Blog 1: Summer Mentorship Component

Literal (Know)

• Log Specific Hours
• Dawn Van Allen
• (909) 938-2435
• dawnvanallen@gmail.com
• Carlos D. Carrillo
• (909) 625-2248
• ccarrillo@uncommongood.org

Literal (Need to Know)

• How much money is spent in a week?
• What happens if the harvest isn't all sold?
• Where exactly would be the best location to put a farm?
• Does location really matter and if so how?
• What is the best amount of land for a farm?
• Is the old methods of farming better than the new methods?
• Would you need to contact the city council if you want to start your own farm?

Interpretive 

• The most important thing I gained form this experience was learning how difficult farming really is and that it is no fun games, it is serious business. When I first watched "Charlotte's Web" I thought farming was a piece of cake but that is because it was based on the animals but not the farmers. When I started seeing all the stuff that needs to be done and all the hard labor you actually have to do I realized it was very hard. You have to be really serious about what your doing because if your not your harvest might go wrong and that won't be good at all.

Applied

• This experience really helped choose my topic because I was debating if I should do my senior project on farming. I figured that farming wasn't going to be my topic because I was not passionate about it and expected it to be a little more exciting. Farming is like a business and I liked that part of farming so I think I am going to do my senior project on business. Something around the lines of a skate shop, I would really enjoy that since I like skating.