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THE BIGGER PICTURE Miami High Farm Project
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The students of Amanda Bickel’s Ag program: L to R: Jesus Velarde, Joseph Dominguez, Sarah Schaible, Angelina Allen, Jaiden Perez, Amanda Bickel, Ramon Guerrero, Gabe Holmes, Angel Perkins, Luke Castaneda | Photo by LCGross BY PATTI DALEY
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manda Bickel likes looking at the bigger picture. Making bigger connections. The first-year Agriculture Science teacher at Miami Jr.Sr. High is leading a mission to convert the vastly barren campus land into a working farm. “It’s going to take a couple of years to get
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Increase Your EGGSpertise
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Aimee says the most popular question she’s asked is: How long do eggs really last? The short answer: Eggs can last just fine for two or three months – or even longer. Eggs aren’t “bad” until they smell bad, so you don’t need to worry about safety as long as an egg passes the sniff test. When they’re laid, eggs have a natural protective layer, called the “bloom” or “cuticle,” on their surface that seals off the inside from air and pathogens.
Already there are over 200 trees planted, an animal pen fenced, a variety of vegetables started and student projects selected. Principal Glen Lineberry has funded the first two rounds of the farm project with CTE funds and a Health & Wellness Grant from the Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith & Family. Farm Project, Continued on page 6
NEW ART INITIATIVE BEING PROPOSED AT CITY HALL
BY PATRICIA SANDERS
The humble egg: you might eat them every day, but how much do you know about them? To answer your questions – and probably some you never thought to ask – we got answers from Aimee MundyEllison of Ellison Family Farm Eggs in Miami (along with some information from trustworthy sources on the Web). Aimee’s Facebook page is a treasure trove of information about buying, storing, and using eggs.
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everything happening,” she says. “Students have lots of options to learn about the agriculture industry, learn some skills, go into something they are more interested in.” Picture the stark landscape covered in field crops and greenhouses, shaded by hundreds of trees, with goats and chickens in fenced pens between classrooms and vegetables lining the walkways.
BY LINDA GROSS
Can the benefits of public art begin to counter the challenges of a pandemic? A growing number of local citizens believe this may be the case. A newly launched initiative is seeking partners to flood our community with at least 12 public art projects in 12 months. These projects will be selected by the community, organized by volunteers, and paid for with funding from partnering agencies and grants. With the goal of countering the negative impact of COVID, the “I ART Globe” Initiative plans to proactively reclaim our health and the good of our community by bringing light and color into a time of emotional darkness. “‘I ART Globe’ is an effort to reignite hope in our community, one art project at a time,” explains Regina Ortega-Leonardi, one of the project volunteers. The idea for this initiative came from Globe resident Thea Wilshire when she was preparing a presentation to the Globe City Council on the benefits arts brings to a community. “When you think about how COVID has impacted our community, really the entire world, art counters most of the negatives brought about by the pandemic. COVID has limited our interaction with others, reduced our connection to place, halted our normal routines, stalled our economic vitality, and stolen our mental and physical health. Public art is the perfect antidote to these challenges,” says Wilshire. Art Initiative, Continued on page 19
EGGSpertise, Continued on page 18
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