What kinds of food can people buy at the farmers market in the Mott Haven neighborhood
fried chicken and sandwiches
hot dogs and hamburgers
chicken and fish
fruits and vegetables
What does this passage describe?
This passage describes a grocery store where people can buy cheap organic food
This passage describes a market where people can buy fresh, healthy food.
This passage describes a poor neighborhood in the South Bronx where it is dangerous to shop.
This passage describes a man who uses food stamps from the government to buy apples.
Government assistance encourages some people to shop at the farmers market in Mott Haven.
What evidence from the passage supports this statement?
Jennifer Gillette shops at the farmers market because the lettuce there is fresher than the lettuce at her grocery store.
Greysie Johnson uses checks from the government to buy fruit and vegetables at the farmers market.
Delphia Omborura buys bushels of large red beets at the farmers market to juice in a blender at home.
Mamie Jackson likes the fresh look of produce at the market and washes dirt off the cucumbers she buys there.
Based on information in the passage, what is a reason that some people shop at the farmers market in Mott Haven?
The fruits and vegetables at the farmers market are fresher than the fruits and vegetables at grocery stores.
There are not enough grocery stores in the Mott Haven neighborhood to supply the people there with all the food they need.
People in Mott Haven are tired of food from sandwich shops and fried chicken joints, so they are going to the farmers market instead.
The produce from grocery stores in the Mott Haven neighborhood is making people sick, so they are looking for new places to shop
What is this passage mainly about?
food stamps and other government food assistance
a vegetarian named Jennifer Gillette who likes fresh lettuce
a farmers market in a neighborhood of New York City
the health risks of eating fruit and vegetables from grocery stores
