Over the weekend, I did research to find specific statistics we could highlight in our infographic. I found a source that was basically an essay of our infographic - the numbers were very useful for the points we were trying to convey to our audience. This table in particular was very helpful:

https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=29277

From this, I calculated how many pounds of CO2 a plane flying from Washington State to Massachusetts produces because most apples found in groceries stores in MA are grown in WA. The article also had some other information besides numbers that gave us some more good points to use in the textual parts of the infographic.

I also found an eco-friendly font that I thought would be an interesting visual to use. I downloaded it for free at https://rymaneco.co.uk/ and thought it created a clean an visually pleasing look to the infographic. This was our first completed draft:

Today in class, we critiqued everyone's first drafts. From the feedback we received, we will be changing the font to create more of a story book theme - the font will have smoother, curved edges, and be simpler. We also will be creating signs indicating the skyscrapers are representing Boston and the small farm is a local/community farm. We will also be changing the format of the text boxes to make them look more like clouds in order to give the entire infographic a more cohesive look. This transformation will also involve deleting the map and reformatting the alignment and locations of the title and text boxes. We will try and finish these next steps by tomorrow.