ECHO Farm

ECHO Farm was a great place for our class to visit to learn what an organization, such as ECHO, is doing to help people around the world. The video was a good introduction to see what ECHO was doing in other countries to help those in need. Some of the poorest countries, economically wise and land wise were being helped by ECHO with volunteers, educators and seeds to help the people there grow their own food. Some of the materials, such as the oven shown above, are still used in those countries and the farm let us see other ways that people less fortunate than ourselves are doing to live everyone day around the world. The farm also grew a number of types of plants and trees that are grown in different types of enviornments of the world, right here in Ft. Myers, Florida. Some of the plants that are grown here, are grown in a variety of unique ways and are used to feed people that are in poverty. ECHO sends some of the food grown here in Ft. Myers to Colorado for storage, in case of a disaster and food is needed for emergency. What is really remarkable about the food grown at ECHO is the quality of the food. It tastes fresh and nutritious. Also, preserve chemical and pesticides are not used on them, so the food is clean straight from the plant. ECHO also has a number of animals at the farm as well. These animals aren't actually used for food, but their droppings are used to help some of the plants grow better as a fertilizer. ECHO is a great organization that everyone taking Colloquium should visit to know what is being done here in south west Florida to help the rest of the world.