The Kenyon Farm welcomes collaboration with faculty members including for research, lectures, tours and providing meeting space. Please feel free to get in touch to discuss and/or schedule time at the farm. Information about the Farm Lecture Series will be available soon.
On-going research at the Kenyon Farm includes thermophilic composting for season extension of leafy green production (Ryn Edwards et al.) and the valuation of small-scale vermiculture with red wiggler and nightcrawler (Ryn Edwards et al.).
• Cost-benefit analysis of four small scale farming components in Ohio: laying hen egg production, mixed vegetable production, ornamental and edible nursery, and cut flower
• Carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions from farms in central Ohio
• Evaluating the sustainability of “green burials” versus conventional burials using lifecycle analysis
• Egg production in pasture raised and conventionally raised laying hens
• Using past climate data to predict corn and bean yields in Knox county Ohio
• Payback period and avoided emissions of on-farm solar photovoltaic system
• Design and costing of rainwater catchment system for Kenyon Farm
• Intersection between food and nature: examining ecological and agricultural needs at field-forest interface
There are many courses at Kenyon College relevant to the study of agriculture, food systems, sustainability and environmental science including:
ANTH 320 Anthropology of Food
BIOL 228, 229 Ecology and Ecology Laboratory
BIOL 106 Conservation Biology
BIOL 115 Energy in Living Systems
CHEM 108 Solar Energy
CHEM 110 Environmental Chemistry
CHEM 121 Introductory Chemistry
CHEM 122 Chemical Principles
ECON 336 Environmental Economics
ECON 342 Economics of Regulation
ECON 347 Economics of the Public Sector
ENVS 112 Introduction to Environmental Studies
ENVS 251 Field Experience: Environmental Outreach
ENVS 253 Sustainable Agriculture
ENVS 261 Geographic Information Science
ENVS 461 Seminar in Environmental Studies
RLST 481 Religion and Nature
SOCY 233 Sociology of Food
SOCY 477Y-478Y Fieldwork: Rural Life