Blacksburg Sustainability Week 2018: Homefield Farm Tour
Venue: Kentland Farm, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Sustainable Blacksburg
Date: Friday, September 21, 2018
Time: 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
As part of Blacksburg Sustainability Week 2018, Kentland Farm hosts the Homefield Farm Tour on Friday, September 21, 2018.

The six-acre farm grows vegetables, fruits and herbs for Virginia Tech Dining Services, and serves as a site of experiential student learning, interdisciplinary research, and community outreach for the Virginia Tech School of Plant and Environmental Sciences.

This event will include a tour of the production fields, mobile high tunnel, and packing shed, as well as a discussion around crop production, organic certification (which the farm is currently undergoing), student involvement, and the logistics of a sustainable small-scale university farm.

Blacksburg Sustainability Week, a collaboration between Sustainable Blacksburg, the Town of Blacksburg and Virginia Tech is celebrating its 12th year in 2018.

Kentland Farm is located at 5250 Whitethorne Road in Blacksburg, VA.

For more information on Blacksburg Sustainability Week, visit: http://sustainableblacksburgva.org/sustainability-week-2018/ or https://www.facebook.com/SustainableBlacksburg.

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