The Farming Class

"First the Nature, Object, and Purposes of the Institution Hereby Founded, to Be: Its nature, that of a university with such seminaries of learning as shall make it of the highest grade including mechanical institutes, museums, galleries of art, laboratories, and conservatories....[and] on the Palo Alto Estate a farm for instruction in Agriculture in all its branches."
~Leland Stanford

Local Sustainable Agriculture (field class)
Earth Systems 180B, 1 unit
Spring 2007, Mon 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Contact: Erin Gaines, elgaines@stanford.edu
Field Instructor: Steve Masley
Location: Stanford Community Farm

Course Description:
Field-based training in ecologically sound agriculture practices at the Stanford Community Farm; guest lectures from Bay Area farmers, agricultural educators, and food policy advocates; and a field trip to an educational farm. Weekly fieldwork led by an instructor with extensive organic farming experience. Topics include bed preparation, starting seedlings, composting, irrigation techniques, and harvesting methods. May be repeated for credit.