Campus Farmer Summit RFP

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Taylor in Beginning Farmers, Farming Resources, First Generation Farmers, Research, Training Programs, Young Farmers // 0 Comments

Campus Farmer Summit – You’re invited to a gathering of the campus farmer community at Stonehill College, February 2020!

Campus farmers, students, and representatives from non-profits and agencies connect in person at Stonehill College about what makes campus farms successful. This forum provides an opportunity for stakeholders working at the intersection of food justice, environmental sustainability, food access, and healthy eating to discuss challenges and opportunities. Partners from the nonprofit sector join us in conversation about what colleges and universities can do to forge deeper community alliances and strengthen our regional food system. More details coming soon! Subscribe to our newsletter to receive updates.

The New England Campus Farmer Summit is a biennial event held in February that gathers the campus farm community in the northeast. The second biennial summit will highlight the value of campus farms and growing spaces, given larger societal concerns and shifts in structure, function, and constraints of higher education institutions. Attendees will leave the Summit feeling part of a larger campus farm community, with the connections, tools, and information to nourish their own communities, organizations, and farms.

Campus Farmer Summit Statement of Purpose

Campus farms, gardens, and other growing spaces serve at the intersection of food justice, environmental sustainability, food access, and wellness. A campus farm can feed the student body and broader community and enriches academic and social life. Just as the farm provides nourishment through programs and produce, so does a campus farm require nourishment in the form of funding, partnerships, and stakeholders. The New England Campus Farmer Summit convenes farm managers, students, food service industry professionals, activists, and educators to explore the role of campus farms on campus, within our communities, and in building a better food system.

2020 Theme

The 2020 summit program will focus on the theme of nourishment. Attendees from around the region will gather to consider campus farms as living organisms, and enjoy opportunities to connect and learn about exciting and practical ways to nourish and be nourished by campus farms and our communities.

The 2020 New England Campus Farmer Summit request for proposals is now open! Do you have a tool, resource, or strategy to share? Are you interested in hosting a roundtable conversation about an emerging topic or idea? Are you a student with campus farm research to share during a poster session? We invite you to submit your idea. Applications are due Friday October 25th. Read the full RFP and submit your proposal here.