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 I really enjoyed our trip to Pete's farm. The reason being, I think that it was a great chance to experience a different atmosphere for a period of time. However, I feel that a lot of the things we learned from Pete were things that we could have talked to him about in an e-mail or over the phone. That is why I was a bit skeptical when the question arose about whether or not our trip was worth enlarging our carbon footprint. I loved seeing the farm but I felt that it was what I expected a farm to look like in Philadelphia. I did not expect that it would be very large, however, I was surprised to find out that Pete is able to continue farming on the land because of the West town school. For some reason I was also surprised that Pete was not an organic farm. However, after he explained his reasoning I found that it made perfect sense. If Pete is doing fine and making enough money, why would he spend money to become organic? With the economy the way it is, sometimes it is better for people to stick with what they are doing. Why change it if it works right?  I agree with some of the other commentators when they said that they found some of Pete's remarks a bit offensive, but perhaps that somewhat surprising honesty carried over into some of the other things he was telling us about his farm. So, overall I think it was a good trip, especially for those who have never had the chance to experience what a farm looks like. However, I also think that people did not really get a chance to see the way in which a produce farm operates. I think it would have been a more worthwhile trip had we seen people in action, and even learned how to do a bit of the work ourselves!