Week 5: CJA Agriculture

This week in agriculture some students had a debate about unsustainable food systems. They discussed Cheerios and Fruit Loops, comparing how healthy they are.

This week we learned about sustainable food systems. These systmes use less processing of food and treat the animals with respect. On the other hand, unsustainable food systems do not treat animals with respect, sometimes making them stand in their own waste. This can lead to the animals becoming sick, which then leads to people getting sick. We also learned that unsustainable food systems use a large amount of plastic to wrap up the products we use today. Sustainable food systems, on the other hand, use much less plastic and also use fewer steps to get the food from the farm to your table. This minimizes pollution and waste.

Mr. Durkin with one of our chickens. At CJA we treat our animals and environment with love and respect!

Mr. Nimock transferring compost with his trusty pitchfork. Instead of buying fertilizer and soil, we use old vegetables and fruits and turn them into soil to place in our garden.