Dec 10, 2022
Big Changes in 2022: Lettuce introduce you…
Our commitment to educating students about sustainable agriculture and giving them opportunities to build networks in this field will continue in 2022…
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Dec 10, 2022
Our Student Crew is Radishing: from Food Studies to Field Work
LaFarm offered our second year of full-time student management position to Teniola Bakare ‘23 who joined our crew for the second summer! With a year’s…
Dec 10, 2022
Keep on Composting… and Building SOIL!
In 2021, our crew of 5 loyal students collected and composted 9,365 pounds of campus food waste, a 5-fold increase from our collection in 2020 and a welcome…
Dec 10, 2022
Season Highlights: From Seed to Plate
A group of passionate students toured Northampton Community College’s East 40 Garden, to see our neighboring college’s land stewardship practices.…
Dec 10, 2022
LaFarm Annual Report 2021
2021 marked many firsts for LaFarm: our first year collaborating with The Landis Center to host 6 first-year students for 3-days of service learning during…
Mar 17, 2021
Season Highlights
COVID-19 has laid bare the injustices inherent in our food system; How do we confront these needs and contribute to a thriving food system?
Mar 17, 2021
Keep on Composting
When a small portion of our student body returned to campus in the fall, our compost team pivoted to collecting back-of-house waste.
Mar 17, 2021
How We Farmed During COVID-19
Our all-outdoor work in small groups allowed students an opportunity to engage with the non-screen world during a time when almost everything else was…
Mar 17, 2021
What Farming Means to Us
The pandemic made the importance of farming even more apparent to these students. “Farming during COVID means…”
Mar 17, 2021
2021: Here We Grow
Many of our plans for 2020 were on-pause in such a tumultuous year; we’re picking-up right where we left off: With the help of the ASME club, we are…