About the Kenyon Farm

The Kenyon Farm is a 10+ acre mixed crop-livestock operation providing sustainably raised produce to local markets while at the same time giving students opportunity to gain practical skills and knowledge of small-scale farming operations.

Our missions is to create a student-centered program focusing on experiential learning, sustainable food systems and food production while engaging our community in a small-scale farming operation in the context of a liberal arts education and to support the academic values of Kenyon College.

Student Farmers

The Kenyon Farm is run by student farmers, most of whom live on the farm. Student farmers learn to balance their full-time coursework with the chores that keep the place running. They participate in a more sustainable lifestyle and experience the full cycle of farming, from planting seeds to harvesting crops used in the dining hall, from incubating eggs and raising the chickens to delivering eggs. Students also learn the value of recycling and repurposing by using materials from College building projects to construct chicken coops and turkey tractors. Volunteer students and staff help, but ultimately, it’s up to the people who live there to make sure the animals are well tended and the plants well maintained – a way of life that is uniquely demanding and rewarding.

The value of the experience is incalculable. Some of the students who live on the Kenyon Farm plan to operate their own farms when they graduate. Others are interested in working in public policy regarding food safety and sustainability issues. It’s more than just hands-on experience for these students. It’s a chance to live the agricultural life to its fullest while still earning a liberal arts degree.