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The trip was not a lot different from what I have expected. I have been to my grandparent's farm several times when I was young and the setting of their farm was very similar to Pete's. Just as I stereotyped most farmers to be very trustworthy, it turns out, in my personal opionion, Pete was a very honest man. He was realistic about how the land on the eastern coast is not good for certain kinds of farming, how the process of making "certified organic" costs a lot of money, and how people tend to think that anything "chemical "was bad. I especially enjoyed his view about the last one, "chemicals are not all bad like everyone thinks." Yes, people do tend to think that if something is chemical, it is usually bad for health, and that I think is just ignorance on their part. It also brought me to think in a new perspective of interpreting information we obtained, not all the resources we believe in are real, and sometimes our ideals about certain concepts can mislead us in making choices. That was the most memorable part of my trip to Pete's.

Considering the fact that the Blue Bus was not completely filled, I would say the carbon footprint was not at its effeciency. It was definitely worth it to go there and speak with a farmer about food and choices, but then again, it depends on what everyone has learned in order for us to judge if the trip was really worth its cost.