Careers Our Group Observed Today

This is a blog post created by our whole group. Today we visited the Institute of Culinary Education, Eataly, and the Union Square Greenmarket. At the end of the day, we discussed a list of all of the different careers we found. Below is the list of the careers we found at the farmers market and just some of the things we learned that we found interesting...
1) Breadmaker/Baker
2) Ostrich farmer - was selling a very expensive made out of ostrich hide; was selling full eggs for $30/each and empty eggs for $25; had an ostrich bone for sale (for dogs to eat)
3) Cow farmer (makes beef)
4) Greenhouse farmer
5) Jam makers - buy fruit locally and cook the jam
6) Fish raiser - raises fish in the Catskills (by Oneonta); raises rainbow trout and sells smoked trout; told us fish should be slimy (shows they are fish) and that if the eyes are cloudy the fish isn't good; if the fish is looking straight at you, that means the fish is fine
7) Cheese farmer
8) Sheep farmer
9) Christmas tree farmer
10) Vendors at farmers market
11) Honey maker/Bee tamer - told us there a lot of bee hives in NYC; he grows them on rooftops in NYC
12) Organic farmer
13) Herb farmer
14) Maple farmer - have over 1,000 maple trees upstate; put 8,000 taps in when the snow is still on the ground; they tap the tree to get the syrup; if the snow is melting slowly, it takes them 3-4 weeks to get ride of the snow to get their syrup
15) Turkey farmer
16) Wheat grass grower
17) Food educator
18) Farmers market manager
19) Orchid farmer
20) Medicinal herbalist (makes fire cider)
21) Pastry chef