Sustainability Projects

Educational Resource

Video interviews with farmers and a related TEDEd educational resource designed for a K-12 audience to communicate a range of different approaches of cover crops use in farming.

Benefits

Diverse Use of Media
Expert Interviews
Diverse Use of Media Distribution Platforms
Student as Instructor

Limitations

Less Reflective

Pairs well with: policy papers, presentations, class discussions sharing the student’s personal thoughts with pros/cons of each approach.

Student Examples

Stone's Throw Urban Farm

By: Markus Rosskopf, Mekuria Zemede, Angela Tomlinson, & Lillian Smith

Cover Crops at Bluebird Gardens

By Hannah Hauan, Erica Gardner, Ellen Geodtke, & Keiko McMaster

Cover Cropping on Encore Farm

By: Lily Briggs, Thomas Howell, Ashley Osten, Casey Selle, & Rachel Wood

HAFA Cover Crops

By: Scott Basch, Katherine Daugherty, Jim Gardner, Lauren Sexton, & Sarah Witt

Dream of Wild Health

By: Jack Kuderko, Ellie McNairy, Jorie Shapiro, Julia Kloehn & Kathleen Hobert

Learning Objectives Demonstrated Learning Benefits

Communicate with farms/institutions in an effective and professional manner
Work effectively in groups
Break up large projects into smaller, manageable pieces

Challenges

None described.|

Subject Knowledge Acquired

Capturing multiple approaches to cover crop farming

Course Assignment and Grading Rubric

Soft Skill Set Acquired

Video production-editing skill sets
Video interviewing skill sets
Voice over (scripting)
Media Literacy (media arts approach: video production)
Project management
Group work

Support Resources

Media Production Support Guide (developed by Scott Spicer)

Production Support from the Libraries (UMN affiliates only)

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