The Sustainable Student Farm at UIUC

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The Sustainable Student Farm at UIUC

We are a 5-acre educational farm where U of I students can come learn about growing fresh food. We have student employees, and are hiring periodically.

We grow an array of vegetables and fruit using organic practices and are a space for all kinds of hands on learning. whether you are interested in agriculture, engineering, architecture, native plants, or art we want to be a space for your project. If you are interested in working here, message us here or email us at [email protected]. We are generally hiring to start in April and during the summe

r and at the beginning of fall semester. We also have volunteers coming out and we are always needing more help. We accept volunteers during the week from 7am to 12pm and 1pm tp 4pm. If you are interested in volunteering sign up at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4eada62ea31-fall1. Every Thursday from 11am- 5pm there is a Student Farm Stand in front of the Student Union (quad side). There you'll find fresh, local, and reasonably priced produce for sale. We accept cash, debit, and credit. We also sell produce to the dining services here on campus (about 90% of what we grow) in 2015 we sold 25,000 lbs for dining to serve to the students in the dining halls! Please email us ([email protected]) if you have any questions, want a tour, to lend a hand, or get rid of a particular garden pest!

04/01/2025

Our CSA is open! You get a box of delicious veggies from the SSF each week during the summer!! https://ssf.cropsciences.illinois.edu/csa/

03/25/2025

We are sorry for the confusion but we do not hire international workers at this time.

The SSF Summer internship has recently been advertised on a number of international facebook job board pages. We did not put our information on any of these. Our program is for U of I students and we usually only have 6 or 7 of them. We do not have the capacity to hire international workers at this time. We are very sorry for the confusion!

03/03/2025

Join our CSA!! We have half and full shares available over the 12 weeks during the summer months!! for more info go to https://ssf.cropsciences.illinois.edu/csa/

11/21/2024

Today is the last farmstand of 2024 We will be inside the Southeast foyer of the union from 11am-2pm Hope to see you out!!!

11/14/2024

We are on the quad until 2pm today!! come get some beautiful greens and root veggies and popcorn!!

11/01/2024

We will be continuing the Farmstand through December 5th (minus Thanksgiving!) Every Thursday in the Union SE foyer from 11am-2pm

09/26/2024

Farmstand on the quad only until 3 pm today! Come get your veggies while you can!

09/05/2024

We are on the quad slingin veggies until 4 pm!!! Also come to our open house Tomorrow!! 3-6pm

08/29/2024

We got moved inside due to the heat!!! Come see us in Illinois room B off of the west hallway in the Union!!! We got veggies come and get them!!!

Address

3505 S Lincoln Avenue
Urbana, IL
61802

Website

https://linktr.ee/uiuc_ssf

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We are a 6.5-acre educational farm where U of I students can learn about growing fresh food. We grow an array of vegetables and fruit using organic practices and provide a space for hands-on learning. Whether you are interested in agriculture, engineering, architecture, native plants, or art we would love to work with you. We have student employees, and are hiring periodically. If you would like to work here, send an email to [email protected]. We are typically hiring for work in April, during the summer, and at the beginning of fall semester. We generally accept volunteers during the week but volunteering is currently suspended for Covid-19

We generally have a farm stand every Thursday but we have gone to online orders accessible at thefarmstand.illinois.edu . Orders are to be made on Tuesdays for Thursday pick ups.

The majority of what we grow (90%) goes to the dining services here on campus. In 2017-2019, we provided over 50,000 lbs of produce per year to the dining halls to serve to the students! Please email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, want a tour, or to lend a hand!