SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. ( WWSB ) - Sarasota County Schools hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their new state-of-the-art agricultural learning facility, ‘The Farm’, on Wednesday.

The 40-acre facility began construction in 2023 to improve infrastructure and build barns that model best agricultural practices. Phase two brought a large covered multi-purpose area, state-of-the-art greenhouse, aquaculture and hydroponics, and even a food science demonstration kitchen building.

“The emphasis here is experience-based learning in agriculture and developing agricultural literacy. Our students do that through supervised agricultural experiences. We function as a community farm, so we have a space to raise livestock that they might not otherwise be able to raise at home. This is also a satellite

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