Mission Farm

The Mission Farm Project is self-sustaining and located on Asbury University’s Palisades Farm. It is used to train students in cross-cultural agriculture settings. The farm has a chicken coop, greenhouse, bee hives, and occasionally houses other small animals, like rabbits.

In the 1-credit Mission Farm course (BIO 121 and 122), students learn about practical, sustainable agriculture. They are taught basic skills to plan, establish, maintain, harvest and use a crop, and the students explore how to adapt to other cultures and utilize local resources in an intercultural field.

Students learn about:

• • Soil and water use
  • Planting, sowing, and harvesting crops
  • Food preparation
  • How food relates to people of other cultures
  • How local foods improve our diet
  • Construction of various buildings
  • Animal husbandry
  • Teamwork
  • How to use food to show love to others

The work is interdepartmental:

• Students from all disciplines are encouraged to enroll in the course.
• The course instructors span four departments and two universities.
• There are guest speakers from agricultural missions around the world
• Students receive advice from experts in various fields.
• The class takes field trips to agricultural sites.

 

Contact Dr. Marvin Ruffner if you have any questions.