Merry Lea’s Guided Tour Date: Friday, September 18, 2020 ONLY
Tour Time: 6:30 pm
Cost: No Charge, but pre-registration is required

Event Details

Children and adults of all ages and interests are welcomed to Merry Lea Farm of Goshen College. During this tour your guide - professor John Mischler - will lead you through pastures, vegetable gardens, orchards, agroforestry plots, and around wetlands and through forests. We will talk about the farm as an ecosystem and enjoy free and delicious seasonal foods grown on-site.

You will get close-up interactions with our goats, pigs, and chickens and become more connected to food from the earth. Learn a little bit about our work training the professionals and educators of tomorrow.

Feel free to enjoy a self-guided hike on our 8 miles of trails after the guided tour.

We will observe all COVID guidelines as specified by Goshen College.

Pre-registration required

Please fill out this form to register to attend this guided tour: https://forms.gle/6H6VCRSZYJUsPo6g6

Contact John Mischler at jamischler@goshen.edu or (309) 264-6946 for more information, or visit goshen.edu/merrylea/sustainable-farm.

Merry Lea Farm of Goshen College

The Merry Lea Sustainable Farm is an educational, demonstration, and experimental farm specializing in perennial agriculture, carbon farming, regenerative agriculture, food literacy, and environmental education.

Our #3 nationally-ranked college farm is set within a 100-acre landscape that includes pastures, woods, prairie, wetland, orchards, vegetable gardens, and a historic farmstead. Students gain experience with annual vegetables, fruit and nut orchards, and livestock. One unique feature is a 5.5-acre Woody Perennial Polyculture mixed crop and animal system.

Merry Lea Farm supplies food to local food pantries, Merry Lea programs, the Goshen College dining services, and a student CSA.