Maskwacis students harvest first crop from award-winning hydroponic garden
Elias Mykat and Kenyon Bull's $150,000 USD Zayed Sustainability Prize-winning project produced its first salad greens this week, with bags distributed to students at their school.
Two students at Mamawi Atosketan Native School (MANS) near Maskwacis celebrated the first harvest from their hydroponic garden this week, producing four types of salad greens. Elias Mykat and Kenyon Bull built the project after winning the Zayed Sustainability Prize, a global award worth $150,000 USD from the United Arab Emirates, in January.
Bags of lettuce from the harvest were distributed to students at the K-12 school. Bull said he is now considering pursuing the field after high school, noting he didn't realize he could be good at it, and said he wants other kids to experience that same feeling. Mykat said he hopes other students take up the project and see how it can help people around them.
Last month, Chief Wilton Littlechild, who is also from Maskwacis, visited the pair. His granddaughter, a Grade 12 student at MANS, is also registered in the hydroponic program. Eight teachers at the school have incorporated the garden into their classes.
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