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| Dr. Bandele addresses program participants |
Baton
Rouge, LA - This summer, the Southern University Ag Center is hosting a summer
garden program for youth ages 5-18 years. The goal of the program is
twofold-eating healthy and exercising. Participants learn indoors and practice
outdoors. It is only the second week and students went
out in the garden to harvest produce. The garden grows tomatoes, cabbage, cucumber,
cantaloupe and flowers. First thing this morning, the team and the program
coordinator Stephanie Elwood were in the garden harvesting vegetables and
flowers before the sweltering heat arrived.
Chances are that if they grow it, they will eat it. Their break
food included the produce harvested today.
At
mid-morning, they returned to the classroom where their guest speaker was
waiting. Dr. Owusu Bandele, professor emeritus in horticulture presented a
topic on African American agriculturalists to the youth. He also talked about
the excellent agricultural academic programs available at Southern University.
“These
days, agriculture is not limited to the farm only; research and other careers
that impact the food industry are very lucrative,” said Bandele to the youth.
The program held on Wednesdays and Fridays,
9:00 am – 12:00 noon at the Horticultural Complex near the SU Ag Center Campus
will end July 20.
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