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ECHO was by far my favorite field trip this semester. ECHO is a global farm and research center. ECHO helps to fight world hunger across the world. Every 12 seconds, a child dies from hunger related causes and there are close to 1 billion people who are living in hunger in the world today. One average a small scale farmer only produces half of the food that is needed for his/or family. 75% of the worlds food is generated from only 5 animal species and 12 plants. More than 90% crop varieties have disappeared from farmers fields.  While at ECHO I saw many different animals. I saw chickens, goats, pigs, and bunnies. Pictured to the right is a picture of the chicken coup. Our tour guide, opened up the bottom to show us some of the eggs that had been laid. Pictured below is a picture of a Neem Tree. Neem has many different uses such as toothpaste and mouthwash. Neem is fast growing and drought resistant. To the left, is a picture of a hut. It is made ...

While at the Waste to Energy facility I leaned a lot of cool and interesting facts. Prior to going on the field trip, I had no idea where our trash went. Pictured to the left is a full view picture of what the facility looks like and how it is run. Each day 120,000 tons of yard waste is processed at the facility. A majority of it is balance ground up mulch/compost mixed with bio-solids. One of the mo st cont aminated things, that is often recycled is plastic bags. Most people are unaware of the effects that plastic has when it comes to protecting the environment. There are 4 R's that were discussed on the field trip. Those R's include REDUCE<REUSE<RECYCLE<RECOVER. Listed below is the Waste to Energy's definition of the four R's and what we can do to follow the four R's. Reduce- Make smarter choices about what to consume Resuse- Repair, share, sell, barter, buy second hand Recycle- Learn about your local recycling program and place only appropria...