Near the end of each month, the students in the Sustainable Agriculture class start to harvest the plants that have been growing around the farm. Some of the plants that were harvested before this
monthly farmer's market were tomatoes, pop corn, corn stalks, indian corn, squash, radishes, kale, chard, seeds, seedlings, and some flowers. Harvesting consists of picking the produce from its plant and washing them. Once they are harvested, they are then weighed on a scale and documented. After this process, they are put in baskets and put out for people to buy. While most of the plants harvested are from class beds, one main plant harvested from the group beds were radishes. A few groups planted radishes at the beginning of the school year and were ready to be harvested and sold at the market. Another plant that got harvested a lot was the different types of corn. The daily care that we give to the plants (watering, weeding, pest control, etc.) allow the produce to be ripe and ready for harvest. Another thing that allows the harvesting to be considered sustainable, and or organic, is the way that the produce it handled between picking and being sold at the market!
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