Root Down Organic Farm
This group’s aim is to determine if compost tea is a viable option for use at Root Down Organic Farm. Additionally, they want to provide guidelines for future research projects by suggesting recipes for compost tea that Root Down can try. They did extensive literary research on compost tea and even sampled some tea! No, they didn’t drink it – they had it analyzed for bacterial populations.
They spent an entire day at Root Down Organic Farm where they learned about the problems the farm was facing, and had the opportunity to shovel sand into bags to help weigh down sheets and protect the farm’s precious organic crops.
One of their group members was already well versed with what compost tea was, so they eventually believed him when he told them it was not the kind of tea you enjoy on a cold rainy day. They had a conflict free semester and are looking forward to finishing their report!