Assignment instructions:
- You are assigned to go to the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association Common Ground Country Fair held Friday through Sunday September 22-24 right here in Unity, and then to complete the response paper detailed below
- You may get into the fair for free if you volunteer. Be sure to do so well ahead of time. See the MOFGA webpage for details
- If you are a MOFGA member you already get in for free. Check to see if your parents have a family membership
- For those of you who were planning to go home, or who cannot attend the fair for any other valid reason, such as work or a medical appointment, your alternative assignment is to visit a local or organic food outlet, such as a farmer's market or food cooperative, private kitchen garden, or any other food source that seems likely to be able to give you the provenance information that will be needed, and complete the same assignment as the fair-goers (below). Be careful to actually get the information. Most non fair-goers who fail this assignment do so because they don't get the proper information.
- Obtain food for a meal at the fair, at some local food outlet, or from a friend's or relative's kitchen garden. Be sure to find out where each ingredient comes from
- Make and eat the meal. (If you live in the residence halls and otherwise eat on the meal plan, the meal can just be a snack.)
- Describe the meal and track the ingredients geographically and ecologically in a short informal essay. Focus on the food chain. Explain why this was (or was not) a good meal. Humor and/or pathos are optional
- Due Wednesday October 4th in class or via email
- This is the first check-in opportunity for me to evaluate your writing and critical thinking skills. Be sure to do your best, or you may find yourself getting unexpected remedial attention!
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