Original Questions & Methods for Interacting with the Public December 7, 2009

1. Interviewing locals about what kind of fresh fruit they eat.
2. Interviewing corner storeowners.  How much fruit would they want to sell?
3. What kind of fruit lasts longest?
4. Where do you get fruit?
5. How far do you have to drive/walk to get fruit?
6. If fruit were available closer to your home would you buy it more often?
7. Are you on food stamps?
8. What does your diet consist of?
9. Have you ever had a garden of your own? Grown your own food?
10. Would you rather have organic or locally grown?

We are THE FRUIT FORCE!

Justice League: The Fruit Force

Members: Madame Strawberry, The Peach Cobbler, & Baby Banana

Our Common Good: We all believe that it is important to get the message to the public that they need to eat healthy foods. The people of the Tenderloin have the resources to eat healthy by buying fruit at corner stores and other stores in the neighborhood. Our goal is to inform the public of their the resources that are available to them by designing posters that encourage people to eat fruit.

Action: Designing interesting posters that encourage people to eat fruit. We are planning on putting these poster up in two corner stores in the Tenderloin: Star Market and Geary & Hyde Market.

Site: Star Market and Geary & Hyde Market corner stores down in the Tenderloin.

Motto: Read Sugar. Real Flavor.

Home Base: The Fruit Fortress located on the farm where Madame Strawberry was grown.

Transportation: Turbo Charged Fruit Truck

Backstory: Banana Baby works as a janitor during the day & is a crime fighting superhero at night. Banana Baby works at the same school that The Peach Cobbler also works at. The Peach Cobbler has her own restaurant and also cooks for the school’s cafeteria. One day a food fight broke out in the cafeteria and someone threw a strawberry that landed on the floor, this strawberry happened to be Madame Strawberry. After all of the kids left the cafeteria, Banana Baby started to clean up. It was so messy in there that The Peach Cobbler also decided to help. They started to clean and we both startled when the strawberry on the floor started to move and talk. Banana Baby and The Peach Cobbler started to talk to this strawberry and found out all about how little people are eating fruit and are becoming very unhealthy. The three of them decided to ban together and form a justice league to encourage people to eat more fruit!