OUR BACK YARD
Student Alex Tuchman wheels hay for the chicken coop on a sunny day at the Retreat and Ecology Campus. LOYOLA UNIVE R S I TY RE TR EAT AND ECOLOGY CAMPUS
Learning the lay of the land Y
The farm at the Retreat and Ecology Campus is a science lab unlike any other at Loyola
“Look deep into nature, and then you will under- stand everything better.”
—ALBER T EINS T EIN
ou wake up at 6:50 a.m. You’re a college student, so this seems like plenty of time to be ready for breakfast at 7. After
breakfast, you have a meeting about what needs to be done on the farm. Has it rained recently? If not, you might need to water the garden. Are the peas ripe and ready for picking? Someone will need to feed the chickens, clean the coop, and collect eggs. You and your peers go out to take care of the farm essentials. After the work is done, you go into the classroom for a lecture on soil structures and what soils are good for grow- ing which crops.
Instructor Adam Schubel and students George Wilson Jr. and Donna Friedman shell peas harvested from the campus farm’s garden.
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