One of my most positive experiences with food was the first time I went to the farmers market. I was eight years old (I am now 15) and I was at my first year of dance camp at The Pretenders Studio. We had gone to the farmers market and somebody mentioned buying pluots. I had never heard of a pluot, so Ms Lisa explained to me that it was a fruit that was a cross between a plum and an apricot and they were in season since it was Summer. Being the excited little eight year old I was, I immediately knew I had to try them. I skipped all the way over to the pluot venders and bought a giant bag of them. Every year after that, going to the farmers market was always my favorite activity at dance camp. Lisa always made sure to ask the different vendors we bought from everything about the food they were selling and that we were going to eat. She taught us how to create connections in our community, eat food that was not only tasty but also healthy and in season and to learn everything about what we were eating from the vendors we met. This experience had such a positive impact on me and how I eat and stay active and healthy today. Since this experience I go every week to the farmers market, and I always make sure to buy pluots whenever they are there. - Emma G