Des jeunes amorcent la construction d'un écovillage. Cet article est réservé aux membres vip Pour poursuivre la lecture / mois * Taxes Incluses * Certaines conditions s'appliquent Contenu réservé VIP : Nouvelles exclusives Galeries photos Cartes interactives Vidéos exclusives Contenu des chroniqueurs Compléments d’information Vos privilèges VIP : Accès illimité à 100 % du contenu internet Application mobile pour appareils Android et iOS. Offre valide pour 6 mois, pour les nouveaux abonnés seulement. FARMcurious - to educate, inspire and equip the urban homesteader. Garden Tower Project - The Garden Tower Project. On the farm, lessons learned. TROY — Some lessons are for the classroom; others are best learned in less conventional ways. At the Produce Project, a year-round organic urban farm on Eighth Street just south of Hoosick Street, Troy High School students till the earth and tend crops. They take their bounty to market and learn to sensibly plan future harvests — what, exactly, might they grow that also makes the most business sense?
Through all this, students learn the best methods for planting carrots, cabbage and kale. They also learn the value of healthy eating, business skills and how to behave appropriately in a work environment. "It's about much more than gardening," said Amy Klein, executive director of Capital District Community Gardens, which founded the program in 2009. At any given time, the Produce Project has on staff about a dozen Troy High School students. Students also prep their harvest for the Delmar greenmarket, and some of them work the market as well. "They walk away with great skills," said Klein.
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