Sustainable Farms Study Tour

This week in Czech, the group was able to travel the country and see a number of different businesses. The study tour included visiting a sustainable village as well as an organic cattle farm. The group was also able to hike the second highest mountain in Moravia.

On Monday of the study tour, we were taken to a sustainable farm. This farm was interesting in that it creates all of its own fertilizer and power domestically. The grain and organic material was put into a fermenter to create a biogas and then the biogas is used to power a generator and create electricity. The sustainable farm also has a greenhouse that is powered by electricity created from the biogas.

After visiting the sustainable farm, the group was taken to a local vineyard to experience different wines. The local vineyard produces its own wine and we were able to taste multiple different white and red wines. This was an interesting event and provided the students with information into the Czech culture of wine.

This week in Czech was a great hands on way to learn more about the country. Traveling and seeing these different places enabled the students to be engaged in what they are learning while also having fun. The picture below is of the greenhouse at the sustainable farm.

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