Edible Michiana

South Bend school farm program connects students to the land

• Photo by Peter Ringenberg

  Good Shepherd Montessori School eighth grader Keira Battista shares scraps from the school cafeteria with chickens and a duck on the urban farm housed at the school in South Bend, IN. Chickens play a key role in the urban farm program at Good Shepherd. Students collect eggs daily and the school has its own egg CSA program for school families.

• Photo by Peter Ringenberg

  Seventh-graders Walt Fickett and Maeve Driscoll feed Flemish Giant Rabbits housed at Good Shepherd Montessori School.

• Photo by Peter Ringenberg

  A Good Shepherd student feeds worms with fruit and vegetable scraps from students’ lunches. Each classroom at Good Shepherd has its own worm composting bin.