Organic Farm Raising Cane Ranch: Fulfilling Experience

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Over the years I have been attending college I have had several experiences that involve environmental science and the work that Huxley College has undertaken. My first experience and most fulfilling experience would have to be working on the organic farm Raising Cane Ranch. The second experience would be participating in the Comparative Genomics labs at Everett Community College (EvCC). In both experiences I worked with environmental science majors and biology doctrines, to use science and new environmental techniques to help improve the quality of our environment. After a month of being out of the military I enrolled in EvCC, into the environmental science program. Shortly after enrolling I was asked to come and help my brother work on an …show more content…

But after talking with the owner Nick Pate he explained how he had received an environmental science degree and how he hadn’t planned on becoming a farmer but opportunities arose and now he has a sustainable and environmental friendly farm. After working on the farm for a couple weeks, I worked with raspberries and how Nick manages the soil and how hard it was to stay labeled as an organic farm. I also learned various techniques how he keeps the water run off from his farm to cause as little or no damage to the Snohomish River that is right next to his farm. His wife Melissa Denmark is a beekeeper and uses the bees to pollinate the raspberries and the various smaller crops they grow. They also raise a small number of cattle and horses and other small farm animals. I ended up working there from fall until early summer, where I helped upkeep his raspberry patches, take care of livestock and towards the end of spring ended up restoring an old barn that his neighbors had turned into a dump. This was a great inspiration in my pursuit of the environmental degree. The other experiences that have given me inspiration in my pursuit of an environmental science degree is working in the Comparative Genomics labs at

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