Category Farm Blog
Dickinson’s College Farm is a fifty-acre, USDA-certified organic farm and a living laboratory where students can gain distinctive, hands-on learning experiences. Student employees, graduate apprentices and volunteers are involved in all aspects of food production and research. Students in… Continue Reading →
Turning Over a New L.E.A.F. Mackenzie Johnson (’16) came to Carlisle by way of Hamilton, MA. A Policy Management and Spanish double major at Dickinson College, Mackenzie was very familiar with the political, social, and environmental issues surrounding food… Continue Reading →
[SlideDeck id=’2856′ width=’100%’ height=’370px’] Who are Ewe Calling Stubborn? Kenze Burkhart, an archaeology major while at Dickinson, is no stranger to getting her hands dirty. However, it wasn’t until Kenze’s senior year that she moved from the dig site… Continue Reading →
Wondering what the College Farm has been up to for the past year? Click the link below for a full description of this past year with the farm, from production, to programming and finances. 2016_college_farm_annual_report
Plant Breeding and the Future of Food Jamie Bugel ‘13 grew up all over the country, from Virginia, to Kentucky, to Wisconsin, to Georgia, to Florida. For the first decade of her life, her grandparents owned a small farm… Continue Reading →
The College Farm offers a unique opportunity to recent graduates interested in embarking upon a six-month learning and working intensive through our Farm Apprenticeship. These positions are full time and run from May/June until Thanksgiving. The apprentice positions include a… Continue Reading →
Family Cow Farmstand Not all students, in fact very few, come to work at the college farm with prior farming experience. Scott Hoffman, class of 2012, and now owner of Family Cow Farmstand, is no exception. Prior to his first… Continue Reading →
After growing up in a farmhouse that dates back to the 1800s, Kyle Long had a connection to farming from childhood. Kyle was a student farmer at the college farm and then after graduation, was an apprentice for 6… Continue Reading →
Originally from Chambersburg, PA, past student farmer and apprentice, Steven Finely, has recently moved on to work at Red Fire Farm in Montague, Massachusetts. In terms of organic farming, RFF is on the larger end of farms, with about 110… Continue Reading →
When asked for an update to what he’s doing after college, recent farm graduate Sam Bogan had some exciting things to share. “Working on the college farm was a big turning point for me. I relished in catching expressions on… Continue Reading →