Well before I begin writing this terrible blog, I would just like to mention that the "farmer" I chose first of all was not really willing to do this with me and also had some pretty bad English but I had to do what I had to do.
So I went to the Flea Market on Old Weston road and interviewed a guy whom I see a lot selling his produce. His name was Hassan if thats how you spell it and he is originally from Iran. He did not tell me much about his history but what he did tell me is that he came from Iran about 10 years ago and has been selling produce at that flea market for about 6 years now. He told me that back where he is from he is actually a Chef and was running his own place with his brother but then decided to move to Canada because of all the opportunity here. I then asked why he is not cooking right now and sadly he told me that because his English is not very good that no one would hire him which really sucks because I bet he is a great chef. At this flea market they grow there crops on site in a small garden but he also imports some product. He mentioned that he is trying to work on his English so he can get back into the industry but for now he needs to do this to support his family.
In terms of political stances and farming organic vs non organic I did not get that information because he did not understand the question. After about 3 minutes trying to reword it and get him to understand he still did not understand so I did not bother anymore. What he did tell me though even though it is somewhat off topic but he said that the reason he grows his crops and also imports is because for the first two years people would come in and ask for certain products and he did not have them. So what anyone trying to improve business does is what he did and that is import what the customers want.
I tried asking him to take a photo with me because I needed to for this assignment but he refused because he did not really believe me so I gave up because I did not want an angry Iranian man cussing me out or telling me where to go.
I did not learn exactly what was meant for me to learn doing this blog but I did learn something. This man is a Chef from where he comes from and I'm sure he is a great chef but no one is willing to give him a chance because of his English which is somewhat understandable but yet I find it disgusting. I know if I were running my restaurant and he asked for a job yes I would be skeptical but I would give him a shot. I mean does he really need to know great English to julienne carrots or do any sort of prep? So what I am trying to say is that you should always give the person a chance. If things are really not working out, the just fire the person, at least you both tried.
So I went to the Flea Market on Old Weston road and interviewed a guy whom I see a lot selling his produce. His name was Hassan if thats how you spell it and he is originally from Iran. He did not tell me much about his history but what he did tell me is that he came from Iran about 10 years ago and has been selling produce at that flea market for about 6 years now. He told me that back where he is from he is actually a Chef and was running his own place with his brother but then decided to move to Canada because of all the opportunity here. I then asked why he is not cooking right now and sadly he told me that because his English is not very good that no one would hire him which really sucks because I bet he is a great chef. At this flea market they grow there crops on site in a small garden but he also imports some product. He mentioned that he is trying to work on his English so he can get back into the industry but for now he needs to do this to support his family.
In terms of political stances and farming organic vs non organic I did not get that information because he did not understand the question. After about 3 minutes trying to reword it and get him to understand he still did not understand so I did not bother anymore. What he did tell me though even though it is somewhat off topic but he said that the reason he grows his crops and also imports is because for the first two years people would come in and ask for certain products and he did not have them. So what anyone trying to improve business does is what he did and that is import what the customers want.
I tried asking him to take a photo with me because I needed to for this assignment but he refused because he did not really believe me so I gave up because I did not want an angry Iranian man cussing me out or telling me where to go.
I did not learn exactly what was meant for me to learn doing this blog but I did learn something. This man is a Chef from where he comes from and I'm sure he is a great chef but no one is willing to give him a chance because of his English which is somewhat understandable but yet I find it disgusting. I know if I were running my restaurant and he asked for a job yes I would be skeptical but I would give him a shot. I mean does he really need to know great English to julienne carrots or do any sort of prep? So what I am trying to say is that you should always give the person a chance. If things are really not working out, the just fire the person, at least you both tried.