You are the historian, correct? Well I have some good news, you are on vacation! You have come into the troubled community to visit a friend who lives there. The things that you learn will become good sources of information for the rest of your group so pay close attention to what is going on around you.

Story:

When you arrive in this community, the thing you noticed instantly is the gross smell of the air. When you go to visit your friend in the community, your friend tells you that the community is falling apart. People are leaving to find jobs in the city and cheaper doctors. The farmer will be closing down his cattle ranch soon because he can not afford to keep it open. When you ask why the farmer can not keep the ranch open your friend tells you, see for yourself. As you pass by the ranch you see a few cattle outside eating grass. Your friend states, “No not here.” He points down the road saying, “there!” Click on this photo to get a closer look.

News Broadcast:

When you go over to your friend’s house, the television is on. The news station is playing a video that people in the community sent to the station. Click on the picture and then press the play button and watch this video. Stop the video when the screen goes black and the title of the video appears. To stop the video press the pause button on the bottom of the screen.

The Super Market:

You and your friend decide to make lunch. Your friend drives to the grocery store to buy tomatoes, potato chips, bread, milk and hamburger meat. Go through the grocery store isles in this website to view the categories of food and what food looks like at the store.

From the farm to you.

Let’s take a look at how the milk gets to the grocery store. This book will tell you some of the steps that are taken in order to get the food from the farm to your grocery store.

Farmer’s Market:

In your community, you have a farm also. The people in your community agree that it is hard to be a farmer. The people in your community enjoy the fresh food the farmer produces and everyone has agreed to buy food from the farmer directly. The grocery store in this community gets its food from the factory farm, because it produces the large amounts of food needed by the grocery store. You give your friend a website address that you think will give him good suggestions on how to help their farmer out. Go to this website and read up on the information that you told your friend.