Planting Seeds for Agricultural Literacy Week

Locust Valley Intermediate and Bayville Intermediate School students developed their green thumbs as they planted tomato and basil seeds as part of Agricultural Literacy Week. 

As part of the initiative, the students were visited by representatives from the Cornell University Cooperative Extension, who read the book “Tomatoes for Neela.” The group discussed the theme of the story – the joys of cooking with family – before the students planted basil and tomato seeds into small cups of soil. Third graders at LVI then used these seeds in their garden project in front of the school.