm opens, Heath will be busy finding space for about 3,000 strawberry plants" In order to provide a whole city fruits, you'll need lots of space just for one organism. In LA it would be a lot harder than it is in Chicago to find space for many different fruit produce. Even though I'd love to have a community fruit farm, the government would have to change up a lot of LA in order for this to happen.
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nola
5/7/2015 02:00:22 pm
I agree Charlotte I wrote a lot of almost the same things about the agriculture and educational food
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la Violeta de el Mundo [violet]
5/7/2015 12:42:50 pm
I personally think a pick-your-own-fruit farm would be a wonderful thing to have in LA. Imagine driving a few miles to go to a farm where you can learn about fruits & vegies and pick fruits & vegies. I think that being able to pick your own fruits & vegies is a great idea. It will be something new , and people should always be open to new and exiting things. A farm that you can literally go to and come back with food and a smile is totally worth melting for. Sometimes it is nice to be able to pick and learn about fruits & vegies. I would go every day. Though it would be hard ,some people like a challenge. It would also show kids and adults what they are eating. I can make a text to project connection of the pocket park and this article. Both our project and this article have something to do with taking an area and making it a better place or a more useful place. They also have something to do with a local area.
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brian
5/7/2015 12:50:17 pm
I don't agree with you we are in a drought.
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Brian
5/7/2015 12:48:37 pm
I think pick your own garden is a bad idea in Los Angles because we are in a very bad drought and we have to water a lot of plants every single day over and over again. And they will start planting plants over and over again. And there are not a lot of places for farming areas in Los Angles.So I think planting pick your own plant is a bad idea because we are in a drought and even dough it is very fun for a lot of people.
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Gael
5/9/2015 02:51:28 pm
I agree Brian there is a drought and there is not that much space for gardens
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Jaya
5/7/2015 01:00:32 pm
I think that this is a great idea. It would save us time and money. We would not have to drive all the way to the market anymore for produce that may or may not be fresh. Also less fortunate people can now walk there to get fresh fruits and veggies. I am sorry because i can not make a connection to my pocket because my area was not there.
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Aidan Avena
5/7/2015 01:29:42 pm
I don't think it is a good idea and I also think that it is a good idea. I think it is a bad idea because right now we are in a huge drought and I think that it going to use up a lot of water. I think it is a good idea because people that are less fortunate can get food for a really low price. People can pick food for themselves and it is a really fun! People like picking there own food because you could choose how much of something you want. I cannot make a connection with our pocket parks.
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Sarah:)
5/7/2015 01:42:46 pm
I think that it would be a great idea. I can envision this working because more people will eat healthy. Some evidence is," Her job is to help people make healthy choices when they eat. She thinks the idea of a garden like The Pie Patch is great. It is educational and helps people learn about their food." I also think it would be good because other people will see how cool it is and want to help out. I can make a connection to pocket park because Breanne Heath saw land that was not being used. Some evidence from the article is," Breanne Heath saw some land that wasn't being used and wanted to do something about it. She had a big idea. She wanted to turn the land into a farm where visitors can pick their own fruit." In pocket park we looked for a piece of land that was near our house.
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nola
5/7/2015 01:53:31 pm
"Breanne Heath saw some land that wasn't being used and wanted to do something about it." This sentence reminds me of a lot close to my house that is empty and has plenty of space. I thought that the lot should be used for the homeless. They would have a place to live and sleep. But almost a month later a sign was there when I woke up. It said " NO HOMELESS PEOPLE ALOUD" this made me angry, I mean no one was using it and still aren't. Anyways the article also reminds me of the pocket parcel that we were going to do/make. The empty space, the extra land. To me I thought that The Pie Patch is an excellent idea. It means less agriculture and less farm working. I can make another connection to the article to another article that was about unhealthy eating habits. The pick-your-own-fruit farm would make the community healthy and stay on a healthy diet. "Heath loves gardening and helping others in the community. She got the idea for the garden after realizing that there were no places to pick fruit near Chicago." This here is where Heath is saying that there's not a fruit farm in Chicago for miles. Same here in Los Angeles, the closest farm to here is in Bakersfield I pretty sure. Although I have to say it would be a lot harder to grow plants here because of the weather and drought. The plants would less likely die in Chicago than here. The climate here is not the same. The farm is not only nutritious, and less agriculture but also its educated. "It is educational and helps people learn about their food." This shows that this is important because it's a challenge to find acres of land in LA. It's good for the environment it's good for the people and its good for agriculture.
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Connie
5/10/2015 03:16:05 am
I agree, with you Nola, because I too think the Pie Patch is a wonderful idea. It teaches children many lessons. I also liked how you made so many connections to the article. You also cited evidence. Without the Pie Patch, the land would still be unused. This idea made the community a better place to live.
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Sasha
5/7/2015 02:03:13 pm
I think that the pie patch idea wouldn't be ideal to Los Angeles because Los Angeles is very dirty and not that efficient. Even though people would be getting fresher and more convenient food it would take up more water and since we are in a drought with less than a year water supply wasting water will not be so conveinient. There are many crops already. The healthier eating is a good idea however many children and adults are aging weight eating non healthy foods.
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Connie
5/10/2015 03:06:18 am
The Pie Patch could teach many lessons to people and other children. It's educational. However, you are right that we have a CA drought. And planting fruits would be using a lot of water. Though, this is for good use! There are already crops, but some kids don't know where they came from. So if we have the Pie Patch, it will teach the children that food comes from planting a garden. You wrote that it was a good idea however many kids and adults are aging weight eating non healthy foods. Well, the Pie Patch would also definitely teach them about picking more healthy food choices.
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Gael
5/9/2015 02:42:48 pm
I think that would be a great idea because in my pocket park it is nothing but waste and bottles. It is big so it can have more plants and flowers. Also the flowers and plants will be cheap which is good because it cost more money to get crops because of the drought. It would also look better than buildings which is in LA.
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Connie
5/10/2015 02:58:26 am
I think the idea of Pick Your Own Fruit Farm would work here in Los Angeles, because there are many good reasons that will help LA. One reason is that this idea teaches a lesson about one person's trash is another person's treasure. That lesson supports the article since in the article, it was written, "Breanne Heath saw some land that wasn't being used and wanted to do something. She had a big idea." In this case, there was unused land and Heath wanted turn the land into a pick your own fruit farm. That helps the earth. She didn't waste the land. In fact, she reused it instead. Another reason that this would work is that the some of the healthy food from the farm would be donated to Su Casa. It would be fed to the children and women. After all, in the text, the author wrote, "Heath would donate some of the food she grows back to Su Casa. Su Casa would use the food to feed the women and children they help." The 3rd reason that the Pie Patch is a good idea is that it is educational and helps people pick the right healthy food choices for their own health. In the passage, the author wrote that the objective of this idea is to provide low-cost healthy options to people who live nearby. I could imagine this idea in Los Angeles, helping others health and creating peace. Children could learn a lot of lessons from the Pie Patch. They would find value in it and soon know that it is crucial and important for the community. This idea relates to the Pocket Park Project, since Heath was turning unused land to something better for the community. Well, for the project, we were suppose to each find an area that nobody uses and create it into something that will help the community a better place to live. After all, that was the goal. I feel like Minerva's mom and Breanne Heath are very similar in different ways. For example, they both like to plant things, though Sara plants plants and Heath plants vegtables and fruits. By the way, the pocket park project could also teach us some lessons, too!
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Tommy
5/21/2015 10:57:28 am
I think this is a very good idea but the only bad part is that we are in a drought and crops need water to grow but it is still a good idea. Another reason why I think it is good for LA is that you see it is fresh sometimes I don't trust markets or stores. I cann make a connection to our pocket parks because our goal just like theirs is to give everyone something they like or want
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