On the 2014 Geauga County 4-H Advisory Farm to Plate field trip, 4-H'ers and advisors had fun while also learning.…
From Farm to Plate Field Trip
On the 2014 Geauga County 4-H Advisory Farm to Plate field trip, 4-H’ers and advisors had fun while also learning. This year’s trip was based on horticulture.
The first stop was at Geauga County Extension Office at the Burton Fairgrounds, where auctioneer Mike Davis talked to the group about how the Geauga Produce Growers got started and about how they are giving back to the county and helping out smaller farms so they can sell their produce.
The next stop was at Rid-All Green in Cleveland, where the group talked about aquaponics and how the making of mulch takes place. Next stop was Refuge Empowerment Gardens, an organization that help refugees learn how to work as a team, live in American society and that helps them learn the job interviewing process.
The group then stopped at Cleveland Botanical Garden’s Green Corp Garden program, where attendees learned about making use of small-scale farming. Last stop was at Craig Sirna’s Produce farm in Auburn Township, where the group learned a different way of using hydroponics and large-scale produce farming.
Everyone had fun and ended the day with an ice cream sandwich. (Submitted by Ryan Ivans, news reporter)
