{"id":57621,"date":"2013-08-27T21:25:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T03:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/students-dig-farm-to-school-project\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T16:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T16:03:31","slug":"students-dig-farm-to-school-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/students-dig-farm-to-school-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Students dig Farm to School Project"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The third grade class of Tara Wilburn checks out the Mancos school garden with art teacher Kim Russell.<\/span>Sam Green\/Cortez Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI love cabbage,\u201d he said, \u201cbut I never knew cabbage was so hard to cut.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sword was one of a handful of schoolboys dispatched to the school\u2019s garden during the last period of the day on Monday. Teachers call it X-Block, a time when students can receive extra instruction if needed; express creativity through art, drama or music courses; or, bend over, squat down and reap what\u2019s ultimately served on their lunch lines.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kids are pretty jazzed when they get to see what they\u2019ve grown inside the cafeteria,\u201d said Mancos School District superintendant Brian Hanson.<\/p>\n

Last school year, students helped dig, water, weed and harvest some 500 pounds of fresh produce from their living classroom \u2013 complete with carrots, radishes, onions, multiple herbs, varieties of lettuce, peas, potatoes and corn, just to name a few. Hanson described the green space as a fun, outdoor learning environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe students enjoy working in the garden, and our health and science teachers can incorporate it into their classroom curriculums,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In order for Sword and his peers to harvest Monday\u2019s bounty, school garden coordinator Erin Bohm led a team of volunteers over summer vacation who tended to the vegetable patch. She was quick, however, to highlight the students\u2019 hard work and commitment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe students need these life skills to be successful citizens,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Officials hope to expand the project with future greenhouses, but for now, Bohm is working to extend the life and bounty of the garden as early in the spring and late into the fall as possible. Last week, Bohm and the students harvested enough basil to produce 10 cups of pesto, which was used in the cafeteria for turkey pesto wraps.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe garden is awesome,\u201d said Sword.<\/p>\n

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