Student managed organic gardens exist outside every major dining hall on Stanford’s campus and several Row Houses. The educational dining hall gardens are organized and maintained by student-employees of Stanford Dining.

The gardens are a boon to Stanford Dining’s kitchens, providing herbs, fruits, and vegetables of the freshest and highest quality. By creating a broader interest in gardening, farming, and other agricultural issues, the gardens also enhance students’ residential education experience and help generate interest in sustainable agriculture on campus.

The farm is one of campus’ hidden gems. Join in farm classes, get a plot to grow food, or just relax and enjoy the place.

The Stanford Community Farm is a productive and educational space that provides Stanford community members the opportunity to practice and learn about sustainable agriculture. The site—establish decades ago, and reinvigorated in 1997 through a student proposal—is divided between educational space and small private plots for Stanford faculty, staff, and graduate students. Stanford Dining is currently collaborating with a group of students to connect produce grown at the Farm to Stanford’s kitchens.

The purpose of this collaboration is twofold: 1) to educate students in environmentally and socially sustainable agricultural practices; and 2) to produce high quality food for student dining locations on campus. Our goal is to supplement as much of our produce as possible with food grown through student involvement on the Community Farm.

Ask your dining hall manager of the location of your your local garden. Apply to be a student gardener by contacting the Sustainable Foods Coordinator: sustainablefood@stanford.edu 
 
Join the email list: communitygardens@lists.stanford.edu

Visit the farm website: http://www.stanford.edu/group/scfarm/