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=Student Reflection Page 2009-2010= Back to Farm Home



**6/9/10 Brooke A-P**
While we were at the farm we planted seeds,weeded weeds, and harvested crops. Even though I didn't like t go to the farm at time it was fun when I learned about all the different plants, and I also learn that being here help the community. My favorite part of the year was when we went to the Stenten Family Manners ,which is a home for families who does have anywhere to stay thought that it was nice to have a mini farm their to have fresh crops to feed the families, since most people bring food to family manners, other than them bring it. throughout the community service I have learn about the way people turn farm in to factories and how they treat animals before being slaughtered, they are treated like they are worthless, they are also given illegal and legal drug to make cows produces more milk. They give the pigs,cow and chickens etc. food with hormones to make them fatter to it like have more meat.this year I'm glad i pick the farm.

6/9/10 Ishara S
I will admit when i chose the farm as an community service, i thought i would be working with animals so i was upset. i was confused and misinterpreted the video shown. But as i started working there more and more i was happier with my choice. We planted and and weeded and harvested. I liked washing the carrots because they were so muddy and dirty and well kinda disgusting! but after we washed them they looked healthy and i just wanted to eat them all up. It was also cool washing the carrots because some of them were in really cool and weird shapes. Something i like doing was jumping in the compost. Right now when i think about it, it sounds like the most disgusting thing ever, but then it was tons of fun. i learned how much a small group of kids can do if they really try to help. * v *

6/8/10 Eli B
I did the farm last year and really enjoyed it; there were a lot of community services that sounded interesting to me, but I decided to do the farm again for this year too. I'm glad I did. It was different from last year but I feel the change was for the better. We learned more about farming industries and American farming ways, this helped empower us to be more enthusiastic about the farm work we were doing. One of the things we did this year was watch //Food Inc.// this was very influential. I had already seen films like this but I was really moved by //Food Inc.// During the film we discussed it, which helped to debrief the documentary and help everyone to grasp the information. A lot of people including me, gained a new look for farming after //Food Inc.// It helped to show us how much what we were doing on the farm mattered. The farm is a great community service to have and I'm glad to have been a part of it.

6/8/10 Allie B
I came to Crefeld in early February and chose the farm for my community service. I honestly didn't know if I was going to like it because I don't like getting dirty and I hate worms. But my first day I really liked it. I helped plant kale and lettuce and a bunch of different things. We weeded and we planted and we watered. There were lots of things to do every time we went to the farm but to me it always seemed to go by so quickly. It was really funny and I learned a lot about different vegetables. I like the fact that we give some of the stuff we grow to a homeless shelter. That is something I've always wanted to do and I can say that I have contributed to that now. Last week was my last week at the farm and it was awesome. We ate some of the strawberries we grew and we weeded a lot. When we finished it looked so good and I can really say I'm proud to be in this community service.

6/8/10 Bryce B
I learned about so many plant, foods and other farm things. I enjoyed working at the farm and digging holes. The thing I liked most was digging in the dead leafs in the winter to get warm. The hole was deeper than my hight. I enjoyed working at the farm on Wednesdays unless it was wet and muddy out then I would get upset.

6/7/10 Malachi F
The time I spent on Weaver's Way Farm was very productive even when I was tired. I loved working there and learning how our efforts were making a difference in the world and also in the community we live in. Watching movies like //Food Inc// on rainy days showed me that not all farmers control their farms, but rather are at the mercy of multinational corporations like Monsanto, who produce patented GMO seeds like soybeans. Weaver's Way and other Community Supported Agriculture farms give farmers and communities more say over the food they grow and how they grow it.

5/26/10 Leo N
When I first saw __//The Meatrix//__ I knew that I would love the farm. I loved gardening and it was for a cause that I liked, animal mistreatment on “farms”. Most organic farms have been replaced with industry farms that also use pesticides and chemical fertilizer on plants. To learn more about this problem we watched a movie called __//Food Inc.//__ The movie shed light on what goes on inside the food industry and what we are actually eating. I recommend this movie to whoever would like to help fix this problem. However it's a very disturbing movie. Hundreds of cows and other animals are kept in confined spaces and are fed antibiotics. The farm grows organic food without using chemicals so people can eat in safety. Even better the food at the farm is all local and grown naturally for good taste. You can't get that from an industry farm