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Reflective essay
Knowlton academy visit
Community engagement
Men's shed
summer camp
cidi 99.1
Cost reduction
Composting
Reusing (potato boat)
Save seed potatoes
Seed saving
Beans, cucumbers, pumpkins
Rain barrels
Student and staff engagement
All years participate
Creates long lasting memories
Promotes initiative and autonomy
Teachers create classes around this activity
Reconnect the community with nature
Frogs and butterfly rearing in kindergarden
garlic sales and honey sales to fund raise
Sawerville Community garden and market gardening visit
Community garden
Makes gardening more accessible
Less upfront costs
Helps families that might not have the funds to feed themselves fresh produce
Materials provided
Tools
Compost
Wood chips
3x30 feet for 25$ for the summer
uplifting and creating a space for community
Farmers market
Pizza oven
Market garden
Started with garlic 300 heads
diversification of income
CSA baskets
Farmers market
farm kiosk
U-pick berry activities (haskap and raspberry)
Bought in 2016
Inspired by Richard Perkins work: How to make small farms work
Market garen on 1 acre
Biggest difficulties
Marketing
Storing
Grants to create three different cold rooms
Reduces pressure dto sell as you can harvest when it is ready and sell it when it is needed
Can be considered like an insurance policy for harvest isn't as good from one week to another
Harvesting
Two or three crops per year per bed to optimize crops and revenue
employement grants to have full time staff
Deer presence that affects harvests