The building of the Sunshack, a free-standing classroom, is part of the
GreenROUTES initiative at Colby-Sawyer college.
The Colby-Sawyer website
explains, "GreenROUTES is a campus-wide initiative to eliminate our
greenhouse gas emissions, integrate sustainability into our curriculum
and overall educational experience, and achieve our shared vision of
personal well-being, social justice, financial security and
environmental stability for ourselves and our larger global community."
The
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Marty grew his first potato when he was 12 year old on a worn out piece of ground behind his parents’ house. He’s been attracted to the idea of growing food ever since. He started growing seriously in 2001 with his wife Ellen’s guidance and has worked on several organic farms prior to moving to Orchard Hill. His passion is in integrating all aspects of the farm; the gardens, animals, buildings, water systems and so on. Marty has been raising heritage farm animals since 2003, and started training his young oxen Boss and Chez to do some of the farm work in the winter of 2012. Marty graduated from Antioch University New England with an MS in Environmental Studies and currently teaches Farmers & Foragers and summer camps at The Orchard School, as well as Permaculture Design Courses at Orchard Hill.
