Thursday, March 10, 2011

Dirt to Food...What happen's in between?


Code Academy students ready to work! 
Shot angle supports the new experience

SENECA    Dirt has been associated with being impure, foul or unclean.  Through advertising and rhetoric, generations have received misinformation "our soil is bad"!  The truth is  "dirt supports our existence". Without the the soil and earth we would perish.

DIRT to FOOD Project  The name of the project is a study in and of itself.  D2F is a CU student lead organization dedicated to increasing sustainability, creating a food network and educating Clemson University & surrounding areas about fresh, local grown food.


Volunteers help students
connect to food sources


D2F is working with students at Code Academy in Seneca.  According to, Brittany Lusk, March 4th was just the beginning!  The Greenhouse Repair and Seeding activity was the start of a big things at Code!  The D2F workday marked the beginning of a larger project to reach the Code Academy students.

Tropos: 7 shots to perfection.
This shot took 7 tries to get comfortable!



Connecting the students with the season, D2F actively connects staff and students with a big idea: Our food has been super engineered to be cheap and plentiful while providing little nourishment.  

The Dirt to Food Projects seeks to connect with the community and reconnect where a disassociation from the source of of all of our food...dirt.

March 11, friday- D2F is helping Code Academy students install the Early Spring Gardens.  Set up begins at 11AM with activities lasting till 2:30PM.

Code Academy is located at 905 South Oak Street, Seneca, SC.  For directions, call: (864) 886-4435.

You Can Dig it!

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