Students, faculty and staff members donated more than 300 hours to build
the new hoop house.
Sustainable Agriculture Project expands planting, learning space
Aug 27, 2012
The Sustainable Agriculture Project at Grand Valley added a second
hoop house, providing more space for students to learn about
sustainable agriculture.
The new hoop house, which allows the growing season to extend
into the academic year, is 24 feet longer than the first hoop house
that was built in the summer of 2011. Students, faculty and staff
members donated more than 300 hours to build the new structure that
will now have 22 beds and 40 percent more growing space.
Levi Gardner, manager of the project, said the first hoop house
was a huge success. “More and more students are visiting the project
to learn and work,” he said. “The new house will more than double our
capacity and will provide room for more classes to come out and
visit.”
Starting in October, volunteers will sell produce grown at SAP
in front of the Transformational Link every Wednesday, and will move
to the Kirkhof Center in the winter.
The hoop house is a collaborative effort that includes support
from the Farm Club student organization, Brooks College of
Interdisciplinary Studies and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Learn more about the Sustainable Agriculture Project
here.
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