Local nutritionist and educator Wendy Wesley led the event sponsored by the EC Community Farm, as part of the Eckerd College Program Series. With a mix of practical instruction and nutritional insight, Wesley guided students through the essentials, from learning how to properly cut an onion to prepping produce grown right on campus.
Among the participants was Amelia Swiecki, a junior environmental studies and biology student from Crystal Lake, Illinois, who serves as student manager of Eckerd’s Community Supported Agriculture program at the farm and spends plenty of her free time helping veggies thrive.
“I thought it was going to be a great opportunity to learn how to cook with some of the fresh vegetables that we grow right here,” Amelia says. “Harvesting greens from the farm, chopping them and then eating them was a very full-circle moment.”