We wished for, and now have:
Fence with handcrafted black locust posts cut from property Cost $4,000 - Food Forest: edible tree, shrub and berry planting Cost $500
- Mobile chicken coop (tractor) for small flock Cost $800
- Greenhouse for season extension Cost $7500
- Walk Behind Tiller to till our cover crops and prepare beds mechanically. Cost $700
Please consider donating to the following:
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| Seeds & Plants | Purchase one year’s worth of seeds and plants for the annual garden area (½ acre) and the food forest (our planting of edible trees, berries, and herbs). Students will enjoy all the freshly harvested produce in the dining hall. Cost $350. | |
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| Flock of Heritage Chickens | Add a new heritage breed of chicken to our farm to provide both pastured eggs and meat to students. Heritage breed chickens are old-style varieties in danger of extinction. The farm can then help maintain this breed into the future. Cost $150 | |
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| Student Co-op Position | What a great experience for students! Fund a student to work on the Farm for an entire term during their local co-op experience. During this experience, students are immersed in every aspect of our ecological Farm. Cost $5,600 | |
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| Historic Barn Relocation | Contract a local builder to move a barn to campus that could house chickens, cows, goats, pigs, or sheep (when they are not on pasture). In our region, many beautiful old barns are torn or burnt down, as the owners no longer farm. These barns often have excellent craftsmanship and hand-hewn boards from the early 1900s or even late 1850s. Most of these barn owners are happy to give their barn away to someone who will move it. We would like to seek out one of these barns and move it to campus. Cost $50,000 | |
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| Endow a Student Farm Assistant Position | In this position, students work ten hours a week on the Farm while taking classes. Students not only care for plants and poultry, but help shape the future of the Farm. For more information, please contact Wendy Ernst at wernst@antiochcollege.org or (937) 903-7509, or Eric Miller at emiller@antiochcollege.org or 937-286-9414. | |
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| Endow a Student Co-op Position | Provide an ongoing student co-op experience on the Farm. During this experience, students are immersed in every aspect of our ecological Farm. For more information, please contact Wendy Ernst at wernst@antiochcollege.org or (937) 903-7509, or Eric Miller at emiller@antiochcollege.org or 937-286-9414. | |
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| Endow a Farm Manager Position | Ensure the long-term success of the Farm by providing a secure staff member dedicated to the Farm. For more information, please contact Wendy Ernst at wernst@antiochcollege.org or (937) 903-7509, or Eric Miller at emiller@antiochcollege.org or 937-286-9414. | |
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Please contribute what you can!
Email us at farm@antiochcollege.org.