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Douglass agriculture program teaches students about growing, cooking fresh food
By Kyle Davis | February 23, 2017The Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men has offers a unique school program: An agriculture program that students learn how to grow fruits, vegetables and spices and then cook meals with the ingredients they grew. There are several gardens and now a hoop house (indoor greenhouse) on school grounds. In addition to gardens at the school, the students in the program complete all sorts of small projects.