Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Community Herbs - a project in Appleton, WI

Here in Appleton, Wisconsin there is a community project called Community Herbs. Its for at risk Appleton West high school students who run a student run business growing and selling culinary herbs. They grow the herbs in a hoop house green house and sell them at the farmers market and to area restaurants. They are learning how to grow plants, how to market them, the importance of local economy, and creating a niche market. How cool is this, to be able to learn life skills and the feeling of genuine pride.

1 comment:

Jennifer said...

sounds like a great program!