RECIRCULATING FARMS

The class is Urban Farming and consists largely of the steps, processes, and options to establishing an urban farm, including everything from the permits needed to the best strategies depending on what crops you want to grow. We have a dozen garden beds on Tulane's campus that we spend much of class time at, learning about the different crops we are growing, as well as how to be most successful in an urban environment. The service learning beautifully ties into the content, because the farm applies much of the knowledge we acquire in class. In the last few weeks, we have grown microgreens, which were quite successful, discussed urban chickens, experimented with different trellis options within our beds, and much more. The microgreens we grew were take-home projects that we harvested on our own, and I used them in salads. In essence, microgreens are small, fast-growing plants, like mini radishes or pea plants, that just need water to get started and are ready to be eaten in around two..