May 16, Safety and Farm to Table

This morning the class attended a farm safety course taught by Professor Butt. During this, the class learned how to not be harmed or involved in a farm accident, as farming is the 8th most deadly occupation in the US, and about precision agriculture. Following lunch (at the #1 Central Iowa Chinese restaurant), Professor Butt took the class to his farm to show us some equipment and how drones can be used in precision agriculture. For dinner, half of the class went to a composting course while the other went to a Farm to Table restaurant and were treated to delicacies from farms within a 100-mile radius of Des Moines that consisted of cheese, vegetables, short-rib, sausage, and delicious rhubarb deserts.