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Across the Great State of California, we have begun to see a revolution in a way many have not seen in quite some time. No, I'm not referring to some great political or religious revolution. No, what I’m talking about is an agricultural revolution that concentrates of not only bringing back true fresh produce, but also educating the youth of the state about agriculture as well. You may ask yourself, who is in fact leading this revolution?

Destination #1: Millennium Park. In my lifetime, I've visited numerous parks but one of my favourite is Millennium Park. It featured various attractions such as Harris Theatre, Crown Fountain, and Cloudgate.

The journalist stresses that having your own garden can significantly decrease the size of one’s carbon footprint and also brings up the point that “by engaging both body and mind, time spent in the garden is time (and energy) subtracted from electronic forms of entertainment” (Pollan). For those who might question the effectiveness of gardening as means of consuming enough food, Pollan notes that “during World War II, victory gardens supplied as much as 40 percent of the produce Americans ate”. This clearly establishes the credibility of Pollan’s argument and his urgent way of presenting

“America’s Father of Modern Horticulture,” also known as Liberty Hyde Bailey, a jack of all trades and a significantly influential botanist within the horticulture community, lives on in spirit even today (Gasser 2014). His nickname says it all, from his dedication in studying cultivated plants, to his many published volumes and papers about his findings, his research continues to make an impact on horticulture. Bailey began building his background with cultivated plants as a young child on a fruit orchard in South Haven, Michigan (Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum 2017). These early years shaped his views and desires for later dates to come, specifically regarding his college education and research that followed. Although, the vast majority of people did not find the topics within horticulture interesting or something of importance to investigate, Bailey took the world by surprise and found himself with a completely incongruous mindset.

I really enjoyed my visit to Buffalo Wild Wings the other day. I'm a huge sports fan and I really enjoyed that they had tons of televisions and an assortment of different games playing on all of them. My girlfriend is not a huge sports fan, but I know she enjoyed the trip as well.

for developing so many ways to use different crops. This award shows Carver’s dedication to

Flocks of American men, outraged from the Pearl Harbor incident, voluntarily signed up for the army and navy. Those Americans who couldn’t join the armed forces helped the war effort by volunteering to grow their own vegetables in make-shift gardens. In 1941 the Secretary of Agriculture formally suggested the use of these “victory gardens”. The “victory gardens” were planted anywhere they could be, in such places as vacant lots and jails. The gardens soon accounted for 40% of the countries vegetables (Nash, 525).

The following summer Yvette took her education in a different direction, entering the world of agriculture. Her time as an intern at Mission Produce served to be an amazing learning opportunity. She learned about agriculture

Plants have surrounded me my whole life. I see gardening relaxing and beautiful in a weird way. To see a seed transform into something beautiful like a rose or a daisy is extraordinary. I'm passionate about plants and this shows that I will be extra safe and careful with the plants. I know how to take care of plants and will make sure they are in the best shape.

Kristen and I arrived at Susan’s at 9 am and she gave us a tour of her greenhouses. We got to follow her around as she started her morning, explaining what she currently had growing like ground tomato’s, and a few seedlings for another farmer, as well as show us the pawpaw seedlings she’s growing. She taught us about her germination chamber and the way she’s been attempting to grow the pawpaw’s, specifically the do’s and don’ts that she was taught and the “rules” that she’s been experimenting with. We then spent a couple hours helping Susan weed her greenhouse beds. We only were instructed to take out half the weeds because a lot of it was mullein and she was going to try and sell it to a medical herb company. Later she brought up her three goats, Calico jack, Princess Leah, and Twiligha to hang out with us and they helped us weed by standing in the wheel barrow and munching on the pulled weeds. Later in the afternoon we went to the pawpaw orchard and numbered trees and checked how they were growing. Some of them, Susan pointed out, had possibly been grafted incorrectly by the people who sold them the saplings, and as a result the tree was growing the way it needed to be. Finally, Susan walked us around the farm while picking up, discussing the many different enterprises she’s done and is doing, including how she ran her fresh cut flowers.

During our guest speaker series, we had some great representatives of agricultural education come to our class. Each one had a different job relating to agricultural education. Although these jobs are different, they strive to meet the same goal: to educate people on agriculture.

My most favorite trip was to Yankton. We stay for five days and we had a blast. We ate tons of burgers and pop, but there was more that we ate. We went on walks during the day and did fun things like frisbee golf. But those are just some of the stuff that we did.

We headed to Garden of the Gods on our last day, and it was beautiful. It's a small park, and there are serval places that you can pull over and take pictures. It's free to enter the parks, and the visitors center

Here at Green Ridge Village, we are committed to giving our residents an abundance of interesting experiences. An example of this is our Masterpiece Living Week, which was a travel themed week we hosted in May, complete with a passport showcasing the many “destinations.” Read below to learn what our senior residents got to experience during this fun week:

C.S Lewis’ The Last Battle brings up metaphorical ideas about how the end of times happens and leaves the reader lingering about what happens next. Lewis mentions the great giant, Father Time as a figure in The Last Battle, who when woken will interfere with the dynamics of Narnia and the conception of time. As Aslan awakens Father Time, Narnia becomes shaken up and the concept of time becomes ambiguous leading to the end of time for Narnia. In the end, monsters are devouring Narnia, leading the inhabitants of Narnia to escape the old Narnia in order to enter a new, and more real Narnia. As the monsters devour Narnia, the remains of Narnia become this blank, new world, which could be interpreted as the beginning of a world (the beginning of Narnia or the beginning of the real world), making The Chronicles of Narnia a book without an end.