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Past Events
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Friday in the Food Forest – Sept. 15, 2023
Join us Friday, September 15th from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for the first Friday in
the Food Forest of the fall semester! Come and learn about all the amazing crops growing
in the Food Forest and learn more about regenerative, sustainable agriculture! Learn
about the other research projects and initiatives at the Field Station.
RVSP with Dr. Vanessa Slinger-Friedman at vslinger@kennesaw.edu.
Geography Student Club Drone Mapping Event – Sept. 22, 2023
The Geography Student Club Drone Mapping Event at the Food Forest will be held from 9:30 a.m. — 11 a.m. and is open to the public.
Friday in the Food Forest in Collaboration with RCHSS – Oct. 20, 2023
Join us Friday, October 20th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for Friday in the Food Forest!
Come and learn about all the amazing crops growing in the Food Forest and learn more
about regenerative, sustainable agriculture! Learn about the other research projects
and initiatives at the Field Station.
RVSP with Dr. Vanessa Slinger-Friedman at vslinger@kennesaw.edu.
Friday in the Food Forest – Nov. 10, 2023
Join us Friday, November 10th from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for Friday in the Food Forest!
Come and learn about all the amazing crops growing in the Food Forest and learn more
about regenerative, sustainable agriculture! Learn about the other research projects
and initiatives at the Field Station.
RVSP with Dr. Vanessa Slinger-Friedman at vslinger@kennesaw.edu.
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Beginner's Beekeeping Workshop – March 12, 2022
This will be a full-day hands-on workshop where participants will have the opportunity
to work with a living honey bee colony. (Working with the living hive is not mandatory
but suggested.) We will cover all the basics of honey bee hive management, including
identifying the different components of a hive, demonstrations of evaluation techniques,
and the manipulation of a live honey bee colony. We will discuss the biology of the
honey bee and its importance to agriculture and sustainability.
Growing Culinary Mushrooms at Home Workshop – March 19, 2022
Michael Blackwell, operations manager for the KSU Field Station, will present the outdoor workshop on how to safely grow culinary mushrooms in your home garden. He holds wild mushroom food safety certification from the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
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Growing Culinary Mushroom in the Home Garden – Outdoor Workshop – Jan. 23, 2021
This workshop was a six-hour outdoor workshop on how to safely grow culinary mushrooms
in your home garden presented by Michael Blackwell, operations manager for the KSU
Field Station. He has wild mushroom food safety certification from the Georgia Department
of Agriculture.
Fruit Tree Field Day for the At-Home Orchardist – Outdoor Demonstrations – Feb. 25, 2021
This workshop was a day of hands-on demonstrations of fruit tree management for the home orchardist presented by Michael Blackwell, operations manager for the KSU Field Station, and Josh Fuder, agriculture and natural resources agent for Cherokee County.
Beginner's Beekeeping Workshop – May 1, 2021
This workshop was a full-day hands-on workshop where participants had the opportunity to work with a living honey bee colony. Michael Blackwell, operations manager for the KSU Field Station, and Mike Roshaven, a local beekeeper led the workshop covering all the basics of honey bee hive management.
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2020 Tree Planting Day at KSU
Want to reduce the university's carbon footprint?
KSU’s Office of Sustainability partnered with the Division of Global Affairs and the KSU Field Station to host a series of tree planting days at KSU.
The goals include:
- Plant enough trees on campus to offset the carbon footprint of KSU's study abroad programs. (Planting 250 trees will offset ~ 3,500 metric tons of CO2 equivalent.)
- Start a tree nursery at the KSU Field Station (200 more trees).
Volunteer dates were:
Wed., Feb. 19, 2020 - Marietta
Thurs., Feb. 20, 2020 – Kennesaw
Thurs., Feb. 27, 2020 – KSU Field Station
The KSU Field Station and Sustainability
Learn more about KSU Sustainability and the steps being taken toward a more sustainability
community! Kennesaw State University students Jessica Smith, Landrie Benson, Reagan
Lewallen and Scott Cornwall produced this video that was filmed at the KSU Field Station
in spring 2020.
learn more
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Small Farms Tool Demonstration Day - Sept. 25, 2019
Are you ready to flex your green thumb? Whether you are a garden enthusiast or in the agricultural business, this free community event is for you. This day gave local growers an opportunity to see firsthand great tools, designed by farmers for farmers, before investing in those tools. Attendees had the opportunity to ask questions and try out the tools themselves during the event.
Attendees learned innovative methods that will maximize their time enjoying nature and minimize their time on often tedious, repetitive tasks. The KSU Field Station staff joined representatives from Johnny's Selected Seeds and Georgia Organics to discuss best practices in sustainable agriculture gained from their varied industry and DIY experiences. They demonstrated the proper and efficient techniques with garden tools specifically designed for cultivation, transplanting, and seeding.
Topics include:
- long-handled tools
- walk-behind tractors
- flame weeding
- seeders and transplanters
- wheel hoe
Check out the image gallery below.
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