Most guides to colleges don't index schools by farming opportunities, so here's The New Farm's preliminary guide to farms on campus. The list is arranged regionally; each entry includes the name of the farm, year founded, acres in cultivation, primary markets, and web address if available. We've focused here on campus farms that provide substantial, hands-on, small-scale farming experience to undergraduate and graduate students; many also offer programs for children and the general public.

For more information on courses and degree programs in sustainable farming, see the USDA's Educational and Training Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture (http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/AFSIC_pubs/edtr.htm), regularly updated by the folks at the Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC).

Know of a student farm program not on this list? Have a story to tell about your experience working on a student farm? Tell us about it!

NORTHEAST

Student interns at the Cook College Organic Farm, Rutgers U., NJ (left to right): Cheryl Zienkiewicz, senior, majoring in nutrition; Lindsay Bockstedt, graduate, majored in public health; Pete Martinez, graduate, majored in journalism & English; Scott Latham, senior, majoring in natural resources. Although Cook College has an agriculture major, interns at the student farm come from many different departments.

CONNECTICUT

• The Yale Sustainable Food Project Garden, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Est. 2003, 1 ac, sales via dining hall, farmstand. http://www.yale.edu/sustainablefood/garden.html
  

MAINE

• Beech Hill Farm, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME. Est. 1999, 5 ac, dining hall, farmstand. www.coa.edu/beechhill
  
  
• Black Bear Food Guild at Rogers Farm, University of Maine--Orono, Orono, ME. Est. 1994, 3 ac, sales via CSA, farmstand, farmers market. www.umaine.edu/pse/sag/BBFG/BBFG.html
  
  MASSACHUSETTS
  
  
• The Hampshire College Agricultural Studies Farm Center, Amherst, MA. Est. late 1970s, 15 ac, CSA, farmstand. www.hampshire.edu/cms/index.php?id=556
  
  NEW HAMPSHIRE
  
  
• Dartmouth College Organic Farm, Hanover, NH. Est. 1996, 2 ac, farmstand. http://webster.dartmouth.edu/~opo/organicfarm
  
  
• Campus-Community Farm, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. Est. 2003, 2 ac, dining halls. www.sustainableunh.unh.edu/fas/campus_comm_farm.html
  
  NEW JERSEY
  
  
• Cook Student Organic Farm, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Est. 1993, 3 ac, CSA. http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~njuep/csof
  
  NEW YORK
  
  
• Dilmun Hill, Cornell University Student Farm, Ithaca, NY. Est. 1996, 4 ac, CSA, farmstand. www.hort.cornell.edu/dilmun
  
  
• Poughkeepsie Farm Project, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. Est. 1999, 6 ac, CSA. www.farmproject.org
  
  PENNSYLVANIA
  
  
• Delaware Valley College Student Farm, Doylestown, PA.
  
  
• Center for Sustainability, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA. Est. 1995, 8.5 ac. www.psu.edu/dept/cs
  
  
• Robert A. Macoskey Center for Sustainable Systems Education and Research, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA. 83-ac site, farmers market, dining hall special events.
  
  
• Fulton Farm, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA. Est. 1994, 6 ac, CSA, dining hall, farmers market, restaurants.
  
  VERMONT
  
  
• Bennington College Community Farm, Bennington, VT. Est. 1996, dining halls, local community. www.bennington.edu/life/working_living
  
  
• Green Mountain College Organic Farm, Poultney, VT. Est. 1997, CSA, dining hall, farmers market, restaurants. http://campus.greenmtn.edu/dept/ES/farm/farm_home.asp
  
  
• Slow the Plow, Middlebury College's Organic Garden, Middlebury, VT. Est. 2001, 1 ac, dining hall. http://segue.middlebury.edu/sites/mcog
  
  
• Sterling College Farm, Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, VT. Est. 1958, 3/4 ac + acreage for livestock, dining hall, farmers market. www.sterlingcollege.edu/sustainable.htm
  
  
• Common Ground Student-Run Educational Farm, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. Est. 1995, 3 ac, CSA, donations to local food aid projects. www.uvm.edu/~cgsref

SOUTHEAST

GEORGIA

• Berry College Animal Sciences Student Work Program, Mount Berry, GA. Est. 1902, 740 ac. http://www2.berry.edu/academics/science/ans/work.asp
  
  KENTUCKY
  
  
• Berea College Farms, Berea, KY. Est. 1855, 480 ac, CSA, dining halls. http://www.berea.edu/anr/collegefarms.asp
  
  NORTH CAROLINA
  
  
• Center for Environmental Farming Systems Student Farm, North Carolina State University, Goldsboro, NC. Est. 1994, 15 ac on 2000-ac CEFS site, CSA, farmstand. www.cefs.ncsu.edu/organic.htm
  
  
• The Land Lab at the Sustainable Farming Program, Central Carolina Community College, Pittsboro, NC. Est. 1995, 1.5 acres, year-round production for CSA, local markets.
  www.cccc.edu/Programs/Sustainable_Agriculture.html
  
  
• Warren Wilson College Garden and College Farm, Asheville, NC. Est. 1894, 5-ac garden, 275-ac farm, dining halls, local markets. www.warren-wilson.edu/work/
  
  SOUTH CAROLINA
  
  
• Calhoun Field Laboratory Sustainable Farming Project, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. Est. 2000, 15 ac, farmers market, CSA. www.clemson.edu/scg/sust/calhounfieldlab_main.html
  
  VIRGINIA
  
  
• Agriculture Club Beef Farm, Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA. 80 ac. www.ferrum.edu/agri/beef_farm.htm

MIDWEST

Students at Michigan State University in East Lansing picking cabbages.

INDIANA

• Miller Farm, Earlham College, Richmond, IN. Est. 1970s; 2 ac, CSA. www.earlham.edu/~farm
  
  IOWA
  
  
• ISU Student Organic Farm, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Est. 1996, 2 ac, CSA, FM, wholesale, All-Iowa Meals at the ISU Scheman Center. www.agron.iastate.edu/studentfarm
  
  
• Maharishi Vedic Organic Agriculture Institute, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA. Est. 2000, 7 ac, dining hall, restaurants, retail stores. www.mvoai.org
  
  MICHIGAN
  
  
• MSU Student Organic Farm, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Est. 2003, CSA. www.msuorganicfarm.com/
  
  MINNESOTA
  
  
• Student Farm, Carleton College, Northfield, MN.
  
  
• STOGROW Farm (St. Olaf Garden Research and Organic Works Farm), St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN. Est. 2005, 1 1/2 ac, on-campus cafeteria. www.stolaf.edu/orgs/stogrow/
  
  
• Cornercopia, the Student Organic Farm, University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN. Est. 2004, 1 ac, farmers' market, restaurants, coops, local schools. http://www.misa.umn.edu/
  
  MISSOURI
  
  
• College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO. Value-added retail. www.cofo.edu/products.asp?page=9
  
  OHIO
  
  
• Oberlin Sustainable Agriculture Project, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. Est. 1995, CSA, farmers market, student coops.
  
  
• Wilmington College Academic Farms, Wilmington, OH. www.wilmington.edu/agfarms.htm
  
  WISCONSIN
  
  
• Sustainable Lawrence University Garden (SLUG), Lawrence University, Appleton, WI. Est. 2005, 1/4 ac, cafeteria, farmers' market. www.lawrence.edu/dept/environmental_studies/garden/
  
  
• Sustainable Agriculture Field School, Northland College, Ashland, WI. Est. 2003. www.northland.edu/info/stories/sustainable_ag.html
  
  
• F.H. King Students of Sustainable Agriculture demonstration garden, University of Wisconsin--Madison, Madison, WI. Est. 2005, food pantries. http://fhking.rso.wisc.edu/

WEST

	The OASIS fields, New Mexico State, in spring 2003. Students (left to right) are Ben Prihoda, majoring in Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management; Dayna Drollinger, majoring in Horticulture; and Joaquin Gallegos, majoring in Anthropology. Standing is OASIS co-instructor and associate professor in Horticulture Chistopher S. Cramer, (photo courtesy of Connie Falk).

ARIZONA

• Wolfberry Farm, Prescott College, Prescott, AZ. Est. 1996, 30 ac, CSA. www.prescott.edu/highlights/farm.htmlf
  
  CALIFORNIA
  
  
• Butte College Farm, Oroville, CA. 85 ac, 16 ac certified organic.
  
  
• John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies, California State Polytechnic University--Pomona, Pomona, CA. Est. 1994, 16 ac. www.csupomona.edu/~crs
  
  
• Cal Poly Organic Farm, California State Polytechnic University--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA., Est. 1989, 10 ac total, 3 ac certified organic, 7 ac in transition, CSA, wholesale, farmers' market. www.calpoly.edu/~sarc/farm.htm
  
  
• Swanton Pacific Ranch, California State Polytechnic University--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA. Est. 1987, 3200 ac. www.spranch.org
  
  
• Agricultural Research and Teaching Center, California State University--Chico, Chico, CA. 1050 ac. www.csuchicoag.org
  
  
• Sustainable Agriculture Farm, College of the Redwoods, Shively, CA. Est. 2001, 38 certified acres, CSA, farmers' markets, restaurants, grocery stores.
  
  
• The Ranch, the Farm, the Garden, Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, CA. Est. 1917, 300 head cattle, 152 ac hayfields, 2-ac garden, dining hall, wholesale. www.deepsprings.edu/labor
  
  
• Arcata Educational Farm, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA. Est. 1993, 2 ac, CSA, farmers market. www.humboldt.edu/~farm
  
  
• Biodynamic Garden, Rudolf Steiner College, Fair Oaks, CA. Est. 1984, 2 ac, CSA. http://www.steinercollege.edu/biodynamics.html
  
  
• Ecological Agriculture Center at Robert Shone Farm, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA. Est. 1999, 4 ac certified on 365-ac site, farmstand, wholesale, Culinary Training Program. www.santarosa.edu/ag
  
  
• Stanford University Community Farm, Stanford, CA. Est. 1997, 1 ac. www.stanford.edu/group/scfarm/
  
  
• The Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems, University of California--Santa Cruz, CA. Est. 1967, 27 ac, CSA, farmstand. http://zzyx.ucsc.edu/casfs
  
  
• University of California--Davis Student Experimental Farm, Davis, CA. Est. 1977, 20 ac, CSA. www.studentfarm.ucdavis.edu
  
  COLORADO
  
  
• Colorado State University Student Organic Garden and Market, Fort Collins, CO. Est. 1998, 1/4 ac, farmstand, foodbank donations. http://www.studentgarden.colostate.edu/
  
  IDAHO
  
  
• University of Idaho Student Organic Farm, Moscow, ID. In development. http://stuorgs.uidaho.edu/~soilstewards/
  
  MONTANA
  
  
• University of Montana PEAS Farm, Missoula, MT. Est. 1997, 6.5 ac, CSA, food bank. www.umt.edu/evst/peas
  
  NEW MEXICO
  
  
• OASIS (Organic Agriculture Students Inspiring Sustainability), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. Est. 2002, 1 ac, CSA. http://agecon.nmsu.edu/oasis/
  
  OREGON
  
  
• Organic Growers Club Farm, Oregon State University, Corvalis, OR. Est. 2001, 1.5 ac. http://cropandsoil.oregonstate.edu/organic_grower/
  
  WASHINGTON
  
  
• The Evergreen State College Organic Farm, Olympia, WA. 1 ac, campus restaurant, farmstand, foodbank donations. http://www.evergreen.edu/cell/organicfarm.htm
  
  
• WSU Organic Farm at Tukey Horticulture Orchard, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. Est. 2004, 3 ac, CSA, dining services, other university programs. http://smallfarms.wsu.edu/crops/TeachingFarmTukeyOrchard.html
  
  
• Outback Farms & Outdoor Experiential Learning Site, Fairhaven College of Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. Est. 1970s, 5+ ac. www.ac.wwu.edu/~fhc/academic/outback.html
  
  BRITISH COLUMBIA
  
  
• University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Est. 2000, 4-ac garden, 90-ac farm, farmers' market, restaurants, food co-op, CSA, special events. www.landfood.ubc.ca/ubcfarm/