Photos: Second graders visit Ollin Farms
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LONGMONT, CO - SEPTEMBER 12, 2018: Heatherwood Elementary second grader Analia Exklund harvests a watermelon radish at Ollin Farms Sept. 12. Thanks to a grant from the USDA AMS Local Food Promotion Program, the BVSD School Food Project is able to send groups of students from around the district to local farms to learn from the farmers themselves. (Photo by Lewis Geyer/Staff Photographer)
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LONGMONT, CO - SEPTEMBER 12, 2018: Heatherwood Elementary second grader LIam Landrigan removes the greens from a watermelon radish as Mark Guttridge supervises at Ollin Farms Sept. 12. Thanks to a grant from the USDA AMS Local Food Promotion Program, the BVSD School Food Project is able to send groups of students from around the district to local farms to learn from the farmers themselves. (Photo by Lewis Geyer/Staff Photographer)
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LONGMONT, CO - SEPTEMBER 12, 2018: Heatherwood Elementary second grader James Chrunside eats a watermelon radish at Ollin Farms Sept. 12. Thanks to a grant from the USDA AMS Local Food Promotion Program, the BVSD School Food Project is able to send groups of students from around the district to local farms to learn from the farmers themselves. (Photo by Lewis Geyer/Staff Photographer)
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LONGMONT, CO - SEPTEMBER 12, 2018: Heatherwood Elementary second graders follow Mark Guttridge to a radish patch at Ollin Farms Sept. 12. Thanks to a grant from the USDA AMS Local Food Promotion Program, the BVSD School Food Project is able to send groups of students from around the district to local farms to learn from the farmers themselves. (Photo by Lewis Geyer/Staff Photographer)
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LONGMONT, CO - SEPTEMBER 12, 2018: Heatherwood Elementary second graders visit Ollin Farms Sept. 12. Thanks to a grant from the USDA AMS Local Food Promotion Program, the BVSD School Food Project is able to send groups of students from around the district to local farms to learn from the farmers themselves. (Photo by Lewis Geyer/Staff Photographer)
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LONGMONT, CO - SEPTEMBER 12, 2018: Watermelon radishes harvested by Heatherwood Elementary second graders at Ollin Farms Sept. 12. Thanks to a grant from the USDA AMS Local Food Promotion Program, the BVSD School Food Project is able to send groups of students from around the district to local farms to learn from the farmers themselves. (Photo by Lewis Geyer/Staff Photographer)
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LONGMONT, CO - SEPTEMBER 12, 2018: Heatherwood Elementary second grader Elijah Edward looks at the watermelon radishes he picked at Ollin Farms Sept. 12. Thanks to a grant from the USDA AMS Local Food Promotion Program, the BVSD School Food Project is able to send groups of students from around the district to local farms to learn from the farmers themselves. (Photo by Lewis Geyer/Staff Photographer)
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LONGMONT, CO - SEPTEMBER 12, 2018: Heatherwood Elementary second grader Liam Landrigan holds watermelon radishes he picked at Ollin Farms Sept. 12. Thanks to a grant from the USDA AMS Local Food Promotion Program, the BVSD School Food Project is able to send groups of students from around the district to local farms to learn from the farmers themselves. (Photo by Lewis Geyer/Staff Photographer)
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LONGMONT, CO - SEPTEMBER 12, 2018: Heatherwood Elementary second graders help Mark Guttridge pick watermelon radishes at Ollin Farms Sept. 12. Thanks to a grant from the USDA AMS Local Food Promotion Program, the BVSD School Food Project is able to send groups of students from around the district to local farms to learn from the farmers themselves. (Photo by Lewis Geyer/Staff Photographer)
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LONGMONT, CO - SEPTEMBER 12, 2018: Heatherwood Elementary second grader Nivedhya Rajeshnair feeds chickens at Ollin Farms Sept. 12. Thanks to a grant from the USDA AMS Local Food Promotion Program, the BVSD School Food Project is able to send groups of students from around the district to local farms to learn from the farmers themselves. (Photo by Lewis Geyer/Staff Photographer)
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LONGMONT, CO - SEPTEMBER 12, 2018: "King" the turkey lives with the chickens at Ollin Farms Sept. 12. Thanks to a grant from the USDA AMS Local Food Promotion Program, the BVSD School Food Project is able to send groups of students from around the district to local farms to learn from the farmers themselves. (Photo by Lewis Geyer/Staff Photographer)