Is the College Farm Sustainable? a Reflective Essay from Davidson College
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development ISSN: 2152-0801 online https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org Is the college farm sustainable? A reflective essay from Davidson College Amanda Green,a * David Martin,b and Gracie Ghartey-Tagoe c Davidson College Submitted June 3, 2020 / Revised July 27, September 2, September 22, and October 5, 2020 / Accepted October 8, 2020 / Published online November 30, 2020 Citation: Green, A., Martin, D., & Ghartey-Tagoe, G. (2020). Is the college farm sustainable? A reflective essay from Davidson College. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 10(1), 133–149. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2020.101.024 Copyright © 2020 by the Authors. Published by the Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems. Open access under CC-BY license. Abstract Farm at Davidson College in Davidson, North Campus farms and gardens are proliferating across Carolina, to encourage other analysts to similarly college and university campuses. While they may assess the interactions among these missions and have unique missions, at their core those missions sustainability’s environmental, economic, and social often include promoting student learning, campus pillars. We particularly emphasize the factors influ- sustainability, and strong campus-community rela- encing the Farm’s social sustainability, including tions. In this reflective essay, we share our perspec- the institution’s pedagogical mission, treatment of tive on the sustainability of one such farm, the Author Note Portions of this paper were originally written by Gracie a * Corresponding author: Amanda Green, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ghartey-Tagoe as part of her undergraduate capstone thesis in Environmental Studies, Davidson College.
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