041718 Huntley Harvest (MA)

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Kevin Harris (from left), Director of Food Services, Anthony Silvestri, and LIGHT teacher Lauren Felde weigh harvested hydroponic lettuce grown on towers inside the cafeteria at Huntley High School on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 in Huntley. The students sold the lettuce to food services to be used for salads available to students for lunch.

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Amanda Spence, a student in the LIGHT program (Life Instruction Guiding Huntley Transition), sweeps around hydroponic lettuce grown on towers inside the cafeteria at Huntley High School on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 in Huntley. The LIGHT students harvested and sold the lettuce to food services to be used for salads available to students for lunch.

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Joan Olson, sales coordinator for Juice Plus/Tower Garden, holds germinated lettuce as it begins to root inside rockwool to be grown on towers inside the cafeteria at Huntley High School on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 in Huntley. The students sold the lettuce to food services to be used for salads available to students for lunch.

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Joan Olson, sales coordinator with Juice Plus/Tower Garden, harvests organic lettuce grown on towers with LIGHT student Omar Segura inside the cafeteria at Huntley High School on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 in Huntley. The students sold the lettuce to food services to be used for salads available to students for lunch.

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Omar Seguara, a student in the LIGHT program, harvests hydroponic lettuce grown on towers inside the cafeteria at Huntley High School on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 in Huntley. The students sold the lettuce to food services to be used for salads available to students for lunch.

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Joan Olson, sales coordinator with Juice Plus/Tower Garden, harvests organic lettuce grown on towers with LIGHT student Omar Segura inside the cafeteria at Huntley High School on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 in Huntley. The students sold the lettuce to food services to be used for salads available to students for lunch.

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Kevin Harris, Director of Food Services, collects organic lettuce grown on towers and harvested by students in the LIGHT program inside the cafeteria at Huntley High School on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 in Huntley. The students sold the lettuce to food services to be used for salads available to students for lunch.