If Quilchena elementary’s 2nd Annual Young Citizen's Farmers and Artisans Market is anything to go by, the future of agriculture in Richmond is in good hands.
Quilchena students, ably assisted by their Terra Nova Nature School preschool buddies, successfully hosted their market at Minoru Plaza at the Brighouse Library last Wednesday.
The students were selling their own, organically-grown produce and herbs – as well as their own art, poetry, woodwork and cleaning products - in aid of several local charities.
In total, the students raised an impressive $1,793 for The Sharing Farm and Raincoast Conservation Foundation.
Andrew Livingston, Quilchena’s Grade 5, 6 and 7 teacher, said the event was very successful, with a busy market for most of the hour or so it was open.
LIvingston was assisted in creating the market by Kevin Vines, his teaching partner, and Emily Vera and Kate Dawson, teachers at the Terra Nova Nature School.
