Last week, Green Ambassador Finn Lukens, 5th grade, helped Dr Sue Johnston pick and sell vegetables and flowers from the GA garden at the GA veggie stand, located in front of the Pavilion. The Green Ambassadors tend to gardens and a green house on campus throughout the school year. As the bounty grew over the summer months, so did the need for a farm to market model that encourages entrepreneurship in students.
The GA garden is a ShuMei garden (natural agriculture) which means no chemical use, with continuous crop and seed harvesting. Proceeds from the market help to offset the cost of the program. Last week the market consisted of tomatoes (Roma and cherry), peppers, carrots, cabbage, zinnias, onions, swiss chard, kale and zucchini.
