written by Leo Tangness, Lower Adolescent student
Great River School (GRS) has a kitchen because it reduces greenhouse gasses and carbon footprint that contribute to climate change by providing natural and fresh produce and meats. This is true because GRS sources the food that is locally grown, such as produce and meats, from area farmers. This is important because it reduces the amount of carbon footprint and decreases the amount of food travel mileage. It also helps because the animals they use are naturally grown and fed instead of feeding the animals antibiotics and unnatural diets such as corn to grow and produce large amounts of animal meat. The naturally grown food is also better because the farmers do not use industrial concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Also, the farmers humanely butcher the animals. Therefore, having a kitchen and using local growers help decrease carbon footprint and climate change.