Kids' Summer Expedition: Sustainable Agriculture on the Palouse

[Nils Peterson]

By Lahde Forbes, Board member

Calling all kids: come garden, harvest, and learn sustainable
agricultural practices July 21-August 1! Palouse Prairie School of
Expeditionary Learning and the Palouse-Clearwater Environmental
Institute are collaborating to offer community kids a summer
expedition they won't forget.

· Tend a plot at the Moscow Community Garden
· Harvest fruit and vegetables with Backyard Harvest for local
food banks
· Get hands dirty learning about earthworms, pollinators,
seeds, plant growth
· Paint a mural on the PCEI rainwater collection tank
· Learn planting and harvest dances of the English Country and
Morris traditions

Participants will learn how watershed conservation intersects with
agriculture and sustainability, as well as what each of us can do
individually and together to make choices that have positive community
impact. All activities are guided by the Expeditionary Learning model,
the model used by the Palouse Prairie School of Expeditionary
Learning, opening in fall 2009.

Apply Now!
http://palouseprairieschool.googlepages.com/summerexpedition