Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.01
Liaison Katie Koscielak
Submission Date May 8, 2013
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STARS v1.2

Cal Poly Humboldt
ER-T2-2: Organic Garden

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 TallChief Comet
Director, Office of Sustainability
Facilities Management
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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:

The Campus Center for Appropriate Technology, in addition to other resources, has organic garden plots in multiple locations on its grounds. One of the more interesting locations is a terrace garden next to the main facility. The terrace walls are earth bags, covered with different natural plaster materials to demonstrate alternate building materials/methods.

The garden areas are usually planted with crops year-round, incorporating plants for the appropriate season. The garden soil is supplemented with compost derived from CCAT or other campus sources by the CCAT student gardeners. Produce from the garden is consumed by the live-in CCAT Co-directors and students attending CCAT functions.


The website URL where information about the garden is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

In addition to the CCAT organic garden areas a new HSU Community Garden has been approved and is under development, with groundbreaking expected by the end of the spring 2013 semester. This garden will be a place any student can request space and tend a plot to grow healthy food. The garden is being generously supported by Associated Students and administered through CCAT.


In addition to the CCAT organic garden areas a new HSU Community Garden has been approved and is under development, with groundbreaking expected by the end of the spring 2013 semester. This garden will be a place any student can request space and tend a plot to grow healthy food. The garden is being generously supported by Associated Students and administered through CCAT.

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