The Cal Poly U-Pick is a fully student-operated orchard that grows a variety of crops available for public purchase throughout the year. Currently offering citrus fruits like clementines and mandarins, the U-Pick allows visitors to harvest their own produce and pay by weight. Reporter Sedona Harris went out to learn why students manage every aspect […]
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Planting Seeds: Student Growth in the Mind and Field
It was Anthony Roensch’s first day of class out on the farms, and his class was meeting at Field 26. He didn’t even know there were 26 fields on campus. Roensch, a senior construction management student, had signed up for something way out of his comfort zone. He got lost angrily wandering the expansive land […]
