"Today in Agriculture Task Force we discussed what fruits and vegetables we are going to plant in the CJA garden. This is very cool. We are going to plant tomatoes, onions, watermelons, and strawberries. MMMMMM! I discuss the future with my family every day. I wish we could plant grapes instead of strawberries. Task Force is cool; I really like it. It makes me feel like I am helping the earth, my school, and it feels like I am doing things in a less polluted way. :)"
--Cecil, grade 6
"We looked up new foods to plant because all of our plants are dead. So we need to re-plant them and I suggested we grow some Jamaican plants and carnivorous plants, but we need a different environment for some of them. It was awesome doing what we were about to do, and I like helping the environment."
--Casimir, grade 6
"Everyone came up with good ideas to add to the list. We came up with raspberries, blueberries, and other things. We'll even try a pineapple. My aunt is going to start getting her garden ready for he spring, too. She has a book of seeds and plants and she's writing out a list of things she's going to plant and maybe going to plant. She's going to plant cucumbers and tomatoes. I feel this year our garden is going to be the best of all the gardens we've had so far."
--Alzario, grade 7
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Some thoughts on CJA's agriculture program
"At CJA we have chickens. These chickens have been taken care of by Mr. Dwyer and the ATF. We feed chickens about one bag of chicken feed per week, which costs about $15. The chickens also lay eggs. We take the eggs, clean them off, and sell them at our CJA farmers' market. We recently expanded our chicken run so that they can have more space. The chickens love their new environment. The chickens also love Mr. Dwyer."
--Jamari, grade 6
"What I like about ATF is that we help nature. If people keep deteriorating it, there won't be one left. We need nature and that's what we're doing: ATF is helping the environment and I like that. That's why I joined. I like the environment and I want to help save it. We wouldn't be here without it. So I wouldn't want to see the day all nature dies, so I help any way possible."
--Casimir, grade 6
"Some of the problems with our food system now is our foods are sometimes processed in factories where they put chemicals and such sort in our foods to make them taste better but sometimes our food goes straight to store stock. The small food system we have at CJA is a garden with healthy foods like greens, tomatoes, eggplant, etc. We also have a compost and eggs right from the chicken. Working with the small food system at CJA will help fix the problems with the food system. We are not adding anything to make them taste better. Our food system just harvests and uses or sells at a farmers' market."
--Terrence, grade 6
"Some problems with our food system is that people eat more unhealthy food than healthy food. They eat unhealthy food because it is cheap. They don't eat healthy food enough. They don't eat enough because it is expensive. We have a small food system at CJA because we grow some of our food. We get some of our food from our garden, some from our chickens, and some from Gourmet Gorilla. I'm excited to work with the small food system. It will help fix the problems with the food system because we can help people learn where the food comes from. We can persuade people to eat more healthy food and not unhealthy food."
--Rakeem, grade 5
--Jamari, grade 6
"What I like about ATF is that we help nature. If people keep deteriorating it, there won't be one left. We need nature and that's what we're doing: ATF is helping the environment and I like that. That's why I joined. I like the environment and I want to help save it. We wouldn't be here without it. So I wouldn't want to see the day all nature dies, so I help any way possible."
--Casimir, grade 6
"Some of the problems with our food system now is our foods are sometimes processed in factories where they put chemicals and such sort in our foods to make them taste better but sometimes our food goes straight to store stock. The small food system we have at CJA is a garden with healthy foods like greens, tomatoes, eggplant, etc. We also have a compost and eggs right from the chicken. Working with the small food system at CJA will help fix the problems with the food system. We are not adding anything to make them taste better. Our food system just harvests and uses or sells at a farmers' market."
--Terrence, grade 6
"Some problems with our food system is that people eat more unhealthy food than healthy food. They eat unhealthy food because it is cheap. They don't eat healthy food enough. They don't eat enough because it is expensive. We have a small food system at CJA because we grow some of our food. We get some of our food from our garden, some from our chickens, and some from Gourmet Gorilla. I'm excited to work with the small food system. It will help fix the problems with the food system because we can help people learn where the food comes from. We can persuade people to eat more healthy food and not unhealthy food."
--Rakeem, grade 5
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