For years, agriculture classes at Whitefish High School have been lauded by students who are on the verge of dropping out as well as students who are college-bound. The hands-on nature of the classes appeals to students and provides them with opportunities they don't get in other, more traditional coursework.
I should have known that writing about a club at the Center for Sustainability and Entrepreneurship would be an empirical assignment. I'd only been in the greenhouse about two minutes before I was given scissors and a flat of radish microgreens, along with harvesting instructions.
"We try to get as little dirt in the bin as possible. Cut them off there," senior Charlotte Wallace said as she pointed to the bottom of the stems. "And then check them."
"The seeds need to be evenly spread otherwise they grow funny," Wallace said. "There are a lot of variables. Microgreens are kind of moody sometimes. They're easy to grow but they definitely react to things around them quite a bit."
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