A Home-Cooked Meal

A Home-Cooked Meal

By: Alex Washesky, junior, Agribusiness Management While I am only a few weeks in to my internship on the student farm, I can already tell that it is shaping up to be a worthwhile experience. Although there are many reasons as to why I am interested in agriculture,...
The CSA Experience

The CSA Experience

By: Devon Luscombe, Agribusiness Management        The Student Farm at Penn State supports the community in many ways. One of my jobs during the summer is to run and maintain the CSA, Campus Supported Agriculture, which provides fresh produce to professors, students,...
Less Nervous, More Confident

Less Nervous, More Confident

By: Allison Smith, senior, Agribusiness Management My experience on the farm so far has been a wild ride. In the past few weeks, the weather has been unpredictable and chaotic. This has led to less than ideal conditions and has pushed back transplanting, harvesting,...
Curious Beginnings

Curious Beginnings

Eva Bonta, Spring 2018 The independent study I am taking under Leslie Pillen, and the project that I am helping advance had curious beginnings. In fall of 2017, I toured the Student Farm as part of a class I was taking on the global agri-food system, Geography 430. I...