"Agriculture can reset natural ecosystems and become part of the solution to climate change," said Reies Flores, the agriculture educator at Sotomayor's Career and Technical Education (CTE) program. The agriscience program is separate from the rest of the academic curriculum.
Raising endangered breeds is a lesson in the importance of biodiversity, he said. The first discussion topic of each semester's urban farm-to-table class is the climate impact of eating meat, he said. "Students connect with the animals as other sentient beings."
Flores said CTE prepares 230 students each semester for careers - students who are more likely to graduate to jobs with environmental groups than industrial agriculture companies.
"It's regenerative agriculture," he said, which can repair the environment and protect it from climate change. Students add cow dung to food scrap compost, enhancing sustainability.
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