May 30 at 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Free
In this lesson, students continue in their roles as agricultural experts. First, they discuss what challenges must be met in order to feed the world’s population in 2050. Students then analyze a list of 10 recommendations about farming and select the three that they feel are most important. a class discussion results in choosing the top five recommendations. As a homework assignment, students explain why their choices were better than the three recommendations that received the fewest votes. After completing this lesson, students will be able to appreciate how soil properties contribute to plant health; recognize that nutrient deficiencies limit crop productivity; understand the role of fertilizer in growing crop plants and in restoring nutrient balance to agricultural soils; relate crop productivity to the need for more farmland; and describe challenges associated with feeding the world’s growing population.
The Growers’ Academy is a sixteen-week course which includes classes on topics such as soil preparation, nutrition, and community responsibility. Each class includes a 45-minute classroom lesson and 45 minutes working in the Center’s new Community Garden. The Growers’ Academy and Community Garden are sponsored and fully funded by our partners, CF Industries.
