Podcasts – Dickinson College Organic Farm Dickinson College

A. Kiosk Welcome to the Dickinson College Farm! This tour will guide you to key areas of the farm and provide helpful information about what you are seeing. The tour takes about an hour, if you are walking and following the tour at the farm, with each stop taking about …

B. Teaching Garden and Student Research The Teaching Garden was created by Dickinson student Kaylin Campbell, Class of 2010. Kaylin sought to create a more convenient and instructional space to teach elementary school children about agriculture and sustainability. In addition to elementary education, the farm serves as a platform for …

C. The Pond The pond is a man made construction that was created in 2008 to serve as a reservoir for irrigation purposes. It is strategically placed to collect runoff rain water from the fields. Download the entire audio walking tour on iTunes.

1. The Yurts Inspired by the traditional Mongolian-style hut, the Yurts were built to serve as housing for the three six-month farm interns. These interns are either recent Dickinson graduates or members of the Multicultural Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture program, or MESA. Download the entire audio walking tour on iTunes.

2. Livestock Sheep, Chickens, Black Angus Cattle From this location, you may or may not see our oldest livestock, the sheep. The Dickinson College Farm owns a flock of about ten ewes and raises lambs annually that are sold to the public. You may not see our sheep because we …

3., 4. Native Pollinator Garden and Production Fields What varieties of fruits and vegetables are grown on the farm? What is our largest crop? As a certified organic agriculture program, the farm does not use synthetic pesticides or herbicides. Instead, insects are generally controlled biologically and manually. How do we …