Students at Lanigan School will soon get their hands dirty while learning about food production and agriculture.
Horizon School Division and Nutrien announced this week a partnership that will see the installation of a hydroponic grow container at the school.
Director of Education for Horizon Kevin Garinger says they first saw the grow container in Alberta a few years ago, and the one to be established in Lanigan is the first of its kind within the School Division.
"Food security is so vital, and I think one of the things that we are trying to do through this process is educate our children about the impact of the work our farmers, our communities, and our big businesses do in support of agriculture in our province and ultimately across our country and world." said Garinger, adding its opportunities like this that can inspire students to pursue a career in agriculture.
"If we make that impact, if we make that kind of impact on the ag industry, on our children to understand that these are the opportunities that exist for them, we're doing really good things for our school division, for our province, and for our world."
This is the latest step in bolstering agricultural education at Horizon over the last four years. Garinger says they reached out to Nutrien about opportunities to connect the agriculture community with students.
"We actually reached out to Nutrien and said, "Hey, we understand that there may be some opportunity to connect and maybe do some things at the school to really sort of enhance agriculture in that way." And it's led to this amazing opportunity that we're announcing today." he said.
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