Sowing Seeds for a Bright Future- Pathways to Success Greenhouse

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Commodities

• Vegetables: asparagus, beans, broccoli, cabbages, carrots, garlic, greens (leafy), greens (lettuces), onions, peas (culinary), peppers, sweet potatoes, tomatoes

Practices

• Education and Training: demonstration, youth education
• Soil Management: composting, earthworms
• Sustainable Communities: food access and security

We plan to offer our urban, special needs students the ability to learn how their food is grown in an ecologically sound greenhouse where plants that have been grown will then be given to students and put into our community garden for the families to use as a fresh food source. The curriculum that is offered will have general agricultural learning, hands-on learning in the greenhouse and garden, and also a culinary aspect for the students to learn how to prepare their produce. 

1. Introduce 60 students to a sustainable greenhouse operation with hands-on lab sessions allowing students to learn by doing. They will also be watching their seeds turn to produce in our community garden. The produce will be offered to families as a fresh food source. 
2. Introduce students to the many career fields and options within the agriculture sector by meeting with members of our communities and having field trips to larger greenhouses and farming operations in the area. 
3. Start the love of learning agriculture with students as young as kindergarten, and keeping it a focus through high school.