Name(s): Donnella Marcelli
Term: Winter 2024-2025
Credits: 4 credits
Title of ILC or Group Project: Chocolate, Radicchio, and Honey
Field supervisor: Rodje Malcolm
Title: Field Supervisor
Organization: One Regeneration
Program of Project Description
Narrative: This project will aim to incorporate areas of study around tropical soil science, cocoa, beekeeping, and radicchio. The field studies while in Jamaica will consist of working with and understanding tropical soils, beekeeping and talking with local beekeepers. Along with this working with cocoa and understanding the processes of fermentation of cocoa. While in Jamaica as well I hope to see examples of bio-char or various systems of composting.
| Learning objective | Activity | Deliverable |
| How can all these topics be able to form together? | Create a chocolate bar | Use honey, cocoa, and radicchio along with the powers of soil |
| What are the growing requirements of cocoa and radicchio? What are the processes of Beekeeping and makeup of soil orders? | Research | Weekly wordpress descriptions on said topics. |
| How can I develop an understanding of the makeup of soil and beekeeping in Jamaica? | Field work on these topics | Weekly wordpress descriptions and media. |
| How does this project tell my own personal story and who has shared similar interests as me on these topics. | Creative expression through art and media. | Weekly wordpress posts |
Evaluation of Work
- WordPress ePortfolio
- Final week ten presentation
- Narrative evaluations from field supervisor and/or subcontractor
- Narrative mid-quarter and final self-evaluations