University Farms works through winter weather together
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CARBONDALE (WSIL) Bitter cold and snow is responsible for hundreds of closings in the region this week, but students in the University Farms program at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, haven t had a break.
More than 200 animals rely on those students to care for them and keep them safe, a responsibility which keeps a small team of students from having a Snow Day, just yet.
Garrett Hartke, a Senior at SIU enrolled in the Crop, Soil & Environmental Management program says they work in shifts, around the clock. If it was just me plowing the snow, or one of the other guys, we wouldn t have got it done, says Hartke. We had to work as a team and if it wasn t for everybody here just busting our butts to make sure everything was open up, and everybody could get out there, it wouldn t have been possible.