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Spilyay Tymoo, Warro Springs, Oregon Page 2 July 5, 2 0 0 7 Ag in the Classroom takes hands-on approach to agriculture B y L eslie M itts Spilyay Tymoo T h e p lo t o f land may be small, but the O SU extension office uses it. to the fullest fot the Ag in the Classroom Pro- * gram. The small area o f land be hind the extension office that they used last year while raising pigs was converted into a gar den after some hard work from fourth grade students at Warm Springs Elementary. A cco rd in g to Fara A nn Brum mer, “T he fourth grade has been kind enough to let me in to work with them.” After raising chickens during the first year o f the project and pigs during the second, she said, they knew the soil would be in credibly rich and wanted to capi talize on that For that reason, they decided to plant a garden this year. It includes vegetables that will later be used in local home economic programs. But the program didn’t in volve merely planting. Accord ing to Brummer, “The Ag in the Classroom Program is a won derful program because it really focuses on learning skills for the youth.” Part o f the main focus this year involved teaching students about where the food they eat is produced and how that is done. “As far as they’re concerned, it com es fro m Safeway,4’ Brummer said. Though the garden did face complications in the form o f cold weather and birds eating at the plants, Brummer said they have ^managed tp grow' some room Program will be able to continue next year because o f funds receiv ed fro m the Johnson O ’Malley committee in Warm Springs. Brum m er is als6 going to work with the program in Crook County in order to gain ideas for the students in Warm Springs. “They have a dynamite program there,” she explained. Though the idea o f raising a dairy cow or raising turkeys in upcoming years has been dis cussed, she said, a lot depends on the space they have. “We can only do so much,” she said. “We have limited space back there.” A cco rd in g to B ru m m er, “We’re limited in what we can do back here as far as hands on projects.’’’ ' But that won’t stop her from striving to teach students as much as'possible about agricul ture— and it’s ^something she feels is necessary in today’s sQr. prodùjd^vA cjety"„" 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe Sport Utility 4D (new) 2000 Chevrolet Astro Minivan 3D Leslie Mitts/Spilyay Myra Johnson worked with the OSU extension office’s program to teach students about native roots. Since recent studies suggest Students wefe even able. tc> start plants inside the classroom that the m ajority.of Oregon’s farm ers are sen ior citizens, this year: “The fourth grade teachers Brummer said, “People don’t truly w ere w o n d erfu l,” ; want to do agriculture anymore Brummer said. “They kind o f and so we’re trying to spark in terest on the part o f the youth ’ ’ did a pre-preparation.” The hands-on projects, she The program is also designed to help the teachers by involv said, are what »help to do just ing curriculum from a variety that. “When you relate to it, and o f subjects, she added. Luckily the Ag in the Class- feel it, and smell it and work with it, it .becomes somehow real to you ” Brummer explained. A s 'fo r the students’ reac tions, she said,“They love it.” Students kept a notebook with logs o f everything they learned and the progress that was made, Brummer added.' .* A t the end o f the program they held a contest to see who had learned the most and docu mented it in their notebook. O f course, Brum mer said, “They love the outside portion much more than the inside por tion:”' In her opinion, “I think there is just a natural connection be tween children and the outside ’ world.” Since the weather hindered the garden’s progress, Myra Johnson from the Culture and H eritage D epartm ent len t a hand to teach the students about native roots. ‘‘She did an excellent jo b ” Brummer said. . • ’ ft taugHf md^iident^ about processing and preparing the roots, but also how to culp4 vate the plants. 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