Duke Campus Farm

Summah CSA week 2, here we go! Carrots, our first harvest of many for summer squash, a special garlic scape feature and tons of good greens and herbs. Sloss Fellow Christina Ferrari wrote this week’s newsletter, with an old photo proving that her joy for all things green and growing started way before her time at the farm 🌻

Woaahhh check out our CSA highlight in this week’s Duke Today article! 🥕🥒🥬🍅

Crew member Caroline Felker + work trader Eric Guajardo were featured as they were gettin down to business packing boxes one Tuesday morning. That’s over 30,000lbs of produce going out to our CSA members + community partners!

Read more at the link in our bio.

Without further ado, Summer CSA is HERE!!! Box #1 is chock full 💜💚❤️ so full that we had to do some fancy footwork to get everything to fit! We’re especially excited about those beets making a long awaited comeback 🫜 Scroll to the end for a hello from the wonderful crew who packed it all up. Happy cooking!

Ok we’re gushing!!! 11 of our amazing students graduated this weekend, with Bachelor’s degrees, Masters and PhDs, and we’re OVERWHELMINGLY PROUD! This farm simply would not exist without the grit and love from our crew, and we’re going to miss this group of grads so very much. We celebrated with a ceremony on the farm and some tasty treats cheffed up by none other than graduating MBA Harini Ilamurugu!

Over the last month, we also watched three of our graduates present their thesis projects. Lauren, our student field education manager, graduated from the Graduate Liberal Studies Program and studied the role of women and the political economy of care during the West Virginia Mine Wars. Anna Clauer, 2025 soil fertility fellow, led a participatory study on air quality and heat levels in Durham. Finally, field crew member and 2026 soil fertility fellow Abby Walden presented their thesis on fifteen years of soil regeneration at DCF and looked into the levels of soil microbial activity and nitrogen availability in our soils.

Congrats to all of our 2026 graduates! Our love for you runs deep, and we can’t wait to see what you do next.

pov: you’re a head of cabbage growing at dcf and everyone’s really excited for your destiny in our SUMMER CSA!!!

ONLY 3 MORE DAYS TO SIGN UP FOR YOUR SHARE THIS SUMMER! 🍅🥬🥔🍆🥒🥦🥕 head to our linktree to register! half and full shares available (5 or 10 weeks 😍)

What a whirlwind.. it’s already our last week of Spring CSA! Herbs, scallions, and hearty greens abound. Swipe to the end to see ‘s inspo for this week’s newsletter photo 🤩

Deadline to sign up for Summer CSA is THIS FRIDAY, MAY 1ST! If you haven’t reserved your box, head to our website and sign up for a share.

We’re already on Week 3 and over halfway through our Spring CSA 🩷💚 our first harvest of radicchio, cilantro, chard and collards coming to you!

If you’re loving your veggies, Summer CSA is right around the corner! Sign up on our linktree- we’re looking for 30 more members to join us for this upcoming season.

That’s a wrap for spring work days! Over 150 of y’all showed up this season to mulch, plant, broadfork, w**d, and tend to the farm. THANK YOU for all of your sweat and love!!

Our volunteer days will be on pause until May 21st, which will be our first summer work day. Summer CWD will run on Thursday mornings from 9am-12pm. If you’re eager to get on the calendar, the sign up sheet is on our website and linktree. Happy LWOC to all of our Duke students, we’ll see you back on the farm soon!

Come farm with us this summer! This position is open to community members, staff, faculty, and Duke students. In exchange for veggies and farm training, we ask that you commit to one 3 hour shift/week throughout the summer (May 11th-August 8th). Although school is out, summer is our busiest time! Join in the harvest!

Apply through the google form in our bio 🍅