Dickinson College Farm Project

"At the Dickinson College Organic Farm near here, the school is putting its money where its mouth is. Literally.

Matt Steiman bent his lanky frame over a box of fresh tomatoes sitting at the base of a tree on a farm near here owned by Dickinson College.

"Want a couple? They’re really good," he said.

The tomatoes in the box were grown by Dickinson workers and student volunteers on about 1 acre of the 90-acre property. In the coming years, about half of those acres ought to be in full production, growing produce for the school’s dining halls using principles of organic farming and powered largely by the sun."

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