A grant from the Sustainability Institute in 2013 prompted the planning process for a student-run farm. Today, the Student Farm celebrates 1 year! The Student Farm focuses on sustainable food and is in their second growing season. In the beginning phases of development, community stakeholders envisioned the farm as a gathering place where students and community members meet to learn and work in partnership to resolve real-world challenges. The mission of the student-centered sustainable farm and sustainable food and systems program is to increase local food access, enhance food systems education and cultivate a sense community. The Student Farm has definitely accomplished this mission!

The 2016 Sustainable Food Systems Program touts the following metics:  300+ hours of community engagement, 500 students have helped on the farm, 450 cardboard boxes have been replaced by reusable bins, over 900 tomato plants have been planted. Student Farm interns play an integral role.  In fact, Housing and Food Services contributed $32,000 to provide stipens for five student interns to manage the farm. Get ready for the Student Farm Club plant sale to be held in April (Date TBD), held across from the Creamery on Curtin Road.