Tien Van Service Learning
Tien Van
Bio 212, sec AA
Winter 2018
3/2/2018
Service Learning Assignment
Title of the project: Campus Community Farm Work Parties
Location: Edcc campus farm
Hours of volunteered: proximately 2hrs 10 min, from 12pm to 2:10pm
- Names of event organizer:
Lia Andrews and Nhu Tran
Email: nhu.tran@email.edcc.edu
Irene Giang
Email: nhat.giang@email.edcc.edu
Dr. Thomas W Murphy
Email: tmurphy@email.edcc.edu
2. The event was sponsored by Farmer Frog, an organization provides guidance for urban farmers
and service learners; Edcc Horticulture Department; and Edcc Department of Anthropology.
and service learners; Edcc Horticulture Department; and Edcc Department of Anthropology.
One important goal of the event was to bring diversity around school by working together at the
farm. Moreover, while working at the farm, you would interact with people with different cultural
background and learned how to cooperate with people around you. In addition, another important goal
was to learn about food supply issues, gardening and farming skills, sustainability, and nutrition. Then,
hopefully, after gaining new skills, you were able to apply them to your real life.
farm. Moreover, while working at the farm, you would interact with people with different cultural
background and learned how to cooperate with people around you. In addition, another important goal
was to learn about food supply issues, gardening and farming skills, sustainability, and nutrition. Then,
hopefully, after gaining new skills, you were able to apply them to your real life.
3. I learned a lot of by participating in the activity. I learned about the history of the farm and
the culture kitchen and how they were created. I learned that the culture kitchen was designed
by engineering students and was built by construction students. In addition, I also got to learn
about different trees and the hoop house at the farm. All of which, I didn’t get to know when
I was working at the farm. My duties were to help and worked in the hoop house. I was helping
to bring decomposed wood chips inside the hoop house for the plants in the house. Moreover,
I also helped to build and kept the fire and reorganized the woods.
the culture kitchen and how they were created. I learned that the culture kitchen was designed
by engineering students and was built by construction students. In addition, I also got to learn
about different trees and the hoop house at the farm. All of which, I didn’t get to know when
I was working at the farm. My duties were to help and worked in the hoop house. I was helping
to bring decomposed wood chips inside the hoop house for the plants in the house. Moreover,
I also helped to build and kept the fire and reorganized the woods.
4. Every time I worked at the farm, I was able to know something more about the farm and
plants at the farm. Furthermore, working at the farm strengthened my belief in the importance of
science in our society. Although it was only a two-hour volunteer assignment, it made me believe
even more in the importance of clean and organic food. We live in an industrialized society where
we can produce food artificially and genetically mortified them. We discover and recognize the benefits
of what artificially and genetically modified food may bring us. However, we seem to forget that organic
food also bring us huge essential benefits that even artificially and genetically modified food can never
fulfill to bring to us, true and real nutrients. Artificially produced food and food that are genetically
mortified mostly bring us taste and some kind of convenience. Nonetheless, we don’t quite know what
is really in them and whether they can bring us all the nutrition that organic food can. I, personally,
prefer organic food. I want people to know more about organic food and have access to it more.
By working at the farm, I was helping to grow more organic food and made organic food available to
the community. The food grew on the farm were not only organic, they were also very clean and safe
to eat.
plants at the farm. Furthermore, working at the farm strengthened my belief in the importance of
science in our society. Although it was only a two-hour volunteer assignment, it made me believe
even more in the importance of clean and organic food. We live in an industrialized society where
we can produce food artificially and genetically mortified them. We discover and recognize the benefits
of what artificially and genetically modified food may bring us. However, we seem to forget that organic
food also bring us huge essential benefits that even artificially and genetically modified food can never
fulfill to bring to us, true and real nutrients. Artificially produced food and food that are genetically
mortified mostly bring us taste and some kind of convenience. Nonetheless, we don’t quite know what
is really in them and whether they can bring us all the nutrition that organic food can. I, personally,
prefer organic food. I want people to know more about organic food and have access to it more.
By working at the farm, I was helping to grow more organic food and made organic food available to
the community. The food grew on the farm were not only organic, they were also very clean and safe
to eat.
5. One of my jobs was to transfer composed wood chips into the hoop house. Covering soil with
decomposed wood chips provided the plants inside extra heat to prevent them die out during the
winter season. The decomposed wood chips gave off CO2 gas and helped to produce heat. CO2
gas also helped the process of photosynthesis and respiration. There would more CO2 available inside
the loop house for plants to take in for photosynthesis and they would produce enough O2 and glucose
for respiration later. That was the reason why the loop house model is so successful. There are a lot of
application and mortification across the country. The loop house model is also successful in states that
have very extreme weather conditions. At the farm, we also heard about the worms that were available
at the farm. Earthworm belongs the segmented worm phylum. They have hydrostatic skeleton structure.
They eat soil and then produce waste back to the soil. Their waste have rich nutrient for the soil to help
plants grow. Worm waste is a very valuable thing for gardening.
decomposed wood chips provided the plants inside extra heat to prevent them die out during the
winter season. The decomposed wood chips gave off CO2 gas and helped to produce heat. CO2
gas also helped the process of photosynthesis and respiration. There would more CO2 available inside
the loop house for plants to take in for photosynthesis and they would produce enough O2 and glucose
for respiration later. That was the reason why the loop house model is so successful. There are a lot of
application and mortification across the country. The loop house model is also successful in states that
have very extreme weather conditions. At the farm, we also heard about the worms that were available
at the farm. Earthworm belongs the segmented worm phylum. They have hydrostatic skeleton structure.
They eat soil and then produce waste back to the soil. Their waste have rich nutrient for the soil to help
plants grow. Worm waste is a very valuable thing for gardening.
5. Provide at least 4 questions that were raised based on your service learning activity.
- Is it possible to raise more animals at the farm like rabbits?
- How long did it take to build the farm?
- What was the cost to build the farm?
- Is it possible to expand the farm? If it is possible, is there a plan to rebuild and expand it?
Figure 1: An image inside the loop house after the work was done.
Figure 2: An image of the loop house from outside
Figure 3: An image of trees at the farm.
Figure 3; An image of the name of the culture kitchen
Figure 5: Image of an area of the cultural kitchen, the area of the oven in the kitchen.
Hey Tien,
ReplyDeleteI have volunteered in the campus farm work party before and I agree that it bring people from different cultural backgrounds. When I volunteered, I met people from other classes and people that just liked working at the farm. I noticed that it snowed when you volunteered. I wonder how the food that they have growing outside of the greenhouse is affected by the snow. Do you remember how long it takes for the specific food to grow? How often do they pick the vegetables?
Hi Tien,
ReplyDeleteI have also worked on the farm, so I enjoyed learning about your experience. After reading your post, I am left wondering what the hoop house is. I really liked your explanation of the scientific process that the decomposed wood goes through.