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MHS Agricultural and Environmental Education Program Staff Member Mike
Waybright helped students (left to right) Adzua Agyapon, Jill Diegel, and their class
mates snip the heads of sunflowers so their third-grade enrichment class could
harvest, package, and sell the seeds as part of a lesson on product development.
Students Harvest Seeds,
Reap Lessons In Development
HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.) - A
group of third-grade enrichment
students at Milton Hershey
School recently became entre
preneurs when they harvested
seeds from flowers grown on
campus and prepared them for
"market"
"The kids found out what
happens to a product-all the
processes it goes through-to get
to the store,, said 'MHS
Memorial Hall Teacher Kathy
Luciotti.
For example, students stud
ied flower seeds already on the
market to determine the num
ber so seeds contained in most
packets and decided on a num
ber for their own packets, which
they designed and created them
selves. They also designed a dis
play case from which they sold
the seeds. Classroom discus
sions on how to market the prod
uct included indentifying buy
ers, setting prices, and deciding
what should be done with prof
its.
Students sold seeds in the
Memorial Hall lobby during
lunch to staff and students.
With the profits, each students
was able to purchase and donate
gloves and a hat for a homeless
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child at the Kettering Shelter m
Lebanon.
After a student inquired
about selling more seeds in a
bigger market, Luciotti called
upon Director of Technology
Transfer at Hershey Medical
Center Dr. David Paterson to
give students some advise on
getting a trademark for their
flower seeds.
Paterson who secures
patents for HMC, explained
patents, trademarks, and copy
rights to the students and
described the process they
would need to follow to trade
mark a name for their flower
seeds.
During Paterson's visit, stu
dents thought of possible names
and symbols to use as a trade
mark, as well as some advertis
ing slogans. Once students agree
on a brand name and logo, the
class plants to actually apply for
the trademark.
In addition, Luciotti said the
students may be able to sell
some of their seeds at the Senior
Hall student-run flower shop,
"The Flower Pot.”
Looking ahead to the end
result, Luciotti said,
"They will truly understand the
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Little Hanna Rlsser makes friends with one of her family's
steers. Like all fourteen-month-old girls Hanna is curious
process of getting a product on about everything around the farm. She is the daughter of
the shelf and the number of peo- Mike and Josie Risser, Gettysburg, and you can read more
pie it takes to do so. about her family starting the front page of this issue.
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