Imagined Glassboro Mural Project: Evolution of Agriculture in GlassboroMain MenuAbout the Imagined Glassboro Mural ProjectAbout the Cultural GeographerMaura FreelandMural ProposalLocation of the MuralPersonal ReflectionReferences and AcknowledgementsMaura Freeland7abdb2db7921e2aaf55ff49beeea554edb411c85
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Maura Freeland
I am a first-year student at Rowan University majoring in Political Science and Sociology and a member of the Honors College. I'm also on Rowan's Club Swim Team and a member of the Rowan Democrats Club. In high school I did work surrunding civic advocacy and voter registration with my town's League of Women voters. My interest in agriculture stemmed from growing up with a front-row seat to New Jersey farming. I’ve been a 4H kid for as long as I can remember and for most of my teens years, I worked as a produce picker, learning about what made a plant healthy and what the best way to pick a row and fill your tray fastest with the least amount of waste. Starting in hte summer of 2018, I worked at a farmers market near my house called Terhune Orchards where I learned about the business side of agriculture. I spent summers and every weekend at the farm prepping and selling produce while taking care of more farm animals then I could handle. Throughout all of this, I rode horses and worked at my barn for lessons and to pay my horse’s board. Having agriculture in my life is something that I’ve missed a lot since moving on campus. To me, having a farm mural in Glassboro near Rowan’s main campus will bring farming a little closer to students who won't otherwise notice it.
