Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Bessemer students get lesson in agriculture

By TOM STANKARD

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BESSEMER - A.D. Johnston High School students put down their pencils to make jelly Wednesday morning for agricultural science class.

Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District teacher Bob Genisot said people think of big open fields, live stock and corn when hearing the word "agriculture."

Over the years, he said less and less people grow their own food. Genisot said he wants to change that and encouraged about 15 students in class to grow their own garden and use its produce for cooking purposes.

To begin making jelly, a student poured juice th...