Local Food and Obesogens

What is locally grown where I live: The first thing I found were a couple of meat companies/factories in SF lol, I know this is not grown but it still relates to production! But in regards to produce, there is a farm in El Sobrante as well as Alameda, both very close to me. Currently, the items in season are: peppers, chard and other greens, broccoli, zucchini, squash, pumpkins, garlic. The Harvest Calendar showed me other in season items as well, including artichokes, beets, basil, corn, eggplant, citrus, rhubarb, persimmons (yay!) and pomegranates (yay!).

I looovee the idea of hospitals partnering with local farms to bring in healthier, fresh foods. The farm to table movement could definitely shift to include hospitals, why hasn't this become more of a thing? I know it is really popular in Bay Area schools to expose students to gardening, healthy food options, and environmental health through such farm/garden programs.

The second article on obesogens was really helpful in further understanding what they are. I did not know about them and first heard of them from class when we went to the library! It's interesting with how they can have several different effects, such as increasing the # of fat cells, size of fat cells, or impact one's hunger, satiety, or metabolism.

i chose to look further into BPA on ToxNet. There was a study done on it to see if early life exposure would cause weight gain later in childhood (there was an association) but more research is needed. I also just read about the chemical and its effects, such as causing allergies and irritations (to throat, nose, and eyes), dermatitis, and disruption of the endocrine system.