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Joe Muellenberg, horticulture-program coordinator at University of Wisconsin-Extension in Dane County, holds one of Grow Academy's Australorp hens. Eggs produced by the small flock are used in baked goods the academy sells to Madison-area Department of Corrections staff. Proceeds from the sales are reinvested in supplies and equipment for the Grow Academy.
About 30 different types of vegetables are grown at the Grow Academy in Dane County, Wisconsin.
The Grow Academy in Dane County, Wisconsin, combines education basics with hands-on agricultural and horticultural training for at-risk youth.
A list reminds students of fall gardening tasks needing to be completed.
Young men at the Grow Academy install plastic mulch to suppress weeds in a sweet-potato plot.
Jonathan Davis teaches math, reading, science and other subjects at the Grow Academy. He incorporates raising house plants into lesson plans. The house-plant "home" is a remodeled bunk bed fitted with grow lights. A sheriff's department donated the bed after closing down a marijuana-growing operation.
OREGON, Wis. – The Grow Academy doesn’t just grow vegetables and chickens. It also grows kids.
Lynn Grooms writes about the diversity of agriculture, including the industry’s newest ideas, research and technologies as a staff reporter for Agri-View based in Wisconsin. Email lgrooms@madison.com to contact her.
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Joe Muellenberg, horticulture-program coordinator at University of Wisconsin-Extension in Dane County, holds one of Grow Academy's Australorp hens. Eggs produced by the small flock are used in baked goods the academy sells to Madison-area Department of Corrections staff. Proceeds from the sales are reinvested in supplies and equipment for the Grow Academy.
Jonathan Davis teaches math, reading, science and other subjects at the Grow Academy. He incorporates raising house plants into lesson plans. The house-plant "home" is a remodeled bunk bed fitted with grow lights. A sheriff's department donated the bed after closing down a marijuana-growing operation.
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