AgronomyCrop ProductionPresque Isle, Maine considering bringing harvest into the classroom

Presque Isle, Maine considering bringing harvest into the classroom

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For generations, high school students in northern Maine have taken a three-week break from classes every fall to harvest potatoes. But the acreage has shrunk over the past 50 years, and technology has reduced the demand for labour, which means far fewer teenagers are working in the fields of Aroostook County.

In the town of Presque Isle, the school board is looking at a new approach that could end the tradition of the October break and bring the harvest into the classroom.

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