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that connects students growing food in “Earthboxes” with children in other countries who use the same portable growing boxes. Co-sponsored by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and The American Horticultural Society, the program allows young people worldwide to communicate about issues of world hunger and sustainable agriculture. “Tve been working, picking up trash and planting plants around my house. I love planting,” said Ashley Crawford, one of 43 students engaged in hands-on agriculture at Rappahannock County Elementary School this fall.
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F2Ts community partnerships and interdisciplinary aspects were among the attractions when delegates from Sri Lanka, Nepal, India and Pakistan visited Rappahannock County’s public schools on September 14. Visitors from India and Nepal crowded around a bed of tricolor pole beans, curious how the school garden could produce beans organically in light of the presence of bean beetles on the plants. “It’s a matter of timing,” replied Scheuerlein, who has
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