Read the full article by Sena Christian at The Sacramento Observer
One day, there was no tree. The following day, a fully grown strawberry tree sat in the middle of the 1-acre student farm at Food Literacy Center in Sacramento. It took about eight men with a flatbed truck and a Bobcat to get the donated tree on-site and planted.
For the students at the elementary school next door, the seemingly spontaneous sprouting of a large tree overnight was a sight to behold, says the center’s founder and CEO Amber Stott.
“‘Oh my gosh, how’d you get that tree so big?’” Stott recalled students asking with curiosity. The tree is one of the many marvels children find at the farm, a place where they also explore, run around, grow food and search for ladybugs.