My Research Topic

http://www.economist.com/node/18929190

Since i've been in the restaurant business for a while and have acquired a solid amount of knowledge about nutrition and wellness, I envision myself researching Baybrook's food desert. This term was unclear to me before taking this class and I am shocked to hear that this area lacks the presence of a grocery store with fresh produce. I live a substantially healthy lifestyle and believe that fitness and proper nutrition are the key aspects to disease prevention and living a longer or better quality life. I understand that the Filbert Street Garden produces fresh goods; however, this area is still in need of a larger and stable source of nutrition. In addition, the places that do sell food would most likely be using processed foods or those that are genetically modified for longer shelf life, which can lead to more diseases that are not caused by the surrounding pollution in the air. In conclusion, i would like to document how Baybrook came to become a food desert and the disappearance of food establishments that provided the community members with proper nutrition. 

Rather than focusing on the construction of the new Energy Answers incinerator, the state and city should center its attention towards the area's food desert issue. With the creation and collaboration of food desert activists these problems could be contested and eventually solved for future generations. Using certain methods such as bottom-up organization or the inside-outside game from the "What Winning Looks Like" article should aid in the the strike against the city's failure to develop grocery stores for fresh produce. In the end the stores would create jobs and an overall better quality of life for the community.