PBS: One college turns its football field into a farm and sees its students transform

[betsuni]

Urban farm work-study college -- great idea, Paul Quinn College president Michael Sorrell!

[brush]

1. Excellent. Thanks for posting.

[betsuni]

2. You're welcome!

[Crowman1979]

3. A lot better than wasting time training for a sport they have very little chance in...

...making a career out of.

[allan01]

4. i d love to see this happen at my old high school.

which was more interested in sports thah education. love it . football and sports are a diistraction, and if the scholol cant afford them, this is one brilliant answer.

[SticksnStones]

5. Great post

What an interesting solution for a struggling college. A true win-win, students get business training while chipping away at the food desert in which the college is located.

I'm continuously impressed by the creative solutions that arise...

[bucolic_frolic]

6. The young are sold delusions by financial powers that plunder them

Far better to teach them a work ethic, personal finance, and the means
to produce sustainable obtainable products and careers.

[YOHABLO]

7. Every kid wants to be a football star or a pop/rap star. That's what television does to us.