Ashley

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=**//Focus Question: How do we know that are chain supermarkets foods are really local as they say they are?//** = =Please take my quiz on the bottom. Thanks!= Dear Citizens of Lawndale |United States,  Do you trust the supermarkets when they say their foods are "Local"? Can you believe the signs on the fruit stands when it says picked from are local farms when you see a big truck in the back and its license plate says from Georgia.? Do you want the truth and only but the truth? Well then fight for it.! The problem in the supermarkets today is that they all say they are fresh, they come from some high-class fancy nancy place where you say okay, I'll buy it because it is local. They lie so more and more people can buy their products they need more and more people to go to their supermarkets so they make more money and try keeping their chain supermarkets alive. I think the solutions to this problem is either go shop at some expensive organic place, fight for what is really right go talk to your mayor, your principal, your leader the one you think can make a difference, and/or go to your local supermarket talk to the manager and tell them to tell the truth and only but the truth. But my idea on this is for the super markets to make a big list of their meat, fruits, and vegetables. And simply mark where it actually came from, so people know where it came from, and out it in the front of the store or in the aisles where the fruits, vegetables, and meats are located.

 Talking to your local supermarkets managers and asking them to say the truths of how local their foods. A supermarket in example is Whole Foods all of their fruits and vegetables are from local farms. Some non-examples is the company Safeway. Safeway may say they are local but they lie to their wonder customers. So, if Safeway and Whole Foods went into a battle of who buys more at what store. The store who would win would be Safeway because the buying customers will think it is local and buy it from there because it is cheaper and better. If you go try and go talk to your neighborhood chain store supermarkets manager ask them if their food is how much gallons of gas they use for the truck from the local farm to their market. If they do not know where the food comes from. That tells you that it isn't local like they say it is.

 Is it down a mile, across the state, across the country, or around the corner? Safeway says the food is local in Oregon. But is it really? The Peaches and Plums were lying so they can be bought and eaten or is it the supermarket we should be blaming? The supermarket In Oregon said their plums and peaches were local and on their stickers it said 'California.' .So who are we going to believe the sticker or the label on the fruit stand, that clearly marked 'PICKED FROM A LOCAL FARM.?' Only 30% of the produce for Safeway is local. Even Massachutes' is happening. Massachutes' blueberries was shipped to New Jersey and the stores entrance said ALL of are fruits are local.! ALL! What about the blueberries?! All those advertisements and commercials all you see is these random people talking to "Farmers."  And negotiating the price the cost and how far it will ship. What they don't give us is the details on how far it'll go to get to the city. Even Dominos' commercials say fresh tomatoes but on the commercial they were inside a trailer and not allowed to looks out side so how far did they travel?. What can you do to help? You can go down to your neighborhood supermarket and ask for a list of all their fruits and vegetables came from. the supermarkets will either say 'He|she isn't here at the moment come back later.' Are you willing to go later? If I go once I am not going back until another 2 or 3 weeks to go back to the supermarket. the manager is there because when someone files a complaint the manager comes out and apologizes.

 All in all, If you want local foods you should do something about it. Go to your Local chain supermarket and ask them what is local and what isn't. If you want local food you should know if we have local foods and not just assume the supermarkets are telling the truth about everything. Local foods are better for you and your children. If you have to ask your mayor|Government to stop chain markets lying and pretending their fruits and vegetables are fresh.



 From,Ashley 6th Grader

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