PEAS (Pre-orientation Experience for Agricultural Sustainability) 

 

 

 

 

 

PEAS Agricultural Sustainability: Trust us, this will be fun and a major food-filled journey!

Growing, cooking and eating food brings us together and brings much-needed attention to where our food comes from. In the Pre-orientation Experience for Agricultural Sustainability (PEAS), students will explore initiatives at Skidmore and in the surrounding community in agricultural and food systems sustainability. The program is led by the Skidmore Community Garden manager as well as two upper-class students.

Our days will be filled with planting and harvesting in the Skidmore Community Garden, visiting and helping out at farms in the Saratoga area and preparing a delicious dinner with locally sourced food. Students will also meet the Dining Hall staff, learn about where our food comes from and discover ways to increase local, fair, ecologically sound and humane food sources on campus. We’ll also go on hikes in the Northwoods, have a campfire, play games and explore Skidmore and Saratoga’s agricultural community together.

 

Check out the Skidmore Sustainability page and see what else is happening

 http://skidmoregarden.tumblr.com/ 

 www.facebook.com/SustainableSkidmore/events 

 

This has only just begun. The crops are in and shooting out of the ground in full awesome force. Come join the Community Garden and eat!

Check out our video on the Skidmore Community Garden!