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This past weekend (most of us) got off campus, by taking a trip to Pete's Produce Farm, where we learned from Farmer Pete about some of the dilemmas facing the contemporary farmer. (Here are some photos from our jaunt.) What was most striking to you in our trip to Westtown, in our discussion @ the farm, or in your shopping @ the farm stand?

More pointedly: what was the carbon footprint of our trip in the Blue Bus? (FYI: it replaced the mini-van we'd ordered, which was--curiously? ironically?--needed to take 5 students on an "Acme run.") Do you think that the amount of gas required to transport us on our 28-mile round trip was worth the amount we learned, collectively, from the journey? How can you make such a calibration?

It will also be interesting to compare what we learned and what we thought w/ the accounts of those who, unable to join us on this field trip, will be organizing their own trips elsewhere. Please use this forum to report on where you went and what you learned.