Outside Woodlawn High School in Birmingham, the typical scenery is there: cars filling the parking lot, made from tons of concrete, and cars going for miles on a highway of asphalt. What is atypical nearby, is a vast patch of collard greens.
The farm adjacent to the school is loaded with greens and vegetables. The greenhouse contains lettuce, tomatoes, herbs, and other delicious produce. Several students and a teacher care for budding plants in tiny cups. It’s a botany class, and these students are practicing what they learn.
（Karim Shamsi-Basha for American Essence）
Woodlawn High School is one of thirteen in Jefferson County, Alabama, that have partnered with Jones Valley Teaching Farms to grow veggies on their properties. Kelly Baker with JVTF told American Essence about this ingenious idea. She is in charge of this partnership.
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