We Were Approved!

Yay! We were approved! Now, we will actually start going to places. We plan on going to Brooklyn's Pizza in Birmingham MI. We are planning to go next week. (Friday 14, 2014)

Sorry: Updates for Interveiw

sorry we haven't posted in a while. we had made a few phone calls to Brooklyn Pizza, but have not yet scheduled a date to come and interview them. me and zoeya are working on planning a date for the three of us. we thought about December 19th, but it didn't work for the place. we will let you know when we find a date and/or go to interview.

We found more sites for research of why pizza is unhealthy.

1. http://www.bottomlinepublications.com/content/article/diet-a-exercise/pizza-a-healthy-or-unhealthy-fast-food-choice

2. https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070606121120AA93T46

3. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-26255931

4. http://straighthealth.com/pages/qna/pizza_healthy.html

5. http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2013/02/poll-is-pizza-unhealthy-way-or-no-way.html

Community Gardens

Community Organizing

• Community gardens increase a sense of community ownership and stewardship.

• Community gardens foster the development of a community identity and spirit.

• Community gardens bring people together from a wide variety of backgrounds (age, race, culture, social class).

• Community gardens build community leaders.

• Community gardens offer a focal point for community organizing, and can lead to community-based efforts to deal with other social concerns.

Crime Prevention

• Community gardens provide opportunities to meet neighbors.

• Community gardens build block clubs (neighborhood associations).

• Community gardens increase eyes on the street.

• Community gardening is recognized by the many police departments as an effective community crime prevention strategy.

Cultural Opportunities

• Community gardens offer unique opportunities for new immigrants (who tend to be concentrated in low-income urban communities) to:

  - Produce traditional crops otherwise unavailable locally,

  - Take advantage of the experience of elders to produce a significant amount of food for   the household,

  - Provide inter-generational exposure to cultural traditions,

  - Offer a cultural exchange with other gardeners,

  - Learn about block clubs, neighborhood groups, and other community information.

• Community gardens offer neighborhoods an access point to non-English speaking communities.

• Community gardens allow people from diverse backgrounds to work side-by-side on common goals without speaking the same language.

Youth

Community gardens offer unique opportunities to teach youth about:

• Where food comes from

• Practical math skills

• Basic business principles

• The importance of community and stewardship

• Issues of environmental sustainability

• Job and life skills

And,

• Community gardening is a healthy, inexpensive activity for youth that can bring them closer to nature, and allow them to interact with each other in a socially meaningful and physically productive way.

Food Production

• Many community gardeners, especially those from immigrant communities, take advantage of food production in community gardens to provide a significant source of food and/or income.

• Community gardens allow families and individuals without land of their own the opportunity to produce food.

• Community gardens provide access to nutritionally rich foods that may otherwise be unavailable to low-income families and individuals.

• Urban agriculture is 3-5 times more productive per acre than traditional large-scale farming!

• Community gardens donate thousands of pounds of fresh produce to food pantries and involve people in processes that provide food security and alleviate hunger. 
Health

• Studies have shown that community gardeners and their children eat healthier diets than do non-gardening families.

• Eating locally produced food reduces asthma rates, because children are able to consume manageable amounts of local pollen and develop immunities.

• Exposure to green space reduces stress and increases a sense of wellness and belonging.

• Increasing the consumption of fresh local produce is one of the best ways to address childhood lead poisoning.

• The benefits of Horticulture Therapy can be and are used to great advantage in community gardens.

Green Space

• Community gardens add beauty to the community and heighten people's awareness and appreciation for living things.

• Community gardens filter rainwater, helping to keep lakes, rivers, and groundwater clean.

• Community gardens restore oxygen to the air and help to reduce air pollution.

• Community gardens recycle huge volumes of tree trimmings, leaves, grass clippings, and other organic wastes back into the soil.

• Community gardens provide a place to retreat from the noise and commotion of urban environments.

• Community gardens provide much needed green space in lower-income neighborhoods which typically have access to less green space than do other parts of the community.

• Development and maintenance of garden space is less expensive than that of parkland.

• Scientific studies show that crime decreases in neighborhoods as the amount of green space increases.

• Community gardens have been shown to actually increase property values in the immediate vicinity where they are located.

From http://www.gardendallas.org/benefits.htm

Here's some info on community gardens.
https://communitygarden.org/mission/

Our teacher suggested we visit a community garden. We thought that was an awesome idea! A community garden is a picece of land gardened by a group of people. Community gardens provide fresh produce and family fun. Gardens can help people get together and provide fun. They can help neighborhoods get closer and prettier.

From evidence on restaurant review sites such as trip advisor and yelp. Some reviews are http://www.yelp.com/biz/brooklyn-pizza-birmingham and http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g41996-d448985-Reviews-Brooklyn_Pizza-Birmingham_Michigan.html  and http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/19/230981/restaurant/Detroit/Brooklyn-Pizza-Birmingham

Our first goal is Brooklyn pizza in Birmingham.  We are going to start out small, by calling them. The phone number is tel:(248)%20258-6690

Our mission is  to get restaurants to have healthier and better food. We wanted to get proof on why our main topic, pizza. Here's what we found: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-26255931 and http://www.indiatimes.com/lifestyle/health-and-fitness/why-is-pizza-bad-for-you-89407.html

This is the blog of the Food Detectives. We are three girls hoping to get our food healthier. Our mission is to help popular restaurants get healthier, and tastier. Healthy food helps kids focus and grow. Kids don’t like healthier food because they think it tastes bad.  Food Detectives want the food to be healthy and delicious in cafeterias and in restaurant kitchens. We want kids to know what they’re eating and be conscious about it. We are investigating pizzas first, because pizzas are very popular, and a lot of people think they are healthy because they have vegetables in them. But, that’s not the case.  They are actually unhealthy. Why? Because they have lots and lots of oil.

  
Website: http://www.indiatimes.com/lifestyle/health-and-fitness/why-is-pizza-bad-for-you-89407-2.html