The week of 2/8 has been a productive week for the Sustainable Agriculture class. The work we have been doing has exemplified the progress we have made throughout this year as a class and as agriculturists. The beginning of the week was devoted to our Food Reports; studying how a favorite food of yours is made and the environmental impacts it has on our planet. We were given very useful time in class to work on this and our findings have been so intriguing. Due to our wacky schedule of switched block periods, we had a work day on the farm this Thursday morning. The beautiful California early February clear and sunny weather was well received by the class and we did some major revamping of class beds in preparation for the Spring planting season. The "B" beds especially received some major work by the whole class. Each bed was weeded, had the topsoil flipped, and compost laid on top in order to encourage new growth and to discourage weed growth. At the end of class Thursday, a group of students and myself laid out the classes' dirty and wet gloves from all the hard work on a table to dry until the next day. This week was a productive one and the class enjoyed working hard and getting dirty on the farm!
Thanks,
Sam Jackson
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