Farm Timeline: Green Mountain College

History of Farm & Food Project

1997
Half acre garden started.

1999
Organic Ag course started.

2001
Farm reclamation begins.

3-year grant for
Americorps farm manager.

Expansion to one and a half acres.

Campus composting grant
for Earth Tubs.

2003
Rutland Area Farm & Food Link (RAFFL) conceived.

Oxen arrive.

2005
Farm manager position funded.

Wind & solar power
added to greenhouse.

2007
Administration adopts sustainable
food purchasing guidelines.

"Local Wednesdays" events.

1998
Increase to three-quarters
acre garden.

2000
Family Farm Forum begins.

Sustainable Farming Systems class proposes plan to reclaim & build
GMC college farm.

2002
Livestock & rotational grazing introduced.

Greenhouse constructed.

Sustainable Ag concentration added.

2004
Expansion to 2 acres.

Water line added.

2006
Block courses on New England
food systems created.

"5 Farms in 5 Days" Event.

2008
Shift to oxen power.

Pigs introduced.

Expansion to 4 acres visible from dining hall.

Year one of sustainable purchasing.