Schools with Farms

College Search & Selection
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<p>So, I think that this is a necessary thread that should exist for people out there, like me, whom have a desire to attend a college/uni with the opportunity to engage in farming as an extracurricular activity. </p>

<p>Becoming involved in a student farm, I feel, is something that will be essential in my college experience. </p>

<p>To others, it might be an interest that they may want to dip their toes into, far beyond just suburban gardening. Someone else just want to try it out for the first time, out of interest. </p>

<p>So, for this thread, list of colleges/unis that have farms on campus, which students can get involved in. </p>

<p>If possible, link us to a webpage about the farm, a youtube video, some perks about the college itself, etc. </p>

<p>This could be a great future resource for other students also interested in this extracurricular activity. So, let's make it awesome.</p>

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<p>don’t all the A&M schools have farms? Also Davis, Clemson, Iowa St, Auburn, Miss St, LSU, etc? lots of states have an ag school, don’t they?</p>

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<p>Rutgers Cook College has a farm</p>

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<p>UCONN, Cornell.</p>

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<p>Pretty sure that UW Madison does</p>

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<p>I believe all of the land grant schools have a farm although their agricultural focuses vary depending on the crops produced in the state. For instance, UC Riverside (not actually a land grant school) houses the citrus station of California because oranges are an important crop in California (Orange County was originally named that because of the orange groves). You won’t find any citrus farms at Oklahoma State University because that crop isn’t a part of their economy and as such the state doesn’t view it as important to learn about the best growing/preserving practices.</p>

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<p>Vassar has one, if you like LACs.</p>

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<p>Not an extracurricular, but a major/minor at Cal Poly SLO - there are farming opportunities in their Horticulture & Crop Sciences Department. </p>

<p>[HCS</a> Majors - AEPS Major - Horticulture & Crop Science - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo](<a href=“http://www.aeps.calpoly.edu/aeps_major.html]HCS”>http://www.aeps.calpoly.edu/aeps_major.html)
[AEPS</a> Major Courses - Fruit Science - Horticulture & Crop Science - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo](<a href=“http://www.aeps.calpoly.edu/fruit_science.html]AEPS”>http://www.aeps.calpoly.edu/fruit_science.html)
Their organic farm - [CP</a> Organic Farm - About - Horticulture & Crop Science - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo](<a href=“http://www.aeps.calpoly.edu/cal_poly_organic_farm.html]CP”>http://www.aeps.calpoly.edu/cal_poly_organic_farm.html)</p>

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<p>Many non land grant state schools also have fully functioning farms on or near campus. Here are some that I’m familiar with:
UC Santa Cruz [Home</a> | CASFS](<a href=“http://casfs.ucsc.edu/]Home”>http://casfs.ucsc.edu/)
Cal Poly SLO [College</a> of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo](<a href=“http://cafes.calpoly.edu/]College”>http://cafes.calpoly.edu/)
Western Washington University
UC Riverside [The</a> Department of Agricultural Operations](<a href=“http://agops.ucr.edu/home.html]The”>Agricultural Operations | College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences)
CSU Chico [University</a> Farm (ATRC) - College of Agriculture - CSU, Chico](<a href=“http://www.csuchico.edu/ag/farm/]University”>http://www.csuchico.edu/ag/farm/)
North Carolina A&T (HBCU) <a href=“http://www.ag.ncat.edu/farm/index.html[/url]”>http://www.ag.ncat.edu/farm/index.html&lt;/a&gt;
FAMU (HBCU) <a href=“Page Not Found”>http://www.famu.edu/cesta/main/index.cfm/cooperative-extension-program/famu-farm/about-famu-farm/&lt;/a&gt;
Illinois State University <a href=“http://agriculture.illinoisstate.edu/farm/[/url]”>http://agriculture.illinoisstate.edu/farm/&lt;/a&gt;
Western Kentucky University <a href=“http://www.wku.edu/farm/[/url]”>http://www.wku.edu/farm/&lt;/a&gt;
Eastern Kentucky University [Beef</a> Unit | University Farms | Eastern Kentucky University](<a href=“http://farms.eku.edu/beef-unit]Beef”>http://farms.eku.edu/beef-unit)
Angelo State University <a href=“http://agops.ucr.edu/home.html[/url]”>http://agops.ucr.edu/home.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Here are some private schools with functioning farms (I’m excluding the ones that have what are essentially vanity organic farms as IMO these have relatively little value):
Warren Wilson <a href=“http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~ELC/New_ELC_Website_/thefarm.php[/url]”>http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~ELC/New_ELC_Website_/thefarm.php&lt;/a&gt;
Delaware Valley College [Horticulture</a> « School of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences « Undergraduate « Academics « DelVal](<a href=“http://www.delval.edu/academics/undergraduate/agriculture-environmental-sciences/horticulture]Horticulture”>http://www.delval.edu/academics/undergraduate/agriculture-environmental-sciences/horticulture)
Tuskeegee University (HBCU) [Agricultural</a> & Environ. Sciences | Tuskegee University](<a href=“http://www.tuskegee.edu/academics/colleges/caens/agricultural_environ_sciences.aspx]Agricultural”>http://www.tuskegee.edu/academics/colleges/caens/agricultural_environ_sciences.aspx)
Berea College (low income only) [College</a> Farm - Agriculture & Natural Resources Program](<a href=“http://www.berea.edu/anr/farm-enterprises/]College”>http://www.berea.edu/anr/farm-enterprises/)
Dickinson College [Dickinson</a> College - College Farm](<a href=“http://www.dickinson.edu/about/sustainability/college-farm/]Dickinson”>http://www.dickinson.edu/about/sustainability/college-farm/)
Hampshire College [Farm</a> Center](<a href=“http://www.hampshire.edu/academics/5728.htm]Farm”>Hampshire College Farm | Hampshire College)
Yale University [Yale</a> Sustainable Food Project | The Farm](<a href=“Yale Sustainable Food Program”>Yale Sustainable Food Program)
Green Mountain College [Farm</a> & Food Project: Green Mountain College](<a href=“http://www.greenmtn.edu/farm_food.aspx]Farm”>http://www.greenmtn.edu/farm_food.aspx)</p>

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<p>[UMass</a> Amherst Stockbridge School of Agriculture](<a href=“http://stockbridge.cns.umass.edu/]UMass”>http://stockbridge.cns.umass.edu/)</p>

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<p>Here’s a listing of land grant colleges:

[List</a> of land-grant universities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_land-grant_universities]List”>List of land-grant universities - Wikipedia)
There are a few on the list which I know do not have substantial farms including the UC system (a couple in the system do, most notably UC Davis) and MIT. </p>

<p>Off topic, if anyone is ever near Oregon State, be sure to eat the students’ peanut butter. It’s delicious and proceeds support various ag programs.</p>

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<p>Coollike! I didn’t think I’d get this many responses! Thank y’all, so much. <3 <3 Let’s keep this going!</p>

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<p>Here are a few more I found
SUNY Cobleskill: [School</a> of Agriculture and Natural Resources | SUNY Cobleskill](<a href=“404 Error”>Programs of Study)
Appalachian State University [Living</a> on the Farm | Sustainable Development | Appalachian State University](<a href=“http://sd.appstate.edu/about/teaching-research-farm/living-farm]Living”>http://sd.appstate.edu/about/teaching-research-farm/living-farm)
Tennessee Tech [Tech</a> Farm | Tennessee Tech University](<a href=“http://www.tntech.edu/farm/home/]Tech”>http://www.tntech.edu/farm/home/)
Texas State University [Directions</a> : Agriculture : Texas State University](<a href=“http://ag.txstate.edu/ssf/map.html]Directions”>http://ag.txstate.edu/ssf/map.html)
Missouri State University (no farm, but an excellent ranch) [Facilities</a> and Resources - William H. Darr School of Agriculture - Missouri State University](<a href=“http://ag.missouristate.edu/Facilities.htm]Facilities”>Facilities and Resources - William H. Darr College of Agriculture - Missouri State)
SIU Carbondale [University</a> Farms and Forest Research/Education Centers | College of Agricultural Sciences | SIU](<a href=“http://coas.siu.edu/research/university-farms-forest-research/index.html]University”>University Farms and Forest Research | Agricultural Sciences)
West Texas A&M (not really a farm, but seems like an interesting program. Note that the campus is basically for commuters) [West</a> Texas A&M University: Dryland Agriculture Institute](<a href=“http://www.wtamu.edu/academics/dryland-agriculture-institute.aspx]West”>http://www.wtamu.edu/academics/dryland-agriculture-institute.aspx)
Berry College [Berry</a> College - School of Mathematical & Natural Sciences](<a href=“404 Error”>404 Error)</p>

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<p>It looks like you want to study pure math in college. What’s your home state? Often the land grant colleges have decent to good math departments since they also house the harder science programs.</p>

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<p>[Marlboro</a> College](<a href=“http://www.ctcl.org/colleges/marlboro"]Marlboro”>Marlboro College – Colleges That Change Lives), a very small, quaint and very academically rigorous liberal arts college in southern Vermont, has an organic farm: [The Marlboro Farm](<a href="https://www.marlboro.edu/about/sustainability/farm/“”&gt;https://www.marlboro.edu/about/sustainability/farm/"&lt;/a&gt;). The peeps up there have also, recently, built a brand new greenhouse there, too.

[ul][<em>][Picture</a> of new Greenhouse](<a href=“http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Kr2O2StJADs/ULMddne8Z_I/AAAAAAAAAMo/_wsYIsalT48/s1600/L08A6388.jpg"]Picture”>http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Kr2O2StJADs/ULMddne8Z_I/AAAAAAAAAMo/_wsYIsalT48/s1600/L08A6388.jpg). It blends in very well with the rest of the buildings on campus, which I think is really cool!
<a href=“Video”>*</a> [Marlboro</a> College Farm](<a href=“Marlboro College Farm - YouTube”>Marlboro College Farm - YouTube)
[li]Someone [working on the farm](<a href="https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/268403_10150276254364897_6135172_n.jpg"“&gt;https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/268403_10150276254364897_6135172_n.jpg”&lt;/a&gt;).[/li][</em>] A [shack</a> on the farm](<a href=“https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/267489_10150276255129897_6840590_n.jpg"]shack”>https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/267489_10150276255129897_6840590_n.jpg).
[li][Marlboro</a> College Farm](<a href=“https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marlboro-College-Farm/181588994896"]Marlboro”>https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marlboro-College-Farm/181588994896) on Facebook :slight_smile: The Facebook page will take you to more images of the farm and other projects going on.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>The very pretty [Bard</a> College](<a href=“http://bard.edu%22%5DBard”>http://bard.edu);well known for its strength in the arts and humanities, the awesome Levy Institute Economics Institute, and its convenient location; has one. [Bard</a> College Farm](<a href=“http://www.bardfarm.org/"]Bard”>http://www.bardfarm.org/). I guess it’s also worth mentioning that Bard’s farm seems to be the one with the most media about it out there…

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<a href=“Video”></a> [Bard</a> Farm (Bard College)](<a href=“Bard Farm (Bard College) - YouTube”>Bard Farm (Bard College) - YouTube)
<a href=“Video”></a> [Bard</a> College Farm](<a href=“Bard College Farm - YouTube”>Bard College Farm - YouTube)
[li] [Picture</a> of the farm](<a href=“https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BULVhlYCEAAX-1u.jpg"]Picture”>https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BULVhlYCEAAX-1u.jpg) and what looks like a greenhouse in the distance.[/li][li][Bard</a> College Farm](<a href=“Facebook”>Bard College Farm) on Facebook! As said about the Marlboro College Farm on Facebook, the Facebook page will have loads of pictures of the farm on there.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>[Berea</a> College](<a href=“http://www.berea.edu/"]Berea”>http://www.berea.edu/), “the Amherst for poor people,” is a private liberal arts college in Berea, Kentucky. It gives a full tuition scholarship to all of its students. So, it’s uberselective. It’s about as selective as an Ivy…People admitted into this school are, primarily, from the Appalachian regions and, just, generally teenagers ranging from dire poverty to one’s parents barely making enough to be a part of the middle-class. The admissions folks place a priority on the highly unprivileged in Appalachian regions and other poor students, who, of course, demonstrate a great aptitude for college, etc. And, the academics here are very respectable. Surely not as rigorous as Marlboro or Reed, but neither as easy as going to a tier 4 state college/uni. The campus is also very beautiful. I’d love to spend a day there during early to mid spring or mid autumn. All students are required to work in a labor position. They’re paid, but not too much, obviously. I think something very peculiar about this college is that it’s handing out money like mad, yet it has a healthy endowment near a billion. [College</a> Farm](<a href=“http://www.berea.edu/anr/farm-enterprises/"]College”>http://www.berea.edu/anr/farm-enterprises/). I might also mention that Berea’s farm is, by far, the most extensive.

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[<em>]A [blurb[/url</a>] about the college’s Gardens and Greenhouse, apart from the farm.
[</em>]Yet again, another farm on Facebook: [url="&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/bereacollegefarm"]Berea"&gt;https://www.facebook.com/bereacollegefarm"]Berea</a> College Farm](<a href=“http://www.berea.edu/gardens-and-greenhouse/"]blurb[/url”>http://www.berea.edu/gardens-and-greenhouse/). I’m going to be lazy this time and let you go to that page and look at images of the farm there! Sowie. :stuck_out_tongue:
<a href=“Video”></a> [Berea</a> College Farm](<a href=“Berea College Farm - YouTube”>Berea College Farm - YouTube).
<a href=“Video”></a> [Berea</a> College student farm tour](<a href=“Berea College student farm tour - YouTube”>Berea College student farm tour - YouTube)
<a href=“Video”></a> [The</a> Farm at Berea College](<a href=“The Farm at Berea College - YouTube”>The Farm at Berea College - YouTube)
<a href=“Video”></a> Okay, this is really cool…I hope the college/uni I go to not only has a farm, but has this too: [Berea</a> College Composting Program](<a href=“Berea College Composting Program - YouTube”>Berea College Composting Program - YouTube)
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<p>Like, Berea, all students at [Deep</a> Springs College](<a href=“http://www.deepsprings.edu/home"]Deep”>http://www.deepsprings.edu/home) are awarded with a full tuition scholarship, but not just that, really; a complete full ride paying for everything…except the transportation to the college, and like things; LOL. This college, like Reed or Marlboro or St. John’s or Harvard, is a very unique school in its own right. There isn’t any other college out there like it, really. If Berea and Marlboro were to form some type of hybrid, then there could probably be a very close cousin to Deep Springs. The all around experience here is definitely life changing, there’s just no other school like it. Like Marlboro, it’s “in the middle of nowhere.” Like Berea, there is a required labor program for all students. </p>

<p>Unlike Marlboro, it’s not in on a hill in the middle of the Vermont woods near the Green Mountains; it’s in the dry, dry, desert valley between two mountain ranges, near the state border of Nevada and California. At Berea, a student could get a work position ranging from a janitor, a property maintenance technician, to a tractor driver on the college’s farm. At Deeps Springs, everyone has some sort of position relating back to the [Deep</a> Springs Ranch](<a href=“http://www.deepsprings.edu/labor/ranch"]Deep”>Ranch Manager Fogger Dunagan | Deep Springs College).

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[<em>]A [satellite</a> image](<a href=“https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BULuVjWCYAIx8Bb.png"]satellite”>https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BULuVjWCYAIx8Bb.png) of Deep Springs.
<a href=“Video”></a>I couldn’t exactly find a video of the college’s ranch itself, but I managed to find this: a [short</a> documentary](<a href=“Deep Roots; An Ideal Preserved - YouTube”>Deep Roots; An Ideal Preserved - YouTube) about the college.
<a href=“Video”></a> An [url="&lt;a href=“DeepSprings_TodayShow - YouTube]excerpt[/url</a>] from the Today Show covering the college.
[</em>]A very good [url=”&lt;a href="yaleherald.com]article[/url</a>] from The Yale Herald about Deep Springs. I totally recommend reading it!
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<p>I believe McGill has a farm, although I do not know where it is located, likely on its satellite campus. They recently had a festival this summer (at the main downtown campus) when the tomato crop came in and made a free lunch for all the new freshman students (and anyone else who wanted to show up) who were moving in out of the produce generated at the farm.</p>

<p>[McGill</a> Feeding McGill 2013 - YouTube](<a href=“McGill Feeding McGill 2013 - YouTube”>McGill Feeding McGill 2013 - YouTube)</p>

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<p>Illinois (UIUC) has had a student-run farm for at least a few years – they do a farmer’s market on the main quad one day a week.</p>

<p>[thefarm.illinois.edu[/url</a>]
<a href=“https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sustainable-Student-Farm-The-University-of-Illinois-Champaign-Urbana/360634494190[/url]”>Redirecting...](<a href=“http://thefarm.illinois.edu/]thefarm.illinois.edu[/url”>http://thefarm.illinois.edu/)</a>
<a href=“Sustainable Student Farm at the University of Illinois - YouTube”>Sustainable Student Farm at the University of Illinois - YouTube;

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<p>Now, that is cool!</p>

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<p>Of course, while each of the land grant universities have teaching and research farms, student-run farms exist at a broad range of colleges and universities these days. These range from community colleges to liberal arts colleges to state and private universities. Many of these focus on organic farming and were started due to health/nutrition, environmental, and social justice concerns. In many cases, these farms provide a local food source for the college cafeteria. In addition, an increasing number of agriculture schools are offering majors in “sustainable agriculture” and “agro-ecology.”</p>

<p>Here are some links that might be of interest:
[Student</a> Farm Directory - SAEA: Sustainable Agriculture Education Association](<a href=“http://sustainableaged.org/Projects/StudentFarmDirectory/tabid/85/Default.aspx]Student”>http://sustainableaged.org/Projects/StudentFarmDirectory/tabid/85/Default.aspx)
<a href=“https://attra.ncat.org/education.html[/url]”>https://attra.ncat.org/education.html&lt;/a&gt;
[Resources</a> & Publications – FarmtoSchool.org](<a href=“http://www.farmtoschool.org/publications.php]Resources”>http://www.farmtoschool.org/publications.php)
<a href=“http://www.ofrf.org/sites/ofrf.org/files/docs/pdf/2012-LandGrantAssessment-forscreen.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ofrf.org/sites/ofrf.org/files/docs/pdf/2012-LandGrantAssessment-forscreen.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>IIRC St. Olaf’s.</p>