Project Overview
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Vegetables: cucurbits
- Animals: poultry, swine
Practices
- Animal Production: aquaculture
- Crop Production: seed saving
- Education and Training: youth education
Proposal abstract:
The "Engaging Student Learning in Agriculture" project will recruit up to 15 high school aged students from the Sawyer County area schools to participate in a sustainable agriculture camp. The overall program will take place at the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College (LCOOCC) Sustainable Agriculture Research Station and bi-weekly educational opportunities structured between May and September, 2013; providing opportunities for youth to engage in hands-on sustainable agriculture practices, visit institutions of higher education, tour local businesses with a sustainable agriculture focus and providing multiple platforms for the youth to engage with the community on sustainable agriculture activism and their camp experiences.
Topics identified include: skills in organic growing practices, soil amendments, gardening, harvesting, and seed saving. Students will meet with Elders who will pass on their knowledge, skills, and wisdom of traditional Ojibwe ways of sustenance. Students will participate in farmers market, CSA, and community gardens.
Finally, students will learn about the educational pipeline available to enter the workforce in sustainable agriculture. Ultimately, the students can take their new knowledge and skills, becoming, lifelong leaders and advocates for sustainable agriculture, promoting regional food systems development.