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Serves: 10 Time: 15 minutes Ingredients: 18-ounces red/purple shiso leaves, washed and trimmed 2 cups water 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar Still or bubbly water for serving Directions: First, make the syrup. Bring the 2 cups water to a… Continue Reading →
Serves: 1 Time: 10 minutes Ingredients 1 cup cherry tomatoes, sliced in half lengthwise 1 cup nasturtium blossoms ½ cup fresh basil leaves, roughly chopped ¼ cup fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped ½ cup chopped Medjool dates (about 6 whole) ¼… Continue Reading →
Meet Elizabeth! She graduated in 2020 with a double major in French and Francophone Studies and Studio Art with a Food Studies Certificate. She has always had an interest in food and sustainable agriculture. She joined us as a student… Continue Reading →
Read all about how the College Farm cultivated Evan’s love of food and what led him to pursue a Master of Social Work. Evan Dubchansky graduated from Dickinson back in 2014 majoring in Psychology and Religion. Before coming to Dickinson,… Continue Reading →
Read all about our most recent Education and Outreach Coordinator alum, Emma Weaver! While at Dickinson, Emma majored in Environmental Studies and minored in Sociology. She was introduced to the College Farm through a friend of hers who had… Continue Reading →
From participating in volunteer shifts cutting alliums at the College Farm, to owning a farm herself. Lauren Bruns has grown as a farmer since she graduated from Dickinson in 2013! At Dickinson, Lauren studied Environmental Science and got involved with… Continue Reading →
Maggie Stonecash is a Dickinson alum who was able to witness the College Farm’s transition from a garden into a fully functioning farm in Boiling Springs. At Dickinson, Maggie studied Sociology and Gender Studies while working at the garden until… Continue Reading →
Every semester, we take members of the Dickinson community to different farms, markets, and restaurants to try and connect them with the local food systems. Since we are unable to do our normal edible excursions this school year, we made… Continue Reading →
Meet Kristiana Amberger! She was an environmental studies major at Dickinson and graduated in 2014. Food has always been important to Kristiana, but she did not become interested in farming until she had lab field trips out to the farm…. Continue Reading →
Meet Odelya Matter, an exchange student from the Arava Institute whose studying at Dickinson this semester and working on the College Farm this summer! Odelya is originally from Jerusalem, Israel but has traveled extensively. Her first experience on a farm was… Continue Reading →