In advance of Monday’s Earth Day celebration, students and faculty of Will Rogers Learning Community had a green-thumbed party of their own, hosting an Earth Day Festival at the campus’ regenerative farm.
Students were able to engage in activities around the farm, such as an interactive storytime and being able to traverse the multitude of plantlife cultivated at Will Rogers. In addition, student projects were available to view on environment-related subjects, with information laid out in creative fashion on posterboard.
Representatives promoting the documentary “Feeding Tomorrow,” exploring ways to make a more sustainable world through the lens of food, were on hand to serve up freshly-cooked plates. The farm itself is a staple of regenerative agriculture in the Santa Monica area, and teaches Will Rogers students about things like crops, tree intercropping, compost and the planting of drought-tolerant pollinator flowers.
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