Written by Deb Groebner, Southern Coordinator On March 4th, 42 students and teachers from Youth Eco Solutions (YES!) teams at Sleepy Eye High School, St. Mary’s Catholic School, and Springfield High School participated in the Organics Recycling and Waste Reduction Workshop in Mankato. This workshop explored systems for keeping food waste and other compostable materials out of landfills and
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Compass Learning Center’s Agriscaping Curriculum
By Jolene Carlson (YES! Coach) Compass Learning Center's YES! team received funding from the McKnight Foundation to implement their Agriscaping curriculum. Agriscaping is using food to create edible and functional landscapes. Students designed a MN Edible Plant PowerPoint Presentation identifying the functions and classification of plants. They then designed three Agriscapes that were
“Local Foods for a Changing World” Winter Workshop
By Sophie Bishop On January 23rd, YES! teams from New Prague and Springfield traveled to the Ney Nature Center to learn about local foods and greenhouses. Students heard from Josh Reinitz, a local organic farmer and CSA provider. Josh spoke about how to create an organic farm or garden and offered tips on how to sustain it for years to come. He also talked about how to build a greenhouse out of
New Prague YES! Feeding Students Locally
Submitted by New Prague YES! Team Compass Learning Center students installed 5 indoor window extenders to facilitate indoor plants and seed starting for our outdoor gardens. The McKnight Grant also supported an additional 2 outdoor garden beds, adding to our other 3 outdoor garden beds. They will be utilized May-October for vegetable planting. The vegetables will be used to teach students
What Will You Bring to the Zombie Apocalypse?
Alison Bettin, founder of the Winona seed bank and library and owner of Tiny Spoons asked the students, who excels at using a crossbow? With very few arms in the air, she goes on to explain that her asset for the zombie apocalypse is her knowledge of growing food and preserving seeds in order to fuel the protectors. That knowledge she shared with 13 students from Mankato West High School and the
