Come Up Zeus!

Hey! Today, first thing in the morning we went to go glean at Morning Glory and it was only expected to go until about 10:30, but someone offered us some turnips that we could go harvest, so we did that. Then we went to Hillside and Woodside which are homes for the elderly. We also got cucumbers which we didn't have to harvest because they had already picked them, they just didn't know what to do with the rest. So that was the morning. Then later, we talked a lot about designing a t-shirt for the FARM Project and we came up with our mission statement, here it is:

We are the FARM Project, a group of young people striving to fill the food security gap on Martha's Vineyard. We serve the people by growing and distributing fresh, local food, inform the public about their nutritional right, and empower the community by providing hands-on experience through the practice of gleaning and sustainable farming.

We are trying to come up with some sort of logo for our t-shirt and we have to order them soon so that we have them in time for Meals in the Meadow, which I'm not really sure what it is but we will have a chance to explain what we are doing for the island community. Later in the afternoon, we decided to train the oxen. We have 2 steers named Apollo and Zeus. To train Oxen you use certain commands. To make them walk forward, you said Come Up! To Make them turn right you said Gi! (pronounced gee with hard g). To make them turn left it is Haw! To make them stop its Whoa! To make them slow down, say Easy! When training oxen, it is simportant to make you voice strong and meaningful and loud enough so that they can catch on to the tone of your voice. We also used like a whip, but it is not called a whip it is called something with a G. The Steer on the left is Zeus and the steer on the right is Apollo. Also, when training them, you are not allowed to let them rub their head against you because that shows a sign of dominance. Anyway today was fun! 

P.S the bottom pic is one that i took of one of the piglets sleeping and i thought it was amazing so yea.... :)