Katherine Creswell, farm manager in the KVCC sustainable agriculture program picks cold-tolerant lettuce called Salanova inside an unheated greenhouse, known as a high tunnel, on Friday.
Some chard inside an unheated greenhouse, called a high tunnel, at Kennebec Valley Community College’s Harold Alfond Campus in Hinckley on Friday. KVCC is the only community college in Maine with a sustainable agriculture program.
Students working on the farm at Kennebec Valley Community College’s sustainable agriculture program raise several kinds of livestock including chickens, pigs and sheep.
Katherine Creswell, farm manager at Kennebec Valley Community College’s Harold Alfond Campus in Hinckley, makes her way through the snow outside an unheated greenhouse, called a high tunnel, which allows plants to be nurtured in winter. The plants don’t grow, but remain fresh until picked.
Kennebec Valley Community College President Richard Hopper stands inside an old dairy barn that will soon be converted to a field-based education center and food processing facility at the Harold Alfond Campus in Hinckley as part of the school’s sustainable agriculture program.
Katherine Creswell, farm manager in Kennebec Valley Community College’s sustainable agriculture program writes her to-do list on Friday. KVCC is the only community college in Maine with a sustainable agriculture program.
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