The Furman Farm

Since my first couple weeks at Furman, I've been volunteering at the Furman farm. Located adjacent to the Shi Center and the Eco Village, the farm is a completely self-sufficient produce farm that yields seasonal, fresh produce for weekly sale. Operating on a fairly small track of land, the actual yields from the farm are proportionally massive. This productivity owes itself partially to water conscious planting methods (such as double digging), microbe-rich homemade compost, and the planting of many different crops each season to prevent the issues that come with monocropping. All of these practices are carried out with strict attention to detail by Bruce, the farm manager, Allie, the assistant farm manager and fellow ECOS member, Tindall, the compost manager and also an ECOS member, and the volunteers (that's me).

 
My lettuces before and after!