Submitted by Marji Basso and Kim Tighe

Young Farmers Project is sponsored by Hester Creek Winery as part of their Farm to School Salad Bar program.

The project is an important extra-curricular, educational prong of the Farm 2 School program at OES that has been growing since 2015. Throughout the project – students from grades K-6 plan an edible garden and apply for seed money to start-up their garden. They plant and tend that garden throughout the summer, then have the opportunity to market their harvested produce at a variety of venues in the late summer and early fall. Through the project students are able to experience firsthand the processes involved in getting food from the farm to the table, and becoming contributors in their local economy.

Participating in this project is a big commitment, and we would like to acknowledge this year’s new crop of Young Farmers:

1. Emily Bidmead
2. Alana Guttormsson
3. Leland Hill
4. Anissa Khodarahmi
5. Sohayl Khodarahmi
6. Arabella Knechtel
7. Emerrit Knechtel
8. Ethan Koteles
9. Kayla Koteles
10. Silas McAllister
11. Savannah Myers
12. Summer Robinson
13. Aidan Stefishen
14. Farah Thomson
15. Ashton Vetsch
16. Coleson Vetsch
17. Angus Wise
18. Abby Wolfe

Let’s all wish them a bountiful growing season