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Penn State Residential Dining grows partnership with Student Farm

7/18/18

From the first days of breaking ground on the Student Farm at Penn State, Housing and Food Services (HFS) has been an active partner by supporting the farm financially and by purchasing and using farm produce in weekly menus. Now, with the Student Farm is in its third year of operation, HFS has strengthened that partnership through a $50,000 contribution from Auxiliary and Business Services.

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Getting back to art’s roots: New art course collaborates with Student Farm

4/18/18

A new course being offered this fall is combining art, science and history to create a novel classroom experience. Sustainable Studio (ART 297) returns students to the roots of the dye industry by learning about both ancient and modern production methods, and then making art themselves with natural dyes and fibers.

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Nutritional sciences student to work at Penn State Student Farm this summer

4/9/18

Bowen Zheng, a nutritional sciences major, will work at the Student Farm at Penn State this summer to complete his undergraduate field experience. His roles will include learning about food production, applying his nutrition training to develop new materials for the farm, and teaching Community Supported Agriculture members and students in the dining commons about healthy eating and cooking.

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Free screening of ‘Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry’ set for Nov. 1

10/19/17

A screening of the award-winning Sundance documentary “Look & See,” a powerful cinematic portrait of Wendell Berry — farmer, activist, and one of America’s most significant living writers — will take place at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 at the State Theatre in downtown State College. The screening is free and open to the public.

Farm to table

Local Foods Night scheduled for Oct. 4

10/2/17

Penn State Housing and Food Services and the Student Farm Club will hold a Local Foods Night Celebration at 5 p.m. Oct. 4. Students and members of the community are invited to attend this celebration, which will feature a locally sourced meal.

Harvest Festival

Student Farm celebrates second annual Harvest Festival

8/18/17

Celebrate the beginning of the fall season with live music, farm-fresh hors d'oeuvres, and meet Paul Shrivastava, the new director of the Sustainability Institute and Penn State’s chief sustainability officer, during the Student Farm's second annual Harvest Festival, set for 5:30 p.m. Sept. 7.

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Student Farm and Lemont Barn to host home gardening workshop June 25

6/20/17

The Student Farm at Penn State and the Barn at Lemont are hosting a free “Tools and Techniques” home gardening workshop from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 25, at the Student Farm, located at the intersection of Big Hollow and Fox Hollow roads. Topics include drip irrigation methods and weed management. There will also be demonstrations of potato hilling and tomato trellising.