SNAP Program in Blacksburg

I'm really into this project. All semester a group of four others and I have been working on promoting the Blacksburg Farmers' Market to those of lower income. The market has a goal of serving the entire Blacksburg community. Market managers see the market as a gathering space and a food source for the entire community. But after conducting a sample the Blacksburg Market found that those of lower income are underrepresented in market sales.

How can we attract low income shoppers to the market? By implementing a SNAP (the updated food stamps) program at the market. We gathered data on the demographics of Blacksburg to identify the number of low income households, and the number of SNAP benefit participants, and analyzed some of the other components of why the Blacksburg Market hasn't attracted low income shoppers. We then laid out an implementation model for the SNAP program in Blacksburg.

Our group spent a lot of time on this, and I think we met the expectations of the professor, Dr. Sonia Hirt, and Jenny Schawnke, the Market Director.

Excited to see where this gos in the next few seasons.

Man's Run

Man Run tonight!

5:30 chapel

What is it?

Rules of the man's run, as said by Chris Brown,

1. do not talk about man run
2. you do not talk about man run
3. and of course don't stop for cars

lost.in.the.same.places.

try listening to the requiem for a dream soundtrack while studying

and try not to feel like something is looming over you shoulder preparing to pull you into something a little strange

spinning out of control into abyss, is there a blackhole in my room

with the training, some things are falling into the right places, some things are not, speed is up, endurance is down, first race is a few weeks out

i added a picture of this mornings inspiration. really it's that simple. same thing for breakfast everyday. that's almond butter, on a cinnamon raisin english muffin. mmm.

whats happening

putting in solid training, RIDING the bike, and even building a new one, who knows what's going on

i posted so i could plug this race, benefits will go the the triathlon team, it's a "sustainable" race i'm quoting here:

Registration is $15 and includes a non-sweatshop made race shirt. Organic, local post-race food will be provided and look for composting and recycling stations. We have a recycled shoe drive, so bring your old running shoes and donate them (R-REUSE-R). Come out and support the VT Triathlon Team, Environmental Coalition and Green Team


Rest Well.

caught in the rain

the edge of the storm
stirs with thoughts, like the sky is wondering
which way to turn,

running through a blanket of rain,
splitting dreams with sweat and shivers
wet grass, and the gray evening light
oozing over tree branches

awesome run tonight, one of those nights you feel happy just to be outside enjoying it all, thanks for the day. and the soaked shoes

rest well.

Hmmm

Just found out Dave Eggers co wrote Where the Wild Things Are, the movie I talked about in my last post. And Karen O from Yeah Yeah Yeah's (I don't listen to them) and Bradford Cox of Deerhunter (I do listen to them) wrote some of the score with help from someone from the Coen brothers camp. Should be good.

Tonight was tight. Good run, good music, and good laughs.

Off to sleep, not cuz I'm tired, I'm pretty sure I'm becoming nocturnal, but because I can't wait to wake up for breakfast, and a coffee.

"It really sets the tone for the day"

Next race/workout - 5k cross course Thursday night April 23rd, trainings going ok, this should be the last fun/workout race before the Carytown 10k in May.


Rest Well

WorthALook

I saw a preview for a movie based around the children's book "Where the Wild Things Are." I hoped whoever was directing it would do the story justice. I looked up some of the other work of the director, Spike Jonze.

In addition to film, he's done some cool music videos. I attached a few of them, you're never quite in reality in his work. Always slomotion, or backwards/reversed, and obviously the subject matter is abstract, so I guess he's the right man for a story like "Where the Wild Things Are."









When I was skateboarding I remember this clip from a skate video, just the coolest way to do an intro.

Rest Well.