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Not all Western students know that we have a farm on campus - but we do! The Outback is a 5-acre organic farm south of the Fairhaven dorms. We grow vegetables, mushrooms, fruit, berries, nuts, and have chickens and bees. The Outback offers year-round experiential farm and homesteading classes and holds workshops and events, like our current speaker series on Food, Farming, Diversity, and Justice. Unlike a lot of the WWU campus, we did not shut down when COVID hit. Our student staff of 8 are considered essential workers and continued growing food and maintaining the farm. We helped create the free food pantry popups to get fresh food to hungry students. We follow strict safety protocols and are excited to slowly welcome back volunteers and folks who want to learn about the food system!
Object Details
Creators/Contributors
Terri Kempton - Contributor
Collection
collections Telling Our Stories: Essential @Western During COVID-19
Is Part Of
category Terri Kempton (She/her), Outback Farm Manager, Fairhaven (essential@Western project)
Identifier
- wwu_covid_essential_12_01
- 845463DE-2965-45AC-B453-196BFD626870_Terri Kempton.jpeg
Date Created
April 17th, 2021
Publisher
Digital object made available by University Archives, Archives & Special Collections, Western Libraries, Western Washington University
Physical location
- WaBeWWUA
- Western Washington University
Repository
Resource type
Related to
Telling our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
Access conditions
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The contributor has transferred to Western Washington University Libraries, Division of Archives & Special Collections, all rights, title, and interests to these materials, and further agreed that these materials may be made publicly accessible (with no restrictions on their use). For more information, please contact University Archives, Archives & Special Collections, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103, USA (360-650-7534; archives.speccoll@wwu.edu) and refer to the collection name and identifier. Any materials cited must be attributed to the Telling Our Stories: Western's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Collection, University Archives, Archives & Special Collections, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
