Kennewick high school students tour Burbank farm
From the Tri-City Herald / September 25, 2009
STUDENTS TOUR CBC RESEARCH AREA, BURBANK FARM
By Drew Foster, Herald staff writer…… Students from Kennewick and Kamiakin high schools touring CBC’s farms, agriculture mechanics building and campus halls. After visiting CBC, the students boarded the buses and headed to Burbank, where they checked out Gauntt Farm.
Chep Gauntt spoke to the students about farming, finishing school, opportunities in agriculture, the role technology plays in farming and how the industry isn’t all “back-breaking, get-out-the-shovel-type of work.”
“Agriculture is something most American people take for granted,” he said. “It’s something in the background. I think in a lot of ways it’s not very glamorous. This gives them a concept of the technology and the equipment.”
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The photo below accompanied the article and was captioned: “Tim Woodward, dean of Agriculture Education Research and Development at Columbia Basin College, leads a group of Kennewick High School students Thursday on a tour of CBC’s agriculture plots. About 85 students from Kennewick and Kamiakin high schools toured CBC and Gauntt Farms to learn about ag classes and related jobs.”
