Saturday, Jun. 20, 2009Topics: Food processing and farming
By John Holland
jholland@modbee.com
Photo: (JOHN HOLLAND / jholland@modbee.com) - Workers sort apricots at the Del Monte cannery in Modesto on Thursday (06-18-09).
With school out for summer, it was time to head for the cannery.
These weren't students with summer jobs processing fruit. They were teachers touring the Del Monte Foods plant in Modesto.
It was part of a four-day program held this week in which 10 teachers learned about farming and food processing in the Northern San Joaquin Valley.
"I just wanted to tie in agriculture to our science studies and have the kids relate to what's around them," said Stefanie Wedde, a science teacher at Livingston Middle School.
The program was sponsored by the organizers of the Ag Science Center, an interactive museum planned at Modesto Junior College.
The teachers learned about soil, genetics, nutrition and other topics. They dropped by the Modesto Certified Farmers Market and the Loretelli Farms produce stand.
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