Long Lane Farm

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Small-scale cultivation of vegetables and poultry (chicken and duck) management, with weekly harvests for Wesleyan’s dining hall and donations in the local community. Collective organization and communication, while maintaining and running weekly Community Food Project (CFP) sessions, usually on Saturday mornings, which involves engaging with community members, especially young kids. Operating a stand at the North End Farmer’s Market in Middletown each week, beginning at the end of June on Fridays from 10am to 2pm. Engagement with local farmers, including opportunities to volunteer at Wellstone Farm in Higganum.

 

Awarded the College of the Environmental Grant

“Long Lane is a collectively worked and collectively organized farm that uses ecological growing practices to nourish the land and people of the Middletown and Wesleyan community. We strive to collapse the boundaries between theory and practice, work and play, productivity and creativity, through experiential learning. Long Lane Farm is a site of open collaboration within our local community that demonstrates the vital importance of small farms in a just and sustainable food system.”

Long Lane Farm is full of light and delicately planted rows of kale, chard, and arugula. Sounds of chirping birds and bees are buzzing through the air, and ants crawling through the grass. An orange speckled butterfly is trapped between the weeds; and vibrant yellow daffodils are reaching up to the sky. Gentle strumming guitar is playing in the distance and the smell of veggie burgers is suspended in the warm spring air. People are laughing with hula hoops and tie dye shirts. There is a little girl swinging from a tire swing from a tall oak tree and tossing her head back in the breeze. A small vendor is brushing face paint onto strangers faces and talking about composting initiatives on campus. The green house is full of baby plants with long wooden tables full of bags of seeds. Pots full of dirt and eggplant sprouts being prepared to be transplanted.

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