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In order to relearn and share more sustainable ways of life, students and teachers
continued doing investigation activities in several farms around Saint Vincent

and in other academic and audiovisual resources. They also started testing and
implementing many sustainable actions. For this reason, from 2012 to 2016 the
use of chemicals at RVA was gradually stopped and the agricultural practices
changed dramatically.

The key outcome of this extensive research and practical actions include:

• The farm has been redivided into different sections:
• intensive vegetable garden 1
• herb garden
• forest garden
• commercial passion fruit fields
• pastures for animals

• pens for pigs and chickens

• RVA produces food that contributes to the 29.000 meals consumed in the
school per year. The food produced includes:

• chicken eggs
• meat from chickens and pigs
• green teas
• a variety of fruits
• several vegetables

• Community networks of local farmers have been established to provide
RVA with food that is not being produced or grown yet. Such as staples,
fish, coconut oil and specific vegetables.

1 Intensive gardening is a more extreme form of companion planting gardening that is space
saving and efficient. [...] The advantage of intensive gardening is the amount of garden space it
saves.” Source: Intensive Gardening. Retrieved from https://www.maximumyield.com/defini-
tion/1651/intensive-gardening.