The Mates Inn provides cheap eats while training prison inmates. Several times a week, Bill and Sue Pleneta travel across the river from Morrisville, Pa., to Trenton for lunch at The Mates Inn –their favorite restaurant.
What keeps the Plenetas coming back? It’s a combination of many things, the couple said: the tasty menu, comfortable dining area and reasonable prices. The most charming asset, Sue said, is the eatery’s staff. These aren’t just any cooks, waiters, and bus boys. The 10 men staffing The Mates Inn are all incarcerated individuals from the Garden State Correctional Facility in Yardville. The Mates Inn, located on the New Jersey Department of Corrections Central Office Grounds, is an educational program that trains inmates in the culinary arts. The Inn is open Monday through Friday for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The Planetas, regulars for five years, have become fond of the establishment and the students who cheerfully seat and serve them each week.
“I hate it when they leave,” she said. New Urban Farming and Food Center! — Wallace Center. A GOOD Idea: An Urban Food Center Last week I won... A GOOD Idea: An Urban Food Center Last week I won a GOOD Magazine competition.
I haven’t entered a contest in a while, and this is my first time winning one of their competitions, so I’m pretty stoked! It wasn’t a huge contest, but as soon as I read the assignment, I knew exactly what I wanted to submit. Because of all the budget cuts, many schools are closing down their doors, the assignment was for us to imagine a way to repurpose an abandoned school building so that the space once again serves the needs of its community.
Farm to Table My idea is to repurpose an abandoned school building in my community and turn it into an urban food center. Repurposing Abandoned Schools Project Winner. SUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER. Programs cropping up across USA to address 'food deserts' By Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY Updated 7/13/2011 11:49 PM |
COMMUNITY GARDENING: From inner city food desert to healthy food haven. The majority of the world’s population now lives in cities and towns—a demographic shift that’s expected to continue into the “urban millennium.”
One of the greatest problems the world faces with increasing urbanization is the prevalence of food deserts, a phenomenon that has led to a growing interest in community gardening.. Food deserts Food deserts are areas in industrialized nations in which citizens have minimal access to affordable, healthy food caused by a lack of access to adequate retail grocery options and urban sprawl. Since price is the major factor in determining food purchasing decisions, grocers have tended to set up shop in higher income areas for better profit potential, lower crime rates, and easier access to transportation, a shift that started in the 60s and 70s when supermarket chains fled inner cities during the civil disturbances of the time. Urban sprawl is another factor contributing to food desertification. Community gardens. Warren James Belasco - Roadside Dreams, Fast Food Nightmares - Technology and Culture 42:4.
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Like Dalí, Adrià is both an artist and a kind of surrealist. 11 Facts about American Eating Habits. 1.
In a recent study, 52% of Americans (that were polled) believed doing their taxes was easier than figuring out how to eat healthy. 2. Only 3 in 10 Americans believe that all sources of calories play an equal role in weight gain. 3. 75% of Americans say they choose products that are lower in total fat at least sometimes. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Americans Are Obsessed with Fast Food: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. In today's CBS HealthWatch, Eric Schlosser explains why Americans are obsessed with fast food, and tells us more about his book Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal.
Interview with Eric Schlosser 1. Why did you choose to write about fast food? It seems that we all eat fast food. At least one quarter of American adults eat fast food everyday.