Mr. Brown even says he’d like to start a jazz cafe in one of his grocery stores. He is proud that his supermarkets sell plenty of fruits and vegetables. He has noticed that customers are spending less money on processed food—which often has a lot of calories, fat, and sugar. Instead, they are buying more fresh food. “We have made it easier for people to eat fresh and healthy foods,” he says. Mr. Brown’s father, grandfather, and great-grand- father were also grocers. He learned the trade from his father, who would take him to his store in West Philadelphia. “I fell in love with the business,” he says. Mr. Brown also tries to lead a healthy lifestyle. He exercises three or four times a week. When he eats lunch and dinner, fruits and vegetables take up 50 percent of his plate. He encourages young people to get into the fruit and vegetable habit. That way, he says, they likely will have fewer health problems in the years ahead. Mr. Brown suggests that children consider what they can do to help their communities. Think about what you can do with your abilities to make it better, he says. “If you see something wrong, go talk to your parents and try to fix it,” he says. — By Mekhia Crawford, Cyniah Drew, Mekai Moore, and DeAndre Wiley Philadelphia Montessori Charter Healthy Times 11 Illustration by Jacey Captis, Marshall Street Healthy Bulletin