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Organic Vegetable Farming

Growing naturally, from soil building to the farm stand.

About the program

Students learn various skills including soil development, irrigation, plant science, organic pest and disease control, harvesting methods and retailing through the farm stand.

What our student-employees do

  • Build healthy soil and prepare beds for planting
  • Set up and manage irrigation
  • Plant, tend and protect crops using organic pest and disease control
  • Harvest, wash and stock the farm stand

What they learn

  • Soil development and plant science
  • Irrigation systems
  • Organic pest and disease management
  • Harvesting methods and retail sales
Preparing the beds: laying mulch for a new season of vegetables.
A crate of ripe yellow and red heirloom tomatoes grown at Sullivan FarmStudents watering trays of seedlings under purple grow lights to start the season's vegetablesQuarts of freshly picked green beansA pile of fresh sweet corn in the huskFreshly harvested garlic bulbs with long stemsA watermelon ripening on the vine in the farm's fields

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