Attendees joined us for the third and final Sunday Brunch Series to learn how to make a simple, yet elegant dish!

Students joined us at Abba Java to learn new cooking techniques, connect with Student Farm club members, and enjoy a meal made from fresh ingredients!

Attendees enjoyed an afternoon in nature as they gathered inspiration from the surrounding environment and responded to guided writing prompts!

Our annual Harvest Fest was a success! Students and community members came to the farm to enjoy an evening of sampling fresh foods and participating in fun fall-themed activities.

Students joined us at Abba Java to learn new cooking techniques, connect with Student Farm club members, and enjoy a meal made from fresh ingredients!

Students joined us for a hands-on Cyanotype Workshop at HUB Pollock Plaza! This workshop was in collaboration with the Expansive Habitat exhibition at Art Alley in the HUB.

We are bringing fresh produce directly to campus for students, faculty and staff to make healthy eating easy and affordable! The stand will be set up in the HUB main lounge every Wednesday through November 6th. All are invited to come shop student-grown and organic vegetables from our Farm!

We were happy to provide plants to the community at our summer Plant Sale! All seedlings were grown by our student interns, without any pesticides or synthetic fertilizers.

In the first of our three Community Days we explored the diversity of seeds with a scavenger hunt, microscope dissection, and created native seed balls!

We hosted our 10th annual Plant Sale selling vegetables that were seeded, propagated and raised by Student Farm Club members to benefit the club!

Thanks for Celebrating Earth Day on the Farm with us! There was activities for everyone, ranging from Earth-inspired crafting to wellness activities such as making your own natural tea, farm tours, creating and tasting bean smoothies with our smoothie bike, and more!

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We joined Penn State’s Student Nutrition Association to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with nine different green dishes! In a belated celebration of St. Patrick’s Day everyone dressed festive in green! 

Gardeners of all ages, experience levels and garden sizes were invited to learn new gardening skills and get their hands dirty at our upcoming Garden Grow-How! Stations were be family-friendly, with activities for kids including a composting demonstration with live worms, botanical crafts, seed swapping and more.

Indigenous scholar Tiokasin Ghosthorse explored Indigenous cosmology, intuitive ways of knowing, and cultural etymologies in a public talk. The dialogue was followed with a reception and refreshments provided by Webster’s Bookstore Cafe!

The Student Farm Club hosted a bookclub every Thursday during the month of February. We read Braiding Sweetgrass, a book that combines Indigenous wisdom and scientific knowledge to explore the relationship between humans and plants.

The house plants workshop was back by popular demand! Members gathered to learn some tips and tricks on successful plant care.

The Student Farm Club hosted its first cooking collaborative of the year, featuring vegan pierogies and vegetarian haluski!

Student Farm Club, the Lions Pantry, and the Indigenous Peoples Association invited students to enjoy a free soup and bread dinner at Abba Java Coffeehouse!

Lyla June melds together art, culture, and ecology to explain how humanity has, and can relearn to, act as a keystone species, revisiting intuitive wisdom to find our shared path forward.  

Join us for a talk with Lyla June Johnston | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

The Haunted Vegetable Cellar was a screaming success! Members of Student Farm Club dressed up in costumes and created many spooky surprises in the creepy cellar. The annual event is a fun way to celebrate Halloween.

Our pay-what-you-can farmers market bring fresh produce directly to campus, making healthy eating easy and affordable!

Feed the People Market Stand | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

Students were invited to the farm to learn new techniques for incorporating more veggies and nutrients into meals, how to diversify dinners and basic skills for cooking in college.

The Ross Student Farm invited food and agriculture groups across the university to come to the farm and share ways that students can get involved. Guests were also greeted with tasty farm-fresh food samples!

We invited the campus and community to relax and enjoy lush farm greenery and fresh seasonal flavors on the longest day of the year.

Plant sales are the primary fundraising event for the Student Farm Club. Every year, a variety of seedings grown by members are sold to students, faculty, and community members to usher in the spring season.

Vermicomposting is a great way to reduce household food waste and produce a natural, inexpensive fertilizer. It speeds up the composting process and requires less maintenance than traditional composting methods. Participants learned how to care for worms and built their own vermicomposting system to take home.

Climate activist Peter Toscano joined us for a night of both impactful climate discussion and humor!

The programming director of Student Farm Club led a workshop to support participants in caring for apartment and dorm plants.

Student Farm Club hosts weekly Cooking Collabs where students are invited to learn a new recipe, eat a delicious meal and make new friends!

Forage and Cook Cooking Collab | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

Our pay-what-you-can farmers market bring fresh produce directly to campus, making healthy eating easy and affordable!

Pop-Up Farmers Market | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

Participants had a hands-on opportunity to learn about seed saving for vegetable crops such as tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, squashes, beans, and more!

Seed Saving Workshop | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

The Ross Student Farm invited food and agriculture groups across the university to come to the farm and share ways to get involved with students. Guests were greeted with farm-fresh food samples.

Campus Food Systems Kick-Off | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

We hosted a fall plant sale for gardeners who want to keep growing all autumn long! We offered broccoli, cabbage, zucchini and so much more.

Fall Plant Sale | Student Farm at Penn State

We invited the campus and community to relax and enjoy lush farm greenery and fresh seasonal flavors on the longest day of the year!

Summer Solstice 2022 | Student Farm at Penn State

Join us at the Dr. Keiko Miwa Ross Student Farm to explore the spring crops on the farm, learn about plant root systems, and plant their own seedlings to take home.

Remake Learning Days | Student Farm at Penn State

Vermicomposting is a great way to reduce household food waste and produce a natural, inexpensive fertilizer. It speeds up the composting process and requires less maintenance than traditional composting methods. Participants learned how to care for worms and built their own vermicomposting system to take home.

Worms Workshop | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

Student Farm Club and Blooms and Shrooms collaborated to host a log plugging workshop with Dr. Pecchia! Participants enjoyed a mushroom-themed potluck afterward.

Gardeners of all ages, experience levels and garden sizes were invited to learn new gardening tips and skills and get their hands dirty at the Dr. Keiko Miwa Ross Student Farm’s first Garden Grow-How! The Garden Grow-How offered several activities for first-time gardeners to experienced growers to enjoy.

Garden Grow-How | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

The Student Farm hosted a weekly discussion of Braiding Sweetgrass. Braiding Sweetgrass is a dive into traditional ecological knowledge, Indigenous stories, natural history, botany, heritage, and much more! The book had 5 sections, so the group will meet once per week to discuss each section. Those who couldn’t attend in person can join a virtual full-book discussion on March 2.

Braiding Sweetgrass Book Discussion | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

The Student Farm and the Indigenous Peoples Student Association hosted a free soup dinner for students using Indigenous squash, Gete-Okosomin, grown on the Student Farm!

Student Farm Club hosted Dr. Michael Mazourek, public plant breeder at Cornell, for a talk about produce diversity and the food system’s seed foundation.

Recap: Dr. Michael Mazourek on Plant Diversity | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

“The Food System’s Seed Foundation Needs Repair” | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

Student Farm Club hosted Petra Page-Mann, founder of Fruition Seeds, for a talk about seed saving and its overlooked connection to culture and sovereignty.

Upcoming Seed Saving Webinar | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

Our annual Harvest Fest is a fun way to enjoy fresh food, live music, and warm company as we celebrate the autumn season. The festival is usually held on the farm, and all are welcome to join!

Student Farm Harvest Fest | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

Cooking Collabs are a great way to learn new recipes and make new friends! In this collab, participants used farm-fresh tomatoes and basil to make tomato soup, bruschetta, melon salad and more!

Cooking Collab | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

The Student Farm invited food and agriculture groups across the university to come to the farm and tell students about how to get involved. Guests were also greeted with farm-fresh food samples.

Campus Food Systems Kick-Off | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

Student Farm Club hosted a free succulent container workshop for University Park students! Students picked up their supplies and joined us for a virtual planting workshop where they learned about their succulents and how to help them thrive.

Upcoming Succulent Container Workshop | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

Student Farm Club is excited to host a talk about seed saving for their upcoming open meeting! Saving seeds saves gardeners money every year so that they don’t have to buy all their seeds, ensures that they’ll be able to replant their favorite varieties, helps maintain genetic diversity within plants and more. All are welcome to explore the world of seed saving and how you can be a part of it!

Saving Your Garden’s Seeds | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

Student Farm Club hosted a virtual beeswax wraps workshop and supplied students with kits! Beeswax wraps are moldable coverings that can be reused over and over to cover food and containers, and they are a great way to reduce the use of single-use plastic.

.Beeswax Wraps Workshop | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

Student Farm Club hosted an alumni panel with volunteers from Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and FoodCorps. The panelists discussed the strengths and skills that prepared them for their terms of service, as well as the experiences and abilities that they gained as a result of their work. The discussion primarily focused on the agricultural sector and how the panelists’ work addressed problems within the food system.

Upcoming Strengthening the Corps Panel | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

Penn State Student Farm Club hosts alumni panel on services in Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, FoodCorps | collegian.psu.edu

The Food Insecurity in Centre County panel brought together volunteers from multiple community-based organizations that work to reduce food insecurity. CommonFood Centre County, St. Andrew’s Community Café, and State College Meals on Wheels were represented. Community members were invited to learn about the work being done and find ways to get involved.

African American Food Ways was an inspirational presentation. Participants left the event with new knowledge and ideas swirling around their heads, and many felt called to take action to create a just food system. Leah Penniman, the manager of Soul Fire Farm, discussed the history of agriculture and land ownership and why she was motivated to create a farm focused on empowering minorities. She also highlighted ways that everyone can support minorities in agriculture as they fight against a biased system.

African American Food Ways Recap | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

Recording of African American Food Ways

While this was the first year that the Harvest Festival was held virtually, we are proud to say that it was a huge success! We are grateful for all of the students, faculty, and community members that contributed to this light-hearted, fun and educational celebration of sustainability! The festivities included a scavenger hunt, trivia, and cooking demonstration.

Virtual Harvest Festival Recap | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

Our Gardening Q&A was a great way for new and experienced gardeners to get tips for the upcoming growing season. Our panelists were farm director Leslie Pillen, AmeriCorps member Angela Corcoran, farm intern Lana Meijas, and Shaver’s Creek programming director Doug Wentzel.

Students and faculty had the opportunity to buy Student Farm produce, seasonal recipes, and a handmade surprise through our holiday harvest baskets!

The Haunted Vegetable Cellar was a screaming success! Members of Student Farm Club dressed up in costumes and created many spooky surprises in the creepy cellar. The annual event is a fun way to celebrate Halloween.

Haunted Veg Cellar 2019 | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

Our annual Harvest Fest is a fun way to enjoy fresh food, live music, and warm company as we celebrate the autumn season. The festival is usually held on the farm and all are welcome to join!

Fall Harvest Festival | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

This fun farm treasure hunt gave families the opportunity to explore and learn on the farm as they worked to solve a series of puzzles.

Family Treasure Hunt | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

Our annual summer solstice celebration is a great way to savor the longest day of the year! Participants can enjoy fresh food, live music, games, and crafts.

2019 Summer Solstice Celebration | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

The farm invited beginning gardeners to come practice using their green thumb in our Beginning Gardener Workshop. Participants were provided with free seeds and seedlings to work with.

At our annual Community Seed Swap, participants bring seeds to swap, learn about local community gardens and learn how to make their own seed tape.

Seed Swap | Student Farm at Penn State (psu.edu)

Our first annual Plant-Powered PSU was fun while educational! The goal of the event was to provide guests with the opportunity to sample a variety of plant-based foods and learn about the benefits of eating a diet consisting of more plant-based foods.

Plant Powered PSU | Student Farm at Penn State

The Student Farm hosted Dr. Despommier to discuss vertical farming, hydroponics, aeroponics, and the future of urban food systems. Listening to guest speakers is a fun way for students and faculty to learn about different aspects of agriculture.

Our annual Harvest Fest is a fun way to enjoy fresh food, live music, and warm company as we celebrate the autumn season. The festival is usually held on the farm and all are welcome to join!

Our annual summer solstice celebration is a great way to savor the longest day of the year! Participants can enjoy fresh food, live music, games, and crafts.

Cooking Collabs are a great way to learn new recipes and make new friends! In this collab, the Student Farm and Beekeepers Club partnered to make a bee-inspired meal.

This vermicomposting workshop taught participants about worms and how to build a small worm-composting system that can be used at home!

Cooking Collabs are a great way to learn new recipes and make new friends, and the Student Farm loves to host them!

The Student Farm and the Arts Ambassadors teamed up to host a conversation about sustainability. Afterwards, participants were invited to a reception featuring farm-fresh snacks.

The Student Farm and the Penn State Horticulture Farm hosted an Apple Celebration for campus and the community. Participants had the opportunity to try different varieties of apples and get delicious apple recipies.

The Student Farm, Eco-Action, and PSU Veg Club invited students and community members for a sustainable dinner experience. The event included guest speakers and a lesson about how to make a sustainable dorm dish.

The Student Farm invited students and the community to Redifer Dining Commons for Local Food Night, followed by a screening of the film “Urban Roots.” The film follows the rise of urban farming in Detroit and was followed by a workshop on how to grow a small garden.

Our annual Harvest Fest is a fun way to enjoy fresh food, live music, and warm company as we celebrate the autumn season. The festival is usually held on the farm and all are welcome to join!

The Student Farm and the Lemont Barn hosted a workshop to teach participants the techniques and tools involved in gardening.

Plant sales are the primary fundraising event for the Student Farm Club. Every year, a variety of seedings grown by members are sold to students, faculty, and community members to usher in the spring season.

The Student Farm and Net Impact co-hosted a Food Waste Fight at Pollock Dining Commons. The event raised awareness about the impacts of food waste.

The Student Farm invited the community to watch the Sustainability, Coffee Farming, and the Impact on Consumers and Industry panel discussion in Findlay Dining Commons. Participants received free coffee and baked goods!

The Student Farm partnered with Penn State Dining to offer a Local Foods Night in North, West, and South Food Districts. Local Food Nights are a fun way for the campus community to enjoy the produce that the farm has to offer.

The Student Farm invited the campus community to a work day on the farm, followed by a farm-fresh meal! Community work days are an important part of the farm’s mission to keep the community involved in its growth.

The Student Farm invited community members to the farm to help plant pollinator gardens. The volunteers day also included a tour of everything the farm has to offer.

Plant sales are the primary fundraising event for the Student Farm Club. Every year, a variety of seedings grown by members are sold to students, faculty, and community members to usher in the spring season.

The Student Farm is committed to keeping the campus and community involved with its growth. This community check-in was held to get community input about the farm’s production process.

Cooking Collabs are a great way to learn new recipes and make new friends, and the Student Farm loves to host them! In this collab, we made Maharastrian cuisine.

Cooking Collabs are a great way to learn new recipes and make new friends, and the Student Farm loves to host them! In this collab, we made sweet potato stew.

Plant sales are the primary fundraising event for the Student Farm Club. Every year, a variety of seedings grown by members are sold to students, faculty, and community members to usher in the spring season.