Bowers School Farm

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Davis Rogers, 9, a “red pepper” camper, gets acquainted with one of the chickens.
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Bowers cares for “kids” of all kinds, including this Alpine dairy goat.
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Horse campers take Mac, a Belgium draft horse and one of the farm horses, out to pasture.
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Farm Guide Patty Watson tends to growing vegetables on the farm. Watson is a student of the Michigan State University’s Institute of Agricultural Technology at Wayne County Community College, where her concentration is fruit and vegetable production.
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Alan Jaros, director of Bowers School Farm, knows firsthand how meaningful the farm can be to a young mind, having started as a camper there himself years ago.
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Honey produced on the farm goes to its school kitchen and farm store.
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Vegetables and meat from the farm are available for sale at the Bowers farm store.
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Kate Debs is Bowers’ agriculture production coordinator.
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