{"id":1324,"date":"2024-08-09T17:26:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/shi-institute\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:27:23","slug":"summer-fun-at-the-furman-farm-with-kevin-amon-26-and-anna-jones-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/shi-institute\/summer-fun-at-the-furman-farm-with-kevin-amon-26-and-anna-jones-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer fun at the Furman Farm with Kevin Amon &#8217;26 and Anna Jones &#8217;27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>50 garden rows. 22 box beds. 10 weeks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1326 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/shi-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/08\/IMG_6834-768x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/shi-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/08\/IMG_6834-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/shi-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/08\/IMG_6834-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/shi-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/08\/IMG_6834-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/shi-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/08\/IMG_6834-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/shi-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/08\/IMG_6834-512x384.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/shi-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/08\/IMG_6834-1280x960.jpeg 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/>This is what we, Kevin Amon (Assistant Compost Manager) and Anna Jones (Assistant Farm Manager), were given this summer. Alongside our team of four, we run the Furman Farm, an organic garden located on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Farm work gives us a vastly different day-to-day experience than most Furman students.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of attending meetings, you might find us outside planting cucumbers! Watering, weeding, spreading compost, leading tour groups, and packing and delivering orders\u2013 we do it all. But that work is far from our main priority, which is making connections within the broader Furman community. We run a farm stand every Thursday at the Shi Institute, and we\u2019ve had visitors ranging from alumni, students, and even Riley the dog and her parents. The farm sells to numerous vendors, including restaurants like Topsoil and Furman\u2019s very own dining hall.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1327 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/shi-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/08\/IMG_6948-768x566.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"258\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/shi-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/08\/IMG_6948-768x566.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/shi-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/08\/IMG_6948-1024x755.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/shi-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/08\/IMG_6948-512x378.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/shi-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/08\/IMG_6948-1280x944.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/shi-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/08\/IMG_6948.jpeg 1512w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 350px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 350\/258;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Compost and Student Manager jobs go hand-in-hand, but their duties differ. Anna is in charge of farm operations: on top of regular gardening, this means running the farm\u2019s social media, communicating with customers and the team, pricing and delivering orders, and taking care of any unexpected situations that could arise, good or bad. Kevin\u2019s job entails collecting barrels of food waste from around campus and transporting them to our compost site. On average, one barrel weighs 200 lbs, and there can be anywhere between five and 10 barrels collected each day. That\u2019s a lot of food!<\/p>\n<p>So, next time you\u2019re in the dining hall, keep a look out for any labels from the Furman Farm. You might be surprised at just how much food our \u00bc-acre garden can produce!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>50 garden rows. 22 box beds. 10 weeks. This is what we, Kevin Amon (Assistant Compost Manager) and Anna Jones (Assistant Farm Manager), were given this summer. 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