We are nearing the end of our working season at the garden. The summer has gone swimmingly- all our crops are booming, with the squash taking over. Expect a lot of it this fall semester at the local foods gracious dinner, which will take place in mid-September.
As an additional aspect to the garden manager position, Ariel and I both did research projects over the course of the past few months. Mine is a collection of information on what other liberal arts schools have done in order to promote local food in their own dining halls. Middlebury College proved to be a great example with garden advisor Jay Leshinsky graciously setting time aside to talk to me for about an hour about their past, present, and future endeavors.
A significant part of my project will assess the need for such a space at a fine institute like ours, and learning from our past in order to expand our garden in the future. Mount Holyoke, as many might know, has a strong history with farming, especially during wartime. Our famed victory gardens are no more, but perhaps its time for them to resurface. In doing my research, I found this article along the way. Its from 1918! And check out this photo from 1943- looks familiar, huh?
Hopefully soon we'll look a little more like this:
Remember your roots, MHC, remember your roots.
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