On May 12 Herbert Green Middle School students cut the ribbon on an all-new, student-managed outdoor garden to add to the green possibilities at the school. Last year, science teacher Josh Keane refurbished a small garden area on campus, allowing his three science classes, totalling 90 students, to share the space and learn about the satisfaction of growing their own food.
Keane plans to plant some vegetable varieties in an empty bed to supplement the hydroponic lettuce growing program he has going in a classroom. More on that later.
Keane has more green that he's sharing with the student body. Through a grant program obtained by the cafeteria staff, Keane has been able to provide fresh lettuce to the chefs via a state-of-the-art hydroponics garden inside one of his classrooms. He has students working on that project as well. Avery Martin, a seventh grader learned all about growing in this space age looking pod somewhat accidentally.
The new garden will continue growing over the summer, with Keane's help, and the hydroponics bay will continue producing fresh lettuce so that the students at Herbert Green Middle School might, in the fall, have fresh, grown-on-campus salads in their lunches.
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