Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.29
Liaison Kathleen McCaig
Submission Date Dec. 22, 2011
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Berea College
Tier2-2: Organic Garden

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Derrick Singleton
VP Operations and Sustainability
Operations and Sustainability
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Does the institution have an on-campus garden where students are able to gain organic farming and/or gardening experience?:
Yes

A brief description of the garden:

About Berea College Farm Products:

• Horticultural products are USDA Certified Organically Grown. The horticultural component of the College Farm, known as the Gardens and Greenhouse, produces vegetables, fruits, herbs, mushrooms, and garden plants on about 5 acres for the Berea Farmers Market, College Food Service, and area restaurants, cafés, and stores. The area has been under certified organic management since 1998.
• Corn and flour are grown and stone-ground by students
• Value-Added ready-to-eat and take-home items are developed and prepared by student labor
• Forage and Field Crops and are currently in transition for organic production
• All livestock from the Berea College Farm is raised by students working in the College’s labor program
• Beef cattle and goats are raised on pasture, and supplemented with corn grown on the college farm and free-choice minerals
• Hogs are pasture and grain-fed on Berea College grown corn with vegetable protein supplements
• We are currently transitioning to a purely pasture based hog raising system
• Our animals do not receive steroids or hormones
• We use only USDA-inspected processing facilities


The website URL where information about the garden is available:
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