New York, In Its Gluttonous Quest To Provide Its Citizenry With Anything And Everything Anyone Could Possibly Desire, Even Offers 4H Club
So what does the Post do? They go with a lede that the neither the principal nor PTA will be able to photocopy and send around. Real thoughtful:
Posted: October 5th, 2007 | Filed under: Queens, What Will They Think Of Next?“Hoe” is not an insult at John Bowne HS in Queens — it’s a learning tool.
That’s because the 2,900-student Flushing school hosts the Department of Education’s sole agricultural program — with a 3.7-acre farm, barnyard animals and all — which made history yesterday by serving student-harvested crops on the lunch menu.
Yes, the five vegetables in the veggie wrap, the basil in the pesto sauce and the cherry tomatoes in the pasta dish were all homegrown, shipped hundreds of feet, not miles.
“It’s just unbelievable. I didn’t know it would be real hands-on stuff,” said senior Sasha Ford, 17, one of the 540 students who manage the farm.
“You get to plant the stuff, grow, harvest and sell them, and it makes people happy to buy them.”
Students spend two of their four years working year-round on the farm, which in addition to producing apples, raspberries and collard greens is also home to chickens, goats and alpacas.
