The second week at The Ecology Center started off with a call with someone on the team. We discussed different avenues of work and other things for that week. I started to do some research on non-profits in the area regarding food insecurity. I did some research of other evident-based articles regarding population health and engagement as well as some information about agriculture, A field trip came to visit, and I listened to one of the activities. I helped with organizing the food for the farm stand like making teas and olive oil. I helped the culinary team prepare food for the pizza night as well as prepared for the night overall. On Saturday, some high schoolers came to visit the farm and we did a farm tour and some work in market garden as well as picking the flowers to increase their growth. I then organized a list of high schools’ current organizations and club surrounding ecology, farming, and the environment and some point-of-contacts that could be useful to encourage more engagement. The week ended with putting the information I researched the previous week regarding the school food sourcing and individual school gardens into a presentation.
-Isabelle