The students cultivate produce year-round as part of Seeds for Learning, a Foundations program teaching farming and entrepreneurship based at the school.
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“We saw the benefit of this,” said Foundations’ President Rhonda Lauer. “You can teach kids about designing an irrigation system. They learn how to price produce and how to start a business.”
Each week since June, a local chef has helped students cook healthy lunches made mostly with the produce they grow, Lauer said. At 3 p.m., they sell the produce from a stand outside the school, she said. The output from the farm, a neighboring greenhouse and a fruit orchard are sold at affordable prices, she said.
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