Food In Asheville

I chose this image to represent food in Asheville because the food in this picture was all grown and prepared in Asheville. The image is a bowl of creamy vegetable medley with butter lettuce and a fresh baked roll. The soup had potato, carrot, okra, and several other freshly picked vegetables. I felt it embodied what I feel the people of Asheville try to show: it was all local, it was delicious, and it was prepared by people trying to better themselves and find better opportunities. It was also the first course in a meal provided (for free) by Green Opportunities. Green Opportunities is a non-profit organization that helps people living in poverty obtain and maintain jobs that not only help the community, but also the environment. I perceive Asheville as a very open and environmental place, and this picture just screamed local and fresh to me. Food in Asheville is healthy and fresh and wonderful, and this picture literally depicts that. The people who prepared it were very knowledgeable and nice people who really truly cared about the quality of the ingredients they were using. I am from Chapel Hill, and while the neighboring town of Carrboro is very similar in it's ideas of food, Chapel Hill is not so much. It's very refreshing to have a place actually care about where their food comes from and how it got there. The picture I chose embodies how food in Asheville (and really everywhere) should be, in that it means so much more than just a first course of some dinner. It means a positive future for the people who made it, it means a local movement to get more green, and it means that there will always a place for hungry people to not only survive, but thrive in this community.