The Knoll (Student Org)

Knoll Garden Volunteer Hours, open to all Middlebury students. The Knoll serves as a site to explore topics of connection, resilience, and regeneration. The garden has been almost entirely powered by volunteers and interns for 19 years, and we are grateful you are here. 

Knoll Garden Volunteer Hours, open to all Middlebury students. The Knoll serves as a site to explore topics of connection, resilience, and regeneration. The garden has been almost entirely powered by volunteers and interns for 19 years, and we are grateful you are here. 

Everyone is welcome to Middlebury College Organic Farm’s annual Harvest Festival. Come share the Harvest Festival and bring a potluck dish. Parents are welcome!

Performance and Pizza at Middlebury College Farm
Free and Open to the Public
Rain location Lower Lobby MCA

Please join us for a presentation from Jesse McDougall about the effects of regenerative agriculture and of sustainable efforts to combat climate change and foster a healthier world for future generations. Jesse will be speaking about the regenerative work that he has been doing as well as the legislation that he will be helping to introduce this month to the Vermont state legislature.

Middlebury College Organic Farm and visiting guest Karney Hatch will be screening “Plant This Movie,” a documentary about urban faming. “Plant This Movie” explores the zeitgeist of urban farming around the world, from the incredible story of Havana, Cuba to communities of urban farmers in cities as diverse as Shanghai, Calcutta, Addis Ababa, London, and Lima. In the US, the story focuses on New York, New Orleans, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon. The film is narrated by Daryl Hannah.

Johanna Mirenda is the Technical Director at the Organic Materials Review Institute and formerly worked as Policy Director for an organic certifying agent. Based on her experience within the organic industry and her deep understanding of organic policy, Mirenda will speak on some misconceptions surrounding the definition of organic, and then focus on controversial issues within the industry, regarding organic policy and its interpretations and implementation.

This is the organic farm club’s first meeting of the year! Stop by for yummy snacks and to learn about upcoming events (such as farm visits and talks) as well as how you can get involved with the farm.

Please join Brad Kessler and Dona McAdams from Northern Spy Farm in Dorset, Vermont for a discussion about their cheese making process, raising goats, and Brad’s literary work addressing the connection between pastoralism and poetry.

Farm stand with produce and honey from the Middlebury College Organic Farm