OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Ask youths what they’ve learned after a year of hard work on the GRuB (Garden-Raised Bounty) farm in Olympia, and you probably won’t hear an answer about agriculture or plant science.
“I’ve learned to get rid of shyness and speak in front of large groups,” said Arael Field-Borodin, 16, a junior at Capital High School in Olympia.
“I have learned a lot about who I am as a person, and a lot about how I interact with people,” said Mallorie Shellmer, 17, a junior at Timberline High School in Lacey.
“I’ve learned how to trust people,” said Alma Barragan, 18, a senior at Olympia High.
The teens are among 30 or so young people who are part of GRuB’s Cultivating Youth Program, an employment and dropout-prevention program with the theme, “farming self, farming land and farming community.”
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