This semester in Sustainable Agriculture the students are assuming more responsibility in running the farm. All year we have had our One Bed Projects where we decide what to plant, but the rest of the planting had been directed by Mr. Stewart. This semester we have formed small groups assigned to planning and planting a small section of the class beds.
At the beginning of this month we planted starters for this project in the greenhouse and in the next week we will be moving them to the E beds. Some of the plants have sprouted and will be ready. Some were likely planted too early and have not yet sprouted so some choices had to be changed. We are not yet experts on plant selection.
February also marked the end of our first unit of the semester on Food systems and supply chains. When we returned from break we began our unit on sustainable communities. As a part of this unit we will be required to read a book of our choosing that is related to sustainability.
The month was capped off with a great market day in which we sold lots of greens. Despite february being a bad time to produce the most popular crops we still had a high harvest.
Overall, February was a jam packed month despite being so short.
- Nicholas Vogel
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