Picture your child at their own market stand, confidently selling vegetables they've grown and products they've created—not just as a fun activity, but as young entrepreneurs who understand that liberty depends on creating, building and producing with their own hands.

In this LEMI Scholar Project, students:

·       discover that freedom and prosperity grow from soil, sweat, and stewardship

·       plan, plant, and nurture their own gardens or raise livestock or bees, experiencing firsthand the connection between labor and reward

·       participate in a marketplace, bringing goods they’ve produced and learn pricing, presentation, customer interaction, and the joy of hard work   

·       contribute to a Harvest Research Dinner where students research the origins of every ingredient in a dish they prepare

·       research and present on agricultural innovators and entrepreneurs who changed the world, built prosperity, and contributed to society

·       write mini-papers twice a month which are aimed to help students explore ideas of self-reliance, hard work, and personal responsibility