Mikey, a young man with curly brown hair, gestures while giving a presentation at a poster session.

Preserving the Prairie … Digitally

Jan 30, 2024
Vivero Digital Fellow Mikey O’Connor ’24 has harnessed his passion for web development to advance the digital presence of Rootstalk, a journal that captures and explores the essence of the Midwestern landscape.
Tommy Hexter '21 with goat

May 4, Tommy Hexter ’21: Food Hubs Talk

May 01, 2023
Food Hubs: Where Community Food Security and Local Food Production Meet Thursday, May 4, 2023, 4:15 p.m. Burling First Floor Lounge
Student weeding

Growing a Sustainable Garden, Prairie, and Land Ethic

Sep 13, 2021
Land stewardship apprentices Athena Frasca ’23, Jacy Highbarger ’22, and Max Sorenson ’22 develop a land ethic through farming in the College Garden and managing campus prairies.

Call for Student Art Projects, Proposals Due Feb. 14

Feb 07, 2020
Center for Prairie Studies is commissioning student artistic projects inspired by and created in conversation with the prairie region and our locality. Proposals are due by Feb. 14, 2020.
Tommy Hexter trimming crops in the Farm House garden

Growin' Green Since 2018

Jan 23, 2020
Across the street from campus at the corner of Park Street and 6th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, sits a 30–by-80-foot plot that’s been tilled and cared for. In the milder months, you’ll see it filled with crops like peppers and radishes, and you’ll see Grinnellians working there.
Silo

Film Screening of Silo with Producer, Local Farm Safety Experts

Jan 08, 2020
Join producer Sam Goldberg and local farm safety experts for a free screening of Silo at Hotel Grinnell Auditorium, 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, 2020.
grinnell college garden sign

Locally Grown

Nov 19, 2019

As lunch time hits, Grinnellians from all over campus flock to the dining hall to feast and fuel up for the rigor that is sure to come in their afternoon classes. As students and faculty peruse…

Tomato on the vine beginning to ripen

Local Foods Symposium, Oct. 29–31

Oct 16, 2019
What can the College and the community do to create a more robust local food system? Participants in Grinnell’s local foods movement and alumni who work in the areas of sustainability and food systems will address this question in a symposium sponsored by the Center for Prairie Studies.
Dartanyan 'Dart' Brown on stage

Iowa Music Hall-of-Famer Dartanyan Brown to Perform at Grinnell College

Apr 19, 2019
Dartanyan “Dart” Brown, one of the most celebrated musicians in Iowa history, will present a free concert of jazz, electronic/experimental and American roots music.

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