Plants, vegetables sprouting for Sustainable Agriculture Project

Record warmth and summer-like temperatures have been doing wonders for the plants at Grand Valley's Sustainable Agriculture Project.

Many plants and vegetables, both inside and outside of the project's hoop house are growing well thanks to the unseasonable heat.

The GVSU Sustainable Agriculture Project is a collaboration between students, faculty, and staff to experience sustainable agriculture on the Allendale Campus. The project has been operating since 2008 and has expanded over the past few years. Project participants are passionat about sustainable food systems and learning about organic farming practices.

The project has plants that grow outdoors and inside of a hoop house, which is an unheated structure that measures 30 feet by 72 feet and is covered in two layers of plastic to help extend the growing season.

Volunteers who want to work on the project can come every Tuesday and Friday at 1 p.m. to the growing facility on Luce Street in Allendale between 42nd and 48th avenues.

An on-campus farm stand will offer fresh produce which may include lettuce, spinach, kale, swiss chard, broccoli, peas, carrots, beets, turnips, radishes, and mustards, on Wednesday, March 28 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. outside of AuSable Hall.