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Duke Campus Farm

Date: Apr 2, 2020 at 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Are you a victim of unsuccessfully replacing your love for gardening with growing succulents in your dorm? Ever played Farmville and Hay Day, and think "WOW I want to do this in real life?" Get in that Oklahoma spirit and join us at Campus Farm! The Duke Campus Farm is a one-acre, working farm that provides sustainably grown produce and food systems education for Duke and its surrounding communities. In collaboration with our undergraduate and graduate student farm crew, academic courses and research, we grow and harvest for Duke’s food purveyors, local restaurants, and our Community Supported Agriculture program. More important than the thousands of pounds of food we grow, however, are the opportunities the farm provides for engaging and reimagining the ways we cultivate, access, value, and think about food. What to Wear & Bring: Comfortable, closed-toe shoes Long pants (to prevent skin contact with insects & plants that may cause discomfort) Refillable water bottle & snacks Sunscreen and/or a hat Getting there/Parking: Coming from Duke University, take 751 to the roundabout and turn down Old Erwin Rd towards Chapel Hill. Turn right at Mt. Sinai and take another right onto Friends School Road. Just across from the Carolina Friends School, take another right onto the driveway marked Duke Campus Farm visitor parking. Please park in the fenced gravel parking lot. If you are using GPS to get to the farm, enter “4809 Friends School Road,” then take the gravel drive, marked “Duke Campus Farm Visitor Parking,” to the fenced gravel lot directly across the street. FREE TRANSIT between campus and the farm is available to Duke affiliates through Duke's partnership with Lyft (NOTE: Duke no longer partners with Uber). Sign a waiver and get your free rides by following the instructions on this link. If you are arriving via Lyft or private vehicle, please park/get dropped off in our gravel visitors lot. Parking: Our parking lot is located across the street from the Carolina Friends School. Please DO NOT drive down Narrow Ln for any reason; this is our neighbors’ private street and we want to respect their privacy! If you need to turn around, please do so at the Friends School or our parking lot. We will greet your group at the big entrance gate by the parking lot!