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Central Carolina Community College Student Farm Manager Hillary Heckler prunes a young pear tree in the college's new orchard, part of the Sustainable Agriculture Program at the Chatham County Campus. The orchard includes six apple and six pear trees of differing varieties, five elderberries, nine blueberry bushes and three paw paw trees. Although it will be approximately three years before the trees produce fruit, the orchard will provide numerous training opportunities for the students to learn correct growing techniques before the first yield. For more information about the Sustainable Agriculture Program, contact Robin Kohanowich, SAP Coordinator at (919) 545-8031 or e-mail her at rkohanowich@cccc.edu.