Today Tess and I met with Ken Benjes, Vice President of the SGA, to discuss speaking to the SGA about the changing the farm's status. It was a very helpful meeting that pointed us in the right direction towards individuals to talk to and the procedures and different possibilities for changing the funding of the farm.
Later that evening, Tess, Jesse, and I represented the Farm at the Student Speakout at the SGA. For this Tess spoke about how the Farm grew out of the Community Garden Club, but the farm's needs have grown beyond what the benefits of being a club can offer. The farm needs to be able to pay its workers and needs to have a stable income and hopefully the SGA will be able to help us so we can flourish and continue to educate and support our campus.
I am optimistic about the response we received from the SGA and its senators. Senators Frank McGough, Becky White, Jamie Phillips, and Alex Walls all volunteered to help the Campus Farm draw up legislation towards changing the status of farm. Many at the meeting had questions and seemed very interested and seemed to understand what the farm wanted to work towards. I hope we will be working with them more in the future.
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