By Farm Academy | Hidden Villa
Each summer our Youth Development team takes some time to work with youth in our community who are interested in becoming farmers for the season. These youth take on the responsbilities of our farm crew, learning about the stages of vegetable, fruit, and flower production. They learn various techniques of soil augmentation, irrigation, planting, training plant growth, pest management, harvesting and culinary preparations during morning crew work and afternoon experiential workshops. This opportunity is especially valuable as it gives young people the opportunity to learn where their food comes from and builds on the empowerment that comes from raising food, cooking it, and nourishing themselves and the people that they love.
Some of these young people go on to work in urban or home gardens, some continue on to study earth science or biology in college, and some simply return back to school in the fall with a greater appreciation for food, farmers, farm laborers, and our natural environment. Each of these paths is different, yet important for our future generations to hold on to the knowledge of the richness of our culinary palates.
Thank you for supporting our work to engage youth in our farm and wilderness space!
Check out this blog with updates from our program last year :https://hvfarmacademy.wordpress.com. There are still spaces availiable in this program and if you would like more information, email apprentice@hiddenvilla.org.
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