Shakaiha Murphy at Great Kids Farm. (Photo by Kristine Buls.)

About 15 miles from their campus near the tattered corner of Belair Road and Erdman Avenue, fifth graders from The Green School wandered across 33-acres of farmland and marveled at the city’s newest classroom.

It was a field trip to Great Kids Farm, a key component of the Baltimore city school system’s push to provide fresh fruits and vegetables that students can eat at lunch and appreciate for a lifetime. On this sunny September day, the project was being honored by Johns Hopkins officials who had assembled for a ceremony inside the Catonsville farm’s main building.

But just outside the door, 10-year-old Akil Williams’ attention was fixed on a lowlier scene: a pile of worm manure.
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