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Impact Report
| For plan | Memorial Middle School Agricultural Extension and Education Center |
| Date | January 6, 2011, 7:41 pm |
| For Objective | Medium-term Show medium-term objectives |
| Impact Report | Medium-term objectives 1. Develop and enhance the MMSAEEC youth science center facilities and landscape teaching facilities. 2. Measure program impacts through a 4 year experimental research project designed to assess improvements to average yearly progress on science test scores, learning and development in agricultural and natural resource science, and leadership and youth development life skills and increases interest in agriculture and natural resource careers. 3. Assess the feasibility for program expansion to other school districts in New Mexico. Obj. 1 - Roughly 2,000 linear feet of trails have been installed on approximately two and one-half acres of the campus that connect the greenhouse with the rest of the physical campus landscape for teaching purposes; 640 sq feet of raised beds have been installed and are in vegetable and fruit production; roughly one-third of an acre is in row-crop vegetable production and raspberry production; 55 fruit trees have been planted to establish a campus orchard. 100% of students have been involved in the producing fresh food from campus systems. Fresh produce was used in the cafeteria for a farm-to-school program and in the Health class to teach nutrition. About 50% of electrical energy needs for greenhouse supplied by solar and wind power. The Center captures, stores and reuses about 10,000 gallons of water annually through a catchment system. All of these systems are used for public demonstration. Obj. 2 – No research results available to date. Obj. 3 - Feasibility project has not been initiated. |