((PKG)) URBAN MILLENNIAL FARM SCHOOL
((Banner: Learning about the Land))
((Reporter: Faiza Elmasry))
((Camera: Adam Greenbaum))
((Adapted by: Philip Alexiou))
((Map: United States / Virginia / Loudon County))
((DOUG FABBIOLI, NEW AG SCHOOL))
So we got asparagus that we are growing, golden raspberries, black currants, red currants, gooseberries. We’re looking to find those that may want to be farmers in the future, those that are leaders that can help raise this up and also those that will be mentors to teach new people how to do this down the road. The AG School is really about growing farmers.
((LIAM MARSHALL BROWN, STUDENT, NEW AG SCHOOL))
It’s fun. I enjoy learning that stuff. I love being outside. I did an internship where I was inside a lot and I liked it, but I like being outside more.
((OLGA GOADALUPE ALFOSECA, STUDENT, NEW AG SCHOOL))
I learned a lot of stuff like (planting) hops, raspberries.
((DOUG FABBIOLI, NEW AG SCHOOL))
As far as what exactly I want to do, I’m just going to smooth it out. So, you want the roots from the plant down here.
Okay, so it’s important to see the difference.
Okay, so you’ve got these new shoots, right?
((OLGA GOADALUPE ALFOSECA, STUDENT, NEW AG SCHOOL))
We left just three?
((DOUG FABBIOLI, NEW AG SCHOOL))
But, if we sell the shoots that we don’t keep, that’s more money.
((DOUG FABBIOLI, NEW AG SCHOOL))
It involves some module work where we have a book with, it’s online as well. But we have it with the different steps, the basic steps and the skills to learn in order to plant things and grow things. Use the different pieces of equipment, how to clean and sanitize things and hospitality and how to be good for sales and good for your customers. We’re really trying to hit a lot of different aspects. Okay, so put some fuel in there and let’s see if we can get it started.
((MEAGHAN TARDIF, MENTOR, NEW AG SCHOOL))
As you can see, it is going up. I’m Meagan Tardif. I make the wine. My favorite part about being a mentor is I always give the student a chance to teach someone else. Leadership is everywhere. It’s not just in the work. It’s not with just your employees, but it helps you throughout your life.
((LIAM MARSHALL BROWN, STUDENT, NEW AG SCHOOL))
Hopefully I’ll get there and I’ll be running my own farm one day and having people work under me.
((DOUG FABBIOLI, NEW AG SCHOOL))
We are actually one of the richest counties in the nation. But the goal for folks in Loudoun, on a state level or on a community level, is to save the land, is to save the green space in western Loudoun. And we can do that by farming, but we need more farmers.
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