Sacramento school’s urban garden teaches students about farming and ‘green collar’ jobs
As the farming industry becomes older and smaller, students are learning novel approaches to food production and sustainability.
By Sena Christian
Abridged PBS
June 10, 2026
Excerpt:
That day, interns installed trellises for tomato plants, and handled other tasks to prepare for a farmstand scheduled for early June. The students learned how to run a farmstand from farmers at Root 64, a 1-acre farmstead in Sacramento’s Tallac Village neighborhood. Earlier this spring, the farmers advised students on their annual plant sale.
Xiong said he applied to be an intern for the money, but gained much more during his two internship years and this three years taking the Urban Agriculture Academy series of classes.
“I really enjoy learning about regenerative agriculture and learning about cover crops, trying to be sustainable,” Xiong said. “The aquaponics system, which is one of my favorite things, uses the fish to grow plants. It’s a really cool system.”
Attracting teenagers to consider future professions in agriculture isn’t easy, but those doing so say it’s much-needed. The U.S. is losing both farmers and farmland. The average age of an American farmer is over 58, according to the most recent Farm Census, and farmers over 65 own nearly 40% of all farmland. The country has lost more than a half-million farms in the past few decades.
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/sacramento-schools-urban-garden-teaches-students-about-farming-and-green-collar-jobs/
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