TRASK RIVER AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM

Trask River Agriculture Program (T.R.A.P.)

Trask River Agriculture Program (T.R.A.P.) is an innovative, outdoor-learning classes offered at Trask River High School. Students experience a combination of general animal sciences and horticulture including raising egg-laying poultry, cultivating annual and perennial garden beds and planning, preparing and providing for Community Supported Agriculture (C.S.A.) clients. The emphasis of this learning environment is to introduce the youth to healthy living through opportunities of growing (or raising), harvesting and using their own eggs, fruits, vegetables and herbs. We focus on building healthy young men, practicing mental, physical and emotional health in the process. The majority of our cooking is done over an outdoor fire which provides for an extremely pleasant environment for these incarcerated youth. The flexibility of this program allows for interactive cooperative learning times with the high school’s core classrooms tying together our educational opportunities at Trask.