Urban Farming

Catalog description

Course will introduce students to the practices of urban farming and agriculture through a study of the basic skills and understandings involved in its practice and through employing those skills and understandings in the development and maintenance of urban gardens of various kinds.Ethical questions related to issues of sustainability, climate impact and use of chemicals in the garden will be discussed. Students will work in gardens of their own making as well as working with community partners in the New Orleans community.