by arothfuss | Nov 4, 2017 | Commons in General, Micro-farm (HOG), Project Space, Uncategorized
On Thursday, November 2, senior Davy Brooks shared their ongoing work to redesign the Harley Micro-Farm as part of an independent study with Lisa Barker, Food and Farm Coordinator. On the heels of being part of the current and former student panel on sustainability...
by arothfuss | Nov 4, 2017 | Common Ground, Micro-farm (HOG), Sustainability, Uncategorized
Guest blogger: Lisa Barker, Food and Farm Coordinator The Harley Garden Club is taking on a new project: The Harley Compost Project. Our goal is to be able to build usable compost for the Harley Micro-Farm separately from the compost that goes to Community Compost...
by arothfuss | Nov 4, 2017 | Commons in General, Edible Education, Micro-farm (HOG), Uncategorized
One fine lunch time in the Lower School (Wednesday, October 25th to be exact), members of the Food and Farm 101 class set up a table for sampling two varieties of pickles which they made in class. One variety was made with the standard ingredients of vinegar, water,...
by arothfuss | Nov 4, 2017 | BCCE (Briggs Center for Civic Engagement), Commons in General, Micro-farm (HOG), Sustainability
It may seem like a stretch to talk about optimism in the face of growing climate change and environmental decline, but that is exactly what an eager audience was shown at the second Commons Series event on Tuesday, October 24. Three Harley students, Nate August ‘11,...
by | Oct 22, 2017 | Commons in General, Edible Education, Micro-farm (HOG), Project Space
The opportunistic students in Food and Farm 101 made good use of the harvestable vegetables from the high tunnel gardens. For those of you who haven’t visited the covered growing space, it was virtually filled to the roof with all kinds of tomatoes! The enclosed...
by | Oct 22, 2017 | BCCE (Briggs Center for Civic Engagement), CMEE (Center for Mindfulness and Empathy Education), Commons in General, Micro-farm (HOG), Project Space, Sustainability, The Living Building
For the 2017-18 school year, we are pleased to introduce two new faculty members in the Commons and one new collaborative course! You can meet the new educators below and read more about the course offerings in the Commons for Trimester I. Meet Lisa Barker,...
