An Orcutt Junior High School teacher plans to scoop up more veggie and landscaping ideas for his gardening course when he attends the California Agriculture in the Classroom Conference Thursday, in Sacramento.
“One of the reasons I go is to network with teachers who teach (agriculture) all over the state,” Robert Falero said.
Falero established a special elective gardening and landscaping course for eighth-graders in 2005. Since then, students have learned to cook and tend to fresh foods. They also put that knowledge to use, landscaping school grounds and producing pesticide- and herbicide-free fruits and vegetables for their school salad bar.
Falero said community contributions, such a recent donation of topsoil and compost from Engel Gray and a $500 grant from the California Women for Agriculture, help make the course and trip to Sacramento possible.
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