The Municipality of Concordia, through the Undersecretariat of Development and Entrepreneurship, continues to strengthen the educational dimension of the Family Agroecological Vegetable Garden Program, bringing training sessions to school and civil institutions in the city.
On this occasion, a workshop was held for secondary school students at Secondary School No. 27 “Dr. Domingo Santo Liotta”, where the young people participated in a theoretical-practical session on the cultivation, setup, and maintenance of agroecological vegetable gardens.
During the meeting, the team from the Department of Social Economy, under the Directorate of Cooperativism and Associativism, provided training on sowing techniques, essential care, sustainable soil management, and cultivation space planning. In addition, each student received seasonal seedlings to start their own vegetable garden at home or communally within the institution.
The workshop is part of the program's line of work that seeks to promote food sovereignty, spark interest in sustainable production, and encourage the active participation of young people in practices that strengthen the family economy and the bond with nature.
The Head of the Department of Social Economy, Miguel Parra, highlighted the importance of this educational initiative: “These sessions are fundamental because students not only learn cultivation techniques, but also incorporate values such as responsibility, collective work, and care for the environment. The vegetable garden is an enormous pedagogical resource and we want more and more schools to join.”
Parra also remarked on the community impact of the program: “Training young people is betting on the future. When children take seedlings to their homes or work in school gardens, they generate concrete changes in their families and their community. This is a program that transforms and we want it to keep growing.”
From the Undersecretariat of Development and Entrepreneurship, they highlighted that the incorporation of educational workshops strengthens the comprehensive nature of the program, allowing more sectors of the community to access knowledge and tools to produce their own food, promoting a more solidary, sustainable, and organized city.
On this occasion, a workshop was held for secondary school students at Secondary School No. 27 “Dr. Domingo Santo Liotta”, where the young people participated in a theoretical-practical session on the cultivation, setup, and maintenance of agroecological vegetable gardens.
During the meeting, the team from the Department of Social Economy, under the Directorate of Cooperativism and Associativism, provided training on sowing techniques, essential care, sustainable soil management, and cultivation space planning. In addition, each student received seasonal seedlings to start their own vegetable garden at home or communally within the institution.
The workshop is part of the program's line of work that seeks to promote food sovereignty, spark interest in sustainable production, and encourage the active participation of young people in practices that strengthen the family economy and the bond with nature.
The Head of the Department of Social Economy, Miguel Parra, highlighted the importance of this educational initiative: “These sessions are fundamental because students not only learn cultivation techniques, but also incorporate values such as responsibility, collective work, and care for the environment. The vegetable garden is an enormous pedagogical resource and we want more and more schools to join.”
Parra also remarked on the community impact of the program: “Training young people is betting on the future. When children take seedlings to their homes or work in school gardens, they generate concrete changes in their families and their community. This is a program that transforms and we want it to keep growing.”
From the Undersecretariat of Development and Entrepreneurship, they highlighted that the incorporation of educational workshops strengthens the comprehensive nature of the program, allowing more sectors of the community to access knowledge and tools to produce their own food, promoting a more solidary, sustainable, and organized city.