georgics

Age Recommendation: any 

Prerequisites: None 

The Six Mini-Ag Ideals and Georgic Principles:

-mission

-entrepreneurship

-self-validation

-community stewardship

-interdependence

-real estate ownership

-hard work   

-forgiveness

-community

-stewardship

Georgics uncovers the power of being reconnected to the earth and learning principles of community and self-reliance. Scholars read several classics that take place in an agrarian setting so they see the value and growth that comes from hard work. 

A strong emphasis is placed on the power of planning something before physically creating it, and the students plan a Georgic project which can be anything from planning and growing a garden to raising bees or poultry.