We have finally put the first brush strokes of paint on our cow Udder Brilliance. After many weeks of learning, brainstorming, meeting people, researching, interviewing and visiting farms we feel ready to bring Udder Brilliance to life.
She was a little concerned when Mr Hill took to her with an angle grinder and cut a hole in her side. We explained to her that we want to constuct her internal workings as a model to help people understand how ruminant digestion creates milk from grass and that settled her down a lot.
You can check out our big afternoon at the farm where sustainability measures are being implemented all the time; from composting to raising a new generation of New Hampshire hens to keep our egg supply going. We have a weekly stall at school to sell eggs and other produce from the farm. This helps with our running costs but importantly allows people to purchase very low carbon footprint food as there are no carbon emissions from transport or packaging. Our food technology department use eggs, herbs, fruit and vegetables from the farm for cooking and we are looking at supplying the canteen with fresh produce in the future from some of the new fruit trees that we purchased and planted with our Archibull Prize money from last year.
As part of their Cool Australia Enviroweek Challenge, some Year 7 students are replanting the herb garden outside food technology which was trampled in the recent kitchen upgrades.
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| The baby New Hampshire chicks are very entertaining |
The first brush strokes go on Udder Brilliance
Year 7 students on their Enviroweek challenge
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