Farm Field Trip Series: Wingate Farm

Date: 17 Sep 2015

By: Jess Marsh Wissemann

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Join Hampshire College Farmer Jason Dragon and Program Coordinator Jess Wissemann on field trips to local farms! Participants will learn about various sustainable farming practices from the farmers themselves and may have opportunities to get their hands dirty with some volunteer work. We will be visiting several farms including two alumni farms right here in the Pioneer Valley. Learn about our regional food system first hand with Jason and Jess this semester!
This activity counts toward CEL 1 and 2!

FIRST TOUR:

Wednesday, September 23rd
12:00-4:30 pm

WINGATE FARM
Meet at the Hampshire College Farm Center (Thorpe House) at Noon on Wednesday. We will drive Hampshire College vans up to the farm in Hinsdale, New Hampshire (a 45 minute drive).
Wingate Farm is run by Olivia Pettengil and Susie Parker-Sutherland, two rad women farmers who raise pastured eggs and meat chickens and grow vegetables and flowers on family land. On this farm visit, Olivia and Susie will highlight their egg production and the construction of their high tunnel.

We have limited space — you must sign up in advance for this trip by emailing farm (at) hampshire.edu

About the Author

Jess Marsh Wissemann is the Food, Farm, and Sustainability Program Coordinator at Hampshire College. Her passion for farming has deep roots- from early years spent in her grandfather's garden picking peas and strawberries to managing the CSA at her husband's historic family farm in Sunderland and serving on the board of the Amherst Farmers' Market. She is happy for the opportunity to share her love of food and farming with the students at Hampshire College.