| 8 minute read | “This is where they keep the bunnies,” I said, pointing to the red hutch within the fence. I led the new volunteer along on the sidewalk beside the school’s garden. “And this is where we’ll take out the old flower bed today. Let’s go through the gate.” I had worked… Continue reading A is for Access: Food Access Language Series
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Food Access Language: Exploring how language impacts the ways we get food
Apple green, self-selection The pantry of my childhood took a lot of work. My father unscrewed the metal racks and hammered in custom wood shelves to better fit the strange angles of the walls. My mother, loving the psychology behind colors, painted it apple green. Something about green stimulates hunger, she told me. And what… Continue reading Food Access Language: Exploring how language impacts the ways we get food

