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Jun 2019
Sam Predmore
Scholar & Conservationist
“Trinity helped me spread my passion for sustainable agriculture, which I hope to continue pursuing when I attend University of Pittsburgh Honors College next year.”
Sam has been involved with Leadership Education And Farming (LEAF), for three years. Through this program, youth leaders build a local healthy food system alongside farmers and chefs over eight weeks. This involves planting, harvesting, packaging, marketing and preparing the produce. Sam was named an Assistant Crew Leader after his first summer with the program. Learn more about LEAF and Sam’s involvement with it in this segment he did on Smart Talk in August of 2018.
On his work with LEAF
“One thing that was really appealing to me about LEAF was that you get to learn about the food system…before LEAF I didn’t know much about raising plants. I wanted to learn more about the complete process of the food system. I really enjoy hard farm work, surprisingly.”
On the Trinity community
“The Trinity community has always pushed me to do the best I can. That push can come from many places, like my friends and coaches at track practice, or my teachers in the classroom, but it’s always there.”
On support at Trinity
“Trinity has given me teachers that care about me and whether I succeed or not. Every teacher here wants the students to do the best they can, and are willing to help us students whenever we need it. The thing I’ll miss most about Trinity is the friendships I’ve forged over the years.”
On his future
“I will be studying Civil Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Eventually I want to create a fully self regulating garden for personal use.”