Week 1

 Connor Pitera 

Fox Hollow Farms 

5/15/20222

Week One 

While living at Fox Hollows farm I've seen the working side of the place I loved just to relax, but I have now seen the working side of the property. I am very grateful to be able to do something most don't have the opportunity to do. I speak for the group when we say we have learned a lot from farming and from the different employees at the CO-OP. While we were working, we happened to meet a woman that attend Oxford Highschool. This was eye-opening of course, knowing that this poor woman went through something out of a nightmare. The shooting at Oxford stuck with me because I grew up in southeast Michigan and have friends and family that attend high schools there. Hearing about such a horrific event so close to my hometown made me realize that sometimes, I can take life for granted. Whilst at the farm, we also met a man by the name of farmer Jim. He works and manages the CO-OP, and was extremely helpful in guiding and explaining things to me and my friends. He told us about the impact of having fresh produce in restaurants and also in homes around the country. A shocking statistic was brought up to us that 9 out of 10 adults don’t eat the recommended amount of fresh fruits and vegetables, which you can guess isn’t a very smart or healthy decision. We spent most of the days working, planting such veggies as onions and tomatoes. These would then be shipped to a restaurant in my hometown of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan. After working these laborious hours, we returned to Grosse Pointe to try some of the vegetables that were harvested from last season. It was truly amazing to taste the freshness of the onions and sauce knowing that I and a couple of friends were able to continue this awesome circle of farm-to-table. We truly learned a lot and I would highly recommend it to anyone that wants to help out the wonderful farmers of our country.