A nationally recognized sustainability initiative sponsored by UMass Dining:
localumass.com/permaculture.html
The UMass Permaculture Initiative is a unique and cutting-edge sustainability program that converts underused grass lawns on the campus into edible, low-maintenance, and easily replicable gardens. This initiative was created by students and then adopted and funded by our administration in 2010. Students and permaculture staff work together along with UMass Dining Services, Sustainable UMass, and various campus departments to demonstrate the vision of what a sustainable community and world can look like.
UMass is one of the only public universities in the country implementing sustainable permaculture gardens directly on campus each year and serving the local, healthy produce in the UMass Dining Commons.
View our documentary:
http://youtu.be/XWHSzGDItBA
The UMass Permaculture Initiative is changing the way students interact with their food and surroundings with the creation of on-campus permaculture gardens. As part of the Healthy and Sustainable Food System Initiative, UMass Permaculture serves as a hands-on, experiential teaching tool for students to learn about local, healthy food systems.
dried tea herbs, heirloom fruits and vegetables, fresh culinary herbs, specialty items.
