Harvest
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In the Harvest program, groups of incoming freshmen spend five days on family-owned organic farms in Connecticut. They experience all aspects of farm life, from picking vegetables to baking bread to feeding chickens. Afternoons and evenings might find students cooling off in local rivers, playing volleyball, or hanging out around a campfire. A Harvest trip provides a unique opportunity for freshmen to enjoy the outdoors, learn about sustainable agriculture in Connecticut, and make a close group of friends before the start of on-campus orientation and classes at Yale. Harvest is designed for students of all backgrounds; no farming experience is necessary. The program is run by the Yale Sustainable Food Project, and the farms visited are often some of the same ones that provide Yale’s dining halls with seasonal, organic produce. For more information, e-mail the student coordinators at eleanor.kenyon@yale.edu and marcus.strong@yale.edu. |
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Harvest registration is now closed. If you have any questions about the program, please contact Hannah Eisler Burnett at Hannah.burnett@yale.edu.
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