Emma Ghorley

During my time at Rise Up Community Farm, I completed a few tasks with some great people. The tasks I completed were harvesting okra and cleaning sweet potatoes. Some things that I noticed about how people worked together and/or solved problems there were that they used the technique commonly called “divide and conquer”. Everyone was divided up in groups to complete the different tasks that were given. This experience connected me to my values of teamwork specifically. I have always valued teamwork throughout my life, and I believe that helped me throughout this experience. I learn best by hands on experience, and it was so cool to align my values of that in a different environment than I am used to. Some things I learned about Rise Up Community Farm is that they really strive to educate the youth through involvement. I believe it is so important to get the youth involved as it can encourage them to become leaders in their community. I believe that my time volunteering at Rise Up Community Farm helped me to understand the importance of leading with a purpose and how I want to carry that into my future in my career. I learned the importance of understanding and having a clear mission to help create a lasting impact no matter what the situation may be.