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By Amy Silver
Special to the Rappahannock News
Teachers and students at Rappahannock County High School are collaborating with local farmers and other community members to launch a new program called “Farm to Table.”
Part of the high school’s Service Learning initiative, the program will enable students in David Naser’s horticulture class to grow fresh produce to be donated to the Rappahannock Senior Nutrition Center, fresh herbs for the culinary arts class, and native plants to be used for landscaping around the school.
Scott Schlosser’s building trades students will work building cold frames, raised beds, and benches. Mary Arthur’s culinary arts students will prepare meals for the Senior Nutrition Center.
The high school greenhouse, built in memory of the late conservationist John Sawhill with funds donated by Mitzie Young and her late husband, Bill, and David and Maggie Cole, will be of central importance in the project. Students also will visit local farms and find out about their growing techniques as well as the business aspects of farming.
“Cross-curricular,” communityconnected programs such as this one, which involve students in different classes with people and issues in the community, have been shown to enhance academic achievement as well as a sense of civic responsibility. They also leverage the available
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