MURFREESBORO — About
600 Murfreesboro City Schools’ third-graders learned about the MTSU gardens and
another 600 took in the dairy portion of the MTSU Experiential Learning and
Research Center Thursday (May 12).
Several dozen buses transported the youngsters in two shifts
to the MTSU Farm and Dairy in Lascassas, Tennessee, for the second “Farm2School”
field trip in as many years.
To see video from the event, visit https://youtu.be/Gk3T7art9QE.
The field trip is part of a partnership between Murfreesboro
City Schools and MTSU. The two entities have collaborated to bring more than
28,000 students for four Education Days at MTSU women’s basketball games and
teamed for many student-teaching events and educational and academic endeavors
through the years.
Cristian Betancourth, 10, of John Pittard Elementary said he
had a lot of fun and “learned how you can make things out of cow poop.”
A number of MTSU and City Schools’ staff coordinated the
four-hour event. Various MTSU students shared about the dairy, garden and life
on a farm.
Murfreesboro City Schools participates in the national
Farm2School Network program.
To learn more about the MTSU agriculture program, visit http://www.mtsu.edu/programs/agribusiness/,
http://www.mtsu.edu/programs/animal-science/or
call 615-898-2523.
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