A farm for the school

The school needs land to work on. Palmyras Venner supports a farm a few kilometres from the town, where what the students learn at the school is tried out in the field.

Palmyra in the evening sun, with the colonnade in front and the trees of the oasis behind the ruins. — The town and the oasis Photo: James Gordon

A family lives on the site and looks after the land, the buildings and the equipment. In season there are people for the work, and there are seeds, tools and the machines the cultivation requires. The farm is both teaching and production. In time it should be able to carry part of its own running, so the participants get a livelihood they can live on.