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Students from 721M and some of the district coaches took the ferry to the Governor’s Island Urban Farm and Teaching Garden to make connections between the food the students grow in their hydroponic grow tower for the cafĂ© and the way that food is produced on a farm. They planted beans, tasted strawberries straight from the patch, and got to know some of the worms that were busy composting our food scraps.

We finally made it to Governor’s Island today, and stopped by the farm. I sorted and filled two (small) bags of compost! (my first time!)