In this course we get to explore a new
farm or garden every week and so the
students are exploring diverse careers
and diverse philosophies to sustainable
agriculture. We're at Gateway Farms in
South Amherst. This is Jim Goforth's second
farm. He's a graduate of our
Sustainable Agriculture program at
Lorain County Community College. Today's goal was to get some of the new
students out in the Intro to Sustainable
Agriculture program and to show them
some sustainable agriculture practices. Right now they are taking cut flowers
and making bouquets and soon we'll be
making some compost tea for the gardens
and for the plots.
I think sustainable agriculture is
important because we have a limited
amount of space on this earth to farm on
and we've been destroying it. So unless
we find ways to reverse the damage we've
done to our soils we're gonna run out of
places to farm and we're not going to be
able to feed humanity. It's also just a
great way to for people to connect back
with their communities and with each
other and to the earth and to nature.
We're growing food locally so we're
cutting down on food miles. We're
providing boost to the local economy by
keeping the produce here that we grow
locally. Really connect with the
community. Sell directly to customers and
restaurants and in their own area and
kind of take it back to the way things
used to be.
