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,...
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...
Plant Sale-2018

Plant Sale-2018

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.,–Think spring- revitalize your home garden, apartment or dorm with beautiful, local plants grown in the Penn State greenhouses by Student Farm Club members. A variety of more than 30 vegetable plants, herbs and succulents will be available...
Shiitake Log Workshop

Shiitake Log Workshop

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.,– Spring is coming! For everyone eager to work with living, growing things, the Student Farm has two upcoming workshops that offer attendees an opportunity to get their hands in the dirt: Build-Your-Own Worm Compost System and Shiitake...