High school students plan East Side farmer’s market

Sam Houston High School freshmen Abigail Martinez, 14, left, and Rosalinda Martinez, 15, work on a farmer's market poster during class, Thursday, March 26, 2015. Sam Houston High School freshmen Abigail Martinez, 14, left, and Rosalinda Martinez, 15, work on a farmer's market poster during class, Thursday, March 26, 2015. Photo: JERRY LARA, San Antonio Express-News Photo: JERRY LARA, San Antonio Express-News Image 1 of / 11 Caption Close High school students plan East Side farmer’s market 1 / 11 Back to Gallery

East Side residents will soon have a farmer's market, thanks to the efforts of a teacher and his students at Sam Houston High School.

The teacher, Rick Trevino, hopes the market will be ready to open on campus by mid-April with the help of the San Antonio Food Bank and students in his world geograpy and government classes.

The world geography class has studied the impact of “food deserts” and their correlation to higher area death rates, said student Deshawn Bell, 15.

“We need to get more people healthy for cheaper prices,” he said Thursday, as he colored a poster for the farmer's market with orange and green, the school colors.

The high school is one of five campuses at the epicenter of a federal Promise Neighborhood grant, which aims to beat back poverty in the area with $24.6 million for early education initiatives, school reforms and health and wellness programs, among other initiatives.

The East Side is also being revitalized by a Choice Neighborhood grant, focusing on the area’s bricks and mortar deficits.

Trevino and his students hope to expand the market’s impact with bicycle deliveries of fresh fruits and vegetables to homebound residents.

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